A new year has once again arrived bringing forth new beginnings, fresh opportunities, and a new set of creative works entering into the public domain! Every January 1st, we celebrate […]
Public Domain Day 2025
Let’s Talk Taxidermy at Evergreen Museum & Library!
Note: This blog post includes images and content related to the killing and preservation of animals for scientific and artistic purposes. “Fixed up museum. . . . I catalogued about […]
‘Tis the Season for Horror!
Looking for some spine-chilling reads this October? We at the libraries wanted to share a list of fantastic indie, alternative, and mainstream horror comics and graphic novels to sink your […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Halloween
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 […]
Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Maneeza Khan on Early Student Records
Enjoy this post by Maneeza Khan, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. Interested in applying? Find out about the 2024-2025 program here. Welcome back […]
Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Clare Levine On Vegetarianism and the American Counter-Culture!
Enjoy this post by Clare Levine, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. Interested in applying? Find out about the 2024-2025 program here. The second […]
Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Virankha Peter on Translating Untranslated Latin in Incunables
Enjoy this post by Virankha Peter, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. Interested in applying? Find out about the 2024-2025 program here. My year […]
Meet Our First-Year Fellows: Noël Da on Middle East-Inspired Sheet Music
Enjoy this post by Noël Da, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. Interested in applying? Find out about the 2024-2025 program here. Hello and […]
Hoesy Corona: On Claiming Shelf Space for Latinx Histories
Please enjoy this post from Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellow Hoesy Corona. Initiatives like the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center’s Public Humanities Fellowship invite artists, cultural workers, and knowledge […]
LGBTQ+ Data and Collections
In honor of Pride Month, we want to highlight LGBTQ+ data and collections at JHU and beyond. These datasets give us a lens through which we can observe and interpret […]