Author Archives: Heidi Herr
About Heidi Herr
Heidi Herr is the librarian for philosophy and outreach coordinator for Special Collections.Celebrate Pleasant Living at FlowerMart!
Baltimore! It’s the land of pleasant living! And what’s more pleasant than spending a lovely Saturday perusing flowers, eating deliciously sugary lemon sticks, and ambling around a historic neighborhood? That’s right, all ye denizens of Baltimore, FlowerMart is occurring this … Continue reading
Dirty Books and Longing Looks
Want to meet “The Great Lover Casanova of Today?” Heck, yeah! Not only does he get amorous with the ghost of the Empress Joséphine, but he also sports some rather, um, whimsical ink. Well, meet him and many more enticing … Continue reading
Charles Dickens and Me
Welcome to another entry in our series of occasional posts in which Special Collections student employees discuss the cool items they get to work with! Jessica Terekhov, the author of this piece, is a freshman who plans to study English … Continue reading
What I Found In Special Collections: Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
Welcome to the first in a series of occasional posts in which Special Collections student employees discuss the cool items they get to work with! Gabriel Denis, the author of this piece, is a sophomore History major. He spent the … Continue reading
Book Fest At the Peabody Library: It’s the Best Ever!
Are you a local literature lover? Is your ideal day rummaging through book sales and attending talks from the high brow to the nonsensical? Do you fancy each tome whispering to you in a rather saucy French accent, “read me, … Continue reading
Muttonchops at the Bat!
It’s baseball season in Baltimore! Huzzah! Huzzah? Yeah, the past decade or so was less than magical when it comes to the Orioles ability to, you know, win, but even the most dejected of O’s fans can rekindle their love … Continue reading
FlowerMart: Where Old Books & Lemon Sticks Collide
Well, not really. You see, the lemon sticks are supposed to be consumed before you look at the rare books, silly! Anyway, are you looking for some weekend plans that will make you feel all fancy, just like an extra … Continue reading
From the Internship Files: The Louisa Cullen Scrapbook
The Department of Special Collections and Archives has oodles of really cool materials available for everyone to use, including Hopkins students looking for fun and fabulous ways to gain experience with primary resources! One such student is Ellen Urheim, JHU Class … Continue reading
Dirty Books and Longing Looks!
Bring on the fainting couches, ladies and gents, because it’s time once more for a Special Collections Valentine’s library treat — Dirty Books and Longing Looks! Remember all the fun we had last year? Oh yeah! This year we will … Continue reading
Vogueing in Special Collections?
Ever wonder what goes on in the Department of Special Collections? Totally awesome things, that’s what! Our student employees in particular do a wide variety of jobs, from monitoring our snazzy Reading Room to conducting research on interesting items in our … Continue reading