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Luneborch Prayer Book, Crucifixion with patron and his armorials at the foot of the cross, fantastical beasts, and historiated initial
Arts+culture
A medieval art form, digitized
Published Fall 2025 Video
Curator Earle Havens shares highlights from Johns Hopkins' collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts—and his team's work to make the 100-plus pieces accessible to all / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Moving pictures graphic
Film+Media Studies
Learning by moving pictures
Published Fall 2025 Video
The eclectic collection of more than 7,600 vintage 16 mm classroom films represents an unsung genre that offered engaