As 2023 draws to a close, Lori Beth Finkelstein, Director of the JHU Museums, took a moment to reflect on all the activities and accomplishments at Evergreen and Homewood over the past year.
A Year of Growth at the JHU Museums
New Raoul Dufy Installation at Evergreen Museum & Library
In the spring of 2023, Evergreen opened a new Student Engagement Space in what was previously a gallery space on the second floor of the main house. For many years, this […]
Johns Hopkins University Open Source Programs Office Announces Project Fund for Free and Open Source Software
The Johns Hopkins University Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) is excited to announce the launch of the new Free and Open Source Software Project Fund (FOSSProF). FOSSProF is a community-driven […]
Reprocessing The Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve Papers, Part IV: Lingering Questions
In my last post, I wrote about what we know about Fannie Gildersleeve Tonsler based on the documentary evidence provided in census records, her marriage license, and other administrative records. […]
In Memoriam: Remembering Sylvia Eggleston Wehr
Dear Friends, On behalf of the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, I express our profound sadness at the passing on Sunday of Sylvia Eggleston Wehr, the trailblazing development doyenne who […]
Hopkins Students Participate in the Peabody Ballroom Experience
The ballroom scene is a nearly century-old performance-based culture composed primarily of queer, lesbian, trans, and gender non-conforming artists of color. Recently popularized by the television show Pose, ballroom consists […]
Service Desk Awardees: Briana Zhang and Steven Calleja
As we continue to welcome this year’s new crop of Service Desk workers, we want to recognize the achievements of our wonderful and hard working staff! Briana Zhang, Eisenhower Library […]
Brody Café Joins Hopkins Meal Plan
Sheridan Libraries and Hopkins Dining partner to bring dining dollars to the library’s coffeehouse. A new partnership between the Sheridan Libraries and Hopkins Dining allows students to use their dining […]
Reprocessing the Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve Papers, Part III: Fannie Gildersleeve Tonsler
In earlier posts, I talked about reprocessing the Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers and how that work led me to Fannie Manning Gildersleeve Tonsler, a Black woman from Charlottesville, Virginia, who […]
Homewood Museum’s Historic Privy: Renovation and Reconsideration
Throughout the summer and fall of 2022, carpenters, masons, and painters worked to restore the interior of Homewood Museum’s historic privy. Built between 1801 and 1804, when construction on the […]