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 tiptoeing through the tulips with your friends? That’s right, […]
Special Collections After Dark Presents: Dirty Books & Longing Looks!
Grab some smelling salts, reupholster those fainting couches, and get ready for a major attack of the vapors because it’s once again time for Dirty Books and Longing Looks! Yes, […]
A Camera Snapping on D-Level: Photographing the Sheridan Libraries
The Sheridan Libraries hired two undergraduate photography interns to document a year in the life of the libraries. The undergraduates are John Belanger, JHU ’14 and Eric Chen, JHU ’16. […]
Photographing the Sheridan Libraries: An Exploration of Space and Composition
The Sheridan Libraries hired two undergraduate photography interns to document a year in the life of the libraries. The undergraduates are John Belanger, JHU ’14 and Eric Chen, JHU ’16. […]
Anatomy of a Book? Like, Eeeeeeew???
Don’t worry, all ye holders of weak stomachs! The anatomy of a book is not gross at all, unless you want it to be. Seriously, let me know and I […]
Scholarship In Action: Library Research Fellows Roundtable
Ever wonder about what people research in Special Collections? Well, wonder no more as we present to you our inaugural Special Collections Research Center program focusing on graduate student research. […]
Baltimore Book Festival (AKA When Bibliophiles Go Wild at the Peabody Library)!
The reintroduction of pumpkin spice lattes? Please. Everyone knows that the true start of fall is the Baltimore Book Festival, and it is happening September 27-29th in lovely Mount Vernon […]
Keats Through the Years
You may remember Hopkins undergrad Jessica Terekhov’s earlier piece on Charles Dickens. Here, Jessica discusses her encounter with first editions of Keats works housed in Special Collections! Among the Romantic […]
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 […]
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, […]