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 #4: Another Tale of Unusual Produce
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 […]
Connecting Now to Then in JHU’s Web Archives
The protests and unrest sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd have caused me, like many Baltimore citizens and members of the Hopkins community, to reflect on the Uprising […]
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 […]
Hugh Hawkins Fellows Margo Peyton and Michael Healey: “Why is it Important to Study History?”
Today, we hear from Margo Peyton and Michael Healey about their experiences as Hugh Hawkins fellows! Funding provided by Hopkins Retrospective supported their research at the Alan Mason Chesney Medical […]
DURA and Hugh Hawkins Research Fellowships
The Sheridan Libraries Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards, or DURA, are available for students working on research projects that draw on primary source materials in the rare book, manuscript, and archival […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Lubna Azmi on Researching Black Activism at Hopkins
Enjoy this post by Lubna Azmi, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year! Trying to develop what I was going to research for the Freshmen […]