Special Collections is accepting applications for Freshman Fellows, a one-year fellowship exclusively available to the fabulous JHU Class of 2025! The program is designed to introduce students to the joys, […]
The day that I learned that Dr. Gilbert V. Levin (’47, PhD ’63) had passed away was not long after NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) announced that its Perseverance rover […]
The Levy collection contains over 2,000 songs published in Baltimore, including some historic depictions of Baltimore’s landmarks and monuments. Fifth Regiment March was published by one of the most prolific […]
As of August 16, Hopkins students, faculty, and staff will again be able to browse library stacks and check out books. With the expectation that the university will be substantially […]
The 1912 sinking of the Titanic immediately caught the attention of the world press. It also came during an era of sheet music production that constantly churned out new songs […]
Enjoy this post by Jade Robinson, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year! My name is Jade Robinson. My time with the Freshman Fellows program […]
Rather than exploring a subject heading in the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection, this week’s deep dive is a celebration of Sophie Tucker, the self-billed “Last of the Red Hot […]
The Johns Hopkins University Museums welcomed two interns for the summer of 2021. At Homewood Museum, rising senior Elizabeth Sheehan was selected as this year’s Pinkard-Bolton intern. The Pinkard-Bolton Internship […]
Now that summer is in full swing and national parks are seeing spikes in visitors, this week’s sheet music deep dive is dedicated to mountains and trails (not to be […]
Enjoy this post by DJ Quezada, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year! A lot has transpired since my most recent entry. When I last […]