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Lyda King (class of 1913) entered nursing school after the death of her husband Joseph King in 1910. These bandage scissors are among the personal items used by King during her wartime nursing service with the Johns Hopkins Base Hospital Unit No. 18…

In this letter, Charles R. Austrian, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees and the Conservatory Committee, responds to William Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

Correspondence between Conservatory Director Charles Kent and Preparatory Dean Leah Thorpe concerning hiring an African-American Preparatory faculty member.

Time Magazine November 9, 1931 with Rosa Ponselle on color cover as Violetta holding rose. Painting by Chandler Ross.

A group of apocryphal letters purporting to be written by (among others) St. Anthony, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus.

This poster depicts soldiers firing machine guns with a stream of War Savings Stamps forming a gun cartridge. Americans were encouraged to buy the stamps to help fund the US involvement in the war, and posters like this one both raised awareness of…

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Luisa Miller on Cover of Musical Courier, 1925