Fall classes are guaranteed to be unusual. Some courses will be online only; some courses will use a hybrid format. To ensure equal access for all students, you will need […]
Course Materials: Open Textbooks and Library Resources
JHU Class of 2024: Apply to Be a Freshman Fellow!
Special Collections is accepting applications for Freshman Fellows, a one-year fellowship exclusively available to members of the JHU Class of 2024! The program is designed to introduce students to the […]
Evergreen Obscurus #5: John W. M. Lee – Evergreen’s First “Curator”?
JHU Press‘s 2017 book Evergreen: The Garrett Family, Collectors and Connoisseurs contains a short reference to a man named John W. M. Lee (1848-1896), who was hired in the 1880s […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Ivy Xun on Violence and the Vote: Reflections on Women’s Suffrage
Enjoy this post by Ivy Xun, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year! The passage of the 19th amendment marks 2020 its historic centennial, while […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Yuqi Zhang on Watching Birds, Reading Birds, at Home, in Pandemic
Enjoy this post by Yuqi (Claudia) Zhang, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year! Hi guys! Hope you have stayed safe and healthy. Have any […]
Reflections: LGBTQ History at Hopkins
In May, Hopkins Retrospective had the opportunity to transition its traditional Alumni Weekend programming to a virtual platform. Although disappointed we couldn’t host the in-person panel discussion and bustling reception […]
Evergreen Obscurus #4: Another Tale of Unusual Produce
For the past many weeks, I have been exploring the history of Evergreen’s gardens in preparation for the July 7th launch of Evergreen Exteriors, a three part virtual lecture series […]
Evergreen Obscurus #3: Will the “Real” Evergreen Junior Please Come Forward
This week’s Evergreen Obscurus focuses on the Noyes Alumnae House at Notre Dame University of Maryland, located just north of JHU’s Evergreen Museum & Library. When I started as the […]
Libraries & Museums Curators Share Black History and Anti-Racist Media Recommendations
Like many throughout the country, staffers of the Sheridan Libraries and University Museums are turning to books and other media in an effort to better understand the ways in which […]
Share Your Stories of the COVID-19 Outbreak
We hope everyone in the Johns Hopkins community, along with your family and friends, are fairing as well as can be hoped for during this time of extraordinary educational, […]