As we skate out of snowy season, let’s reflect on the coldest time of year with a few Winter-themed songs from the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection. The Spring and […]
Preserved in Print: Black Cultural Icons & Legacies
Preserved in Print, the current exhibition at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, examines eminent figures of African descent–political leaders, journalists, poets, actors, scientists, and thinkers–as they were represented through printed […]
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Special Collections!
The wings of a very eccentric Cupid are hovering over Special Collections as we prep for a special Valentine’s Day treat! Join us from 6pm-8pm on Monday, February 12th in […]
Welcome to Artstor’s Last Semester…Try JSTOR Now!
The VRC welcomes you to the Spring semester with a few updates about Artstor’s final transition to JSTOR. The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024. You are […]
JHU Museums Year in Review: Homewood’s Orchard Yields Delicious Results
We’re now deep into baking season, and while 2023’s apple harvest was a mixed bag nationally, Homewood Museum’s orchard of mostly apple (and a few pear) trees over-performed. As the […]
Recontextualizing Japanese Reparations Photos
By Jenelle Clark and Hanjie Guo Processing archivists spend a lot of our time crafting careful description for the collections our institutions hold. For items that our curators purchase for […]
Celebrate Spooky Season at Our Vintage Halloween Spectacular!
The friendly ghosts of the Brody Learning Commons have pleasantly haunted our dreams, demanding a Vintage Halloween Spectacular in Special Collections! Off to our 1940s Ouija Board we went, determining […]
Fall 2023 Visual Resources Updates
Welcome back to campus! Just a few updates from the Visual Resources Collection (VRC): Please email vrc@jhu.edu for any image or visual resources questions!
Apply to Be a First-Year Fellow!
Special Collections is accepting applications for First-Year Fellows, a one-year fellowship exclusively available to our fabulous First-Year undergraduates! The program is designed to introduce students to the joys, challenges, and […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Victoria Popoola on Translating an Untranslated Renaissance Latin Map
Enjoy this post by Victoria Popoola, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. Latin is widely considered to be a niche language. Although many of […]