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Found in 282 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel Coit Gilman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Scope and Contents note The papers document Gilman's wide-ranging interests especially his travels in Europe and work as attaché in St. Petersburg (1854-1855), his years (1855-1858) at Yale, and his presidencies of the University of California (1872-1875) and the Johns Hopkins University (1876-1902)Gilman's correspondence contains a number of letters from prominent, contemporary educators, scientists, politicians, and literary figures. The collection includes a large number of photographs of Gilman's...
Dates: 1773-1942

Daniel Garrison Brinton letter

 Collection — Box BW-11: [Barcode: 31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0536
Abstract

Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837 – 1899) was an American archaeologist and ethnologist. Collection consists of one letter (undated) from Brinton to "P."

Dates: undated

Daniel Gordon essay

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030056505]
Identifier: MS-0361
Abstract

Daniel Gordon (born 1920) was an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins University and a Baltimore attorney. Collection consists of one bound copy of Daniel Gordon's essay entitled "The Robber Baron Archaeologist" (1991) on the life of the financier and Egyptologist, Theodore M. Davis.

Dates: 1991

David P. Stern archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0718
Abstract Born in Czechoslovakia, David Stern grew up in Israel, studying physics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on an underground experiment on cosmic rays. Until his retirement in 2001, Stern was associated with Goddard Space Flight Center, studying theoretical aspects of the Earth's magnetosphere, in particular its large-scale electrodynamics, global description of its magnetic fields, and...
Dates: 1973-2010

David Simon Blondheim essay

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030055630]
Identifier: MS-0352
Abstract

This collection onsists of a 1922 essay by Johns Hopkins University philologist David S. Blondheim, titled "Eassai d'un Vocabulaire Comparatif des Parlers Romans des Juifs au Moyen Age."

Dates: 1922

David Sterrett Pindell notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0207
Abstract

David Sterrett Pindell received his B. A. (1895) and PAE (Proficiency in Applied Engineering, 1897) from The Johns Hopkins University. The collection consists of one notebook of notes on lectures delivered by Henry A. Rowland from 1896-1897.

Dates: 1896-1897

Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-070
Scope and Contents The records of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering span the years 1915 to 1988, although they are concentrated in the 1950s to the 1980s. The record group consists of student and employment records, correspondence, and financial records concerning grants and other externally- funded projects of the department. The record group is divided into three series: (1) Student Records, 1938-1987; (2) Faculty, Visiting Faculty, Associates and Fellows, 1944-1988; and (3)...
Dates: 1915-1988

Department of Romance Languages letters about José Robles Pazos' arrest

 Record Group — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030086171], Folder: 7-20
Identifier: RG-04-081
Abstract

José Robles Pazos was an Associate Professor of Spanish at Johns Hopkins University born in 1897 and shot as a traitor by the Spanish Republican Government in February of 1937. The collection spans the years 1929-1940 and consists of correspondence regarding Robles' arrest, a contract for the Spanish translation of 13 books by H.L. Mencken, and two life insurance policies.

Dates: 1929 - 1940

Dexter Archive of Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0379
Abstract

Lewis Anthony Dexter (1915-1995) was an author and professor of political science. The collection consists of over 1200 individual interviews with people in the fields of government, politics, business, industry, and the military dating primarily from 1953 to 1966, but ranging from 1946 to 1972.

Dates: 1946-1972; Majority of material found within 1953-1966

Don Cameron Allen author letter collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0008
Abstract

Don Cameron Allen was a writer and professor at Johns Hopkins University. The collection spans the years 1948-1972 and consists of approximately 85 letters, mostly from well known writers.

Dates: 1949-1972

Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0368
Abstract Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. was born in Baltimore in 1903. During the 1930s, he served in the Maryland legislature. In 1938, he founded the Mount Vernon Improvement Association and spent much of the rest of his life fighting to retain the original architectural integrity of Baltimore's Mount Vernon Place. He was also a founder of the Johns Hopkins University Milton S. Eisenhower Library's Friends of the Library. The collection of Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. consists mostly of items related to...
Dates: approximately 1800-1975

Douglas Southall Freeman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0019
Abstract

Douglas Southall Freeman (1886 – 1953) was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E. Lee and George Washington. The collection spans the years 1902-1911, and consists primarily of correspondence between Freeman and his parents.

