A baby photo. Taped interviews with childhood friends. Handwritten set lists on crumpled paper. With a newly acquired collection of Billie Holiday biographical materials, Johns Hopkins University ...

THE COLLECTION CONSISTS OF A BABY PHOTO, A PICTURE OF HER FATHER ... OR A POLICE REPORT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO BILLIE HOLIDAY OR, YOU KNOW, A LETTER, A POSTCARD, A A BIRTHDAY CARD ...