Enjoy this post by Vanessa Han, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year! Hello and welcome to my blog post! My name is Vanessa, and […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Vanessa Han on Egyptomania
Researching BlacFax and the Importance of Black History Board Games
Researching BlacFax and the Importance of Black history Board Games By Dionna Gant As part of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award (DURA) program, I worked during the summer of 2022 […]
The 2015 Baltimore Uprising was a Trans Turning Point
By Sophia Lola (JHU ’22) How did the 2015 Baltimore Uprising impact trans activism? This was the question I had as a student in Dr. Joseph Plaster’s “Queer Oral History” […]
Calling All First-Year Students: Apply to be a Freshman Fellow!
Special Collections is accepting applications for Freshman Fellows, a one-year fellowship exclusively available to our fabulous First-Year undergraduates! The program is designed to introduce students to the joys, challenges, and […]
Romancing the Comic Book Now on View!
While iconic characters like Batman and Spider-Man were mesmerizing readers with their dual identities and crime-fighting ways, an alternate comic book timeline was booming, featuring the adventures of airline stewardess […]
Cupid’s Favorite Pulp Fiction: Love Story Magazine
As anyone who is part of the cult of Captain Stubing knows, love is most certainly life’s sweetest reward. What better way to pay homage to such sentiment on Valentine’s […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Katherine Budinger on Yearbooks
Enjoy this post by Katherine Budinger, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year! “When we think of the time, money, and effort engulfed by one […]