Dates: 1902-1911; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1908

Earl Reeves Wasserman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0063
Abstract

Earl Reeves Wasserman, authority on 18th century and romantic poetry, was born in Washington D.C. on November 11, 1913. This collection primarily consists of correspondence, notes, and meeting minutes dating from 1938-1973.

Dates: 1938-1973

Ebenezer Emmett Reid papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0104
Abstract

E. Emmet Reid (born 1872) was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins. The collection consists of reprints, extensive student notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and patents dating from 1889 to 1974.

Dates: 1889-1974

Edmund Duffy cartoon collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-001
Abstract

Edmund Duffy (1899 – 1962), was an American editorial cartoonist who spent the majority of his professional career working for The Baltimore Sun. This collection consists of approximately 1,000 cartoons from 1924 through 1962.

Dates: 1924-1962

Edna C. Goodall papers regarding proposed Rachel Carson biography

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0012
Abstract

Correspondence and related material created and collected by Johns Hopkins Univeristy librarian, Edna C. Goodall, concerning her efforts to write a biography about Rachel Carson. The collection spans 1940 to 1972.

Dates: 1940-1972

Edna St. Vincent Millay letter

 Collection — Box BW-11: [Barcode: 31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0526
Abstract

Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 - October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Collection consists of a one page letter containing a 14-line handwritten poem. An envelope is included and post-marked in New York in 1954, four years after the author's death.

Dates: undated (postmarked 1954)

Edouard Laboulaye lectures

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0075
Abstract

Édouard-René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye was a French businessman, lawyer, author, professor and politician born in Paris January 18, 1811. The collection consists of two volumes entitled "Constitution des États-Unis" containing 59 lectures written in French and delivered by Laboulaye at the Collège de France. Most were delivered in 1862-1863.

Dates: 1848-1864

Edward E. Ayer typescript memoir

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118909]
Identifier: MS-0719
Abstract Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927) was an American business magnate, best remembered for the endowments of his substantial collections of books and original manuscripts to the Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He had over time built an immense fortune out of supplying timber to the 19th century's fast-growing railroad industry. The collection contains a bound volume of a memoir written by Ayer, titled Reminiscences and Travels of Edward E....
Dates: circa 1924

Edward Franklin Buchner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0089
Abstract

Edward Franklin Buchner, Professor of Education and Philosophy, was born in Paxton, Illinois on September 3, 1868. The collection consists largely of the correspondence of Edward Frank Buchner with other noted educators and philosophers of the period, spanning 1890-1913.

Dates: 1890-1913

Edward Henry Spieker papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030051696]
Identifier: MS-0185
Scope and Contents

The collection of Hopkins alumnus and professor, Edward Henry Spieker, consists of one holographic notebook containing his notes from classes in Greek literature prepared while he was a graduate student at the University, 1880-1881.

Dates: 1880-1881

Edward Lucas White papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0056
Abstract

Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was a classics teacher and author of historical romances, short stories and poetry. The papers span the period 1885-1934 and consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, and personal papers.

Dates: 1885-1934

Edward M. Greenway, Jr. Autograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0023
Abstract

Edward McDonald Greenway, Jr. was born in New York in 1820. The collection spans the years 1737 to 1876 and consists of approximately 250 items of correspondence and some legal documents. The correspondents are primarily prominent lawyers, politicians, statesmen, and figures of the Revolutionary War from Maryland.

Dates: 1737-1876

Edward Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0149
Scope and Contents Papers consist largely of Edward Spencer's personal papers although there are some papers of his parents and of his grandson Gellert S. Alleman. Edward Spencer's papers relate to his literary career. The earliest papers are school notebooks from the Trinity School in Baltimore (1848-49) and Princeton University (1853-58). Spencer reused his student notebooks for his later literary work so some of these notebooks also contain his stories. Also in the papers are notebooks and drafts of...
Dates: 1803-1960

Edwin Booth papers

 Collection — Box BW-13: [Barcode: 31151030055580]
Identifier: MS-0253
Scope and Contents

Collection consists largely of clippings related to Edwin Booth and other 19th century actors. Booth items include notice of a birthday celebration in Baltimore (1898), and the dedication of a memorial window in a church in New York City (1898). Also included are orbituaries of other actors of the period: Stuart Robson, John Sleeper Clarke and Creston Clarke. A photograph of John Wilkes Booth and a clipping describing Greenmount cemetery, where Booth is buried.

Dates: 1890-1940