New-York tribune., 1891-05-04
JOHNS HOPKINS.
A VALUABLE COLLECTION or WORKS ON TIE
SOUTH

Baltimore May (SpeclaD DThere are $4,000 curious
manuscripts and pamphlets and hundreds of old books
in the collection recently given the johns HOPKINS
University by j. Thomas Scharf, the historian
special apartment like that occupied by the Bluntsch
library has been allotted for the collection Colonel
scharf win have the collection cataogued and 1t VIII
take several months to prepare 1t for the use of the
students and historians. The quantity OF material
concerning Southern history will afford much valuable
information to the historical department. Professor
Ely says that his students Will prepare number OF
works relating TO Southern financial history from data
contained in the Schaf collection. Among the WORKS
TO be undertaken the financial histories Of all the
Southern States separately similar treatise upoh the
finances OF the Confederacy, and history Of Con-
federate money. The collection contains specimens
of all the certificates and money ever issued by the
Confederacy Only two other collections of southern
historical material in existence equalfto that now
in the possession of the university. One Is in the
British Museum and has been gathered by agents VINO
have devoted their efforts especially to discover avail
able material in the South The other Is owned by
the Wisconsin Historical Society. Ten Of the unpub-
lshed manuscripts were written in Richmond before
the Confederate archives and records were destroyed
They are from the pen Of james d. MeCabc, who was
employed in the Confederate War Department and for
a short time edited The Magnolia Weekly" file OF
which is in the scharf collection. McCabe wrote
history of the Confederacy covering the first two years
Of the war; and collected material for its completion
The history embraces about twenty volumes of manu-
script and scarcely any Of It's sources can now be
reached. Among the old manuscripts OF Maryland
history are the original papers Of General william H.
WiIder, who commanded the Maryland Department in
the War of 1912, defended the territory around
Washington when the city was burned by the British
in 1914. The papers were turned over to Colonel
Schan by General Winders widow, with request that
he publish biography Of her husband, which the his
torcal department Of the university will now carry out
The Alpha Delta Phi convention begins IN TINS CITY
next Thursday and will conclude with banquet
on Friday evening. Among the speakers on TINS
Tacot Williams, of Philadelphia, and Professor Charles
Sprague Smith, of Columbia College There VIII be
delegations present from Yale Cornell, Trinity VIII
iams Columbia Harvard Amherst and other colleges,
and from the graduate clubs in NewYork, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Washington There Will be public
exercises in the Lyceum Theatre on Thursday even
ing, at which these addresses will be made: The
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity" by its president the
Hon. Clarence Seward, of New York "The Incdental
Influence Of a College Career by the Rev William
ing for Citizens Duties" by the Hon. Ellis II.
Roberts, Assistant Treasurer Of the United states.
The exercises will be followed by reception and
ball. rendered to the fraternity by the Johns Hopkins
Chapter The private sessions OF the convention VIII
| be held on Friday, previous TO The banquet
The recent gift TO the University of a large sum
of money by some friend, whose name the trustees
decline to gve Will be added TO the Women's Medical
| School fund. Through the efforts OF Miss Mary
Garrett and other ladies' 100000 has been raised for
| the new branch of the university.
| The Rev. Dr. William NJ. Taylor, Of New York, will
deliver the Leverng course of lectures for the next
academic year before the Hopkins University branch
| Of the Young Mems Christian Association