Historian Willie Lee Rose (1927-2018) is well known for her contributions to the study of Reconstruction in post-Civil War America, as well as her advocacy for women in the academic […]
The Willie Lee Rose Papers: The Public and The Personal
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” […]
Use the JHU Data Archive to Share Your Research Data
This blog post was written by Chen Chiu Need to share research data publicly? The JHU Data Archive can help! Do you need to share data to fulfill funder’s or […]
99 Years Ago Today: At the Intersection of Hopkins History and Family History
On March 28, 1923, my great-grandfather, John Edgar Shilling, died on the Homewood campus at age thirty-three. He was not employed by the university, nor was he a student. According […]
Our Heart Throbs for Barbara Friedlander!
“The night was full of magic. I could swear the computer was smiling at us,” and with those dreamy words, a fetching young couple walks toward their future of love […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Julia Mendes Queiroz on Mapping the Caribbean
Enjoy this post by Julia Mendes Queiroz, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year! Hello, library blog readers! Whether you are a cartography connoisseur, interested […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Elena Echavarria on Translating an Untranslated Spanish Play
Enjoy this post by Elena Echavarria, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year! Translation has always been a part of my daily life, both when […]
Black History Month
The Diversity Committee would like to acknowledge Black History Month and its creator, Carter G. Woodson. In 1926, Carter established “Negro History Week” to share the contributions of “Blacks to […]
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 […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Ten Nazur on the Marvelous Mediocrity of Vintage Romance Comics
Enjoy this post by Ten Nazur, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year! Hey, everyone! My name is Ten Nazur, a Freshman Fellow filled with […]