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The VRC Welcomes You Back to Campus

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Lael Ensor-Bennett
film strips featuring various pieces of art

This blog post was contributed by VRC Staff Yvette Shu (Political Science and International Studies, ’27) Welcome back to campus, Blue Jays! As we return from spring break, don’t forget […]


The Writing Irish: Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Sheridan Libraries 

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Claire Hughes
Portrait of Oscar Wilde lounging

This St. Patrick’s Day, we’re toasting the rich literary tradition of Ireland! From the modernist genius of James Joyce to the sharp Victorian wit of Oscar Wilde, Irish writers have left an indelible mark on literature.


Meet Our First Year Fellows: Storrie Kulynych-Irvine on Scaramella, a Faithful Latin Guard Dog!

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Paul Espinosa
scan of a medieval drawing of a dog posing alert to 3 black rats

Enjoy this post by Storrie Kulynych-Irvine, one of our Special Collections First-Year Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. My name is Storrie Kulynych-Irvin, and I’m excited to be working as […]


Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Romila Detering on Early Student Records

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Brooke Shilling
scan of Johns Hopkins University's application to undergraduate admission from the early 1900s

Enjoy this post by Romila Detering, one of our Special Collections First-Year Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. As I paged through the yearbooks from the late 1910s, I gasped […]


Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Meenal Srivastava on the Counterculture

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Heidi Herr
scan of a hippie usa guide and map

Enjoy this post by Meenal Srivastava, one of our Special Collections First-Year Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. “Ganesh is so fresh chillin on his throne/ surrounded by incense fruit […]


Reading Billie Holiday: A New Collection of Letters Comes to the Sheridan Libraries

Posted on February 28, 2025 by News Team
handwritten letters by Billie Holiday, arrayed in an overlapping pile against a black background

A new collection of 30 handwritten letters from Billie Holiday to an aspiring singer and showgirl have been acquired by the Sheridan Libraries.


Special Collections Welcomes You to Love in the Time of Tarot

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Heidi Herr
woman pointing at tarot card

Love is totally in the air in Special Collections, and we want to share the good vibes with all our friends. What better way than with a fun evening of […]


Sheridan Libraries’ Tabb Center Announces 2024/25 Public Humanities Fellow

Posted on December 11, 2024 by News Team
portrait of Savannah G.M. Wood

Savannah G.M. Wood receives $25K fellowship to support research with Hopkins archival collections The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that Savannah G.M. Wood has been […]


Join Special Collections for a Fun Totes & Tarot Halloween Event!

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Heidi Herr
image of tarot cards in gold and brown

Looking for something fun and creative and maybe kind of sort of creepy to do on Tuesday, October 29th? Why not be enchanted and well-accessorized at Special Collections’ fabulous Totes […]


Sheet Music Deep Dive: Halloween

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Sam Bessen
The Ghost of the Violin

Halloween is coming! As the most haunted season of the year begins, here are a few of the spookiest, creepiest, and midnight-iest songs in the Levy Sheet Music Collection. ‘Twas […]


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