ms031 Smith (Kirby Flower) 1862-1918Papers 1892-1916MS 31 Carol Beecheno Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University
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August 30, 2007 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Margaret Burri Finding aid written in English Smith (Kirby Flower) 1862-1918Papers 1892-1916MS 31 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Carol Beecheno 1985 Margaret Burri

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 Descriptive Summary ms031 Smith (Kirby Flower) 1862-1918 Papers 1892-1916 Smith, Kirby Flower, 1862-1918 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections. 1.7 linear feet English. The collection consists of reprints, typed transcripts, and thirty notebooks of notes for lectures and articles. Administrative Information Provenance

The papers were given to the university in 1920 by Mrs. Kirby Flower Smith.

 Use Restrictions

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

 Preferred Citation

Kirby Flower Smith Papers, MS 31, Special Collections, Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University

Special Collections,

Milton S. Eisenhower Library,

The Johns Hopkins University

Biographical Note

Kirby Flower Smith was professor of Latin the The Johns Hopkins University. He was born in 1862, and received the A.B. degree from the University of Vermont in 1884, and the Ph.D. in Latin from JHU in 1889.

He taught at Hopkins from 1889 until his death in 1918, and published several books on the ROman elegiac poets.