Enjoy this post by Ivy Xun, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year! The passage of the 19th amendment marks 2020 its historic centennial, while […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Yuqi Zhang on Watching Birds, Reading Birds, at Home, in Pandemic
Enjoy this post by Yuqi (Claudia) Zhang, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year! Hi guys! Hope you have stayed safe and healthy. Have any […]
Evergreen Obscurus #4: Another Tale of Unusual Produce
For the past many weeks, I have been exploring the history of Evergreen’s gardens in preparation for the July 7th launch of Evergreen Exteriors, a three part virtual lecture series […]
Evergreen Obscurus #3: Will the “Real” Evergreen Junior Please Come Forward
This week’s Evergreen Obscurus focuses on the Noyes Alumnae House at Notre Dame University of Maryland, located just north of JHU’s Evergreen Museum & Library. When I started as the […]
Libraries & Museums Curators Share Black History and Anti-Racist Media Recommendations
Like many throughout the country, staffers of the Sheridan Libraries and University Museums are turning to books and other media in an effort to better understand the ways in which […]
Share Your Stories of the COVID-19 Outbreak
We hope everyone in the Johns Hopkins community, along with your family and friends, are fairing as well as can be hoped for during this time of extraordinary educational, […]
Seeking the Familiar in a Digital Space: Sheridan Libraries and Animal Crossing
As we continue through the 10th week of quarantine, I, like many others, have found a comfort in the routine, and escapism, brought by Nintendo’s beloved IP, Animal Crossing in […]
Evergreen Obscurus #2: The Hidden History of Charlotte Bellairs
For today’s post, I would like to shed some light on Charlotte Doremus Pierson Garrett Bellairs (1872-1939) who was briefly married to Horatio Garrett, one of the three Garrett sons […]
Evergreen Obscurus: The 10.5 Pound Turnip Edition
Greetings from Evergreen Museum & Library’s virtual office in my basement. For those of you new to us, the museum is housed in a 162-year-old Italianate mansion in the northern-most […]
Has the Curse of the Creepy Doll Struck the #JHUMAKESTOYS Challenge?
It was bound to happen. All was going far too well with the #JHUMAKESTOYS challenge. Viking ships set sail! Zippy little race cars were created! But then the toy model […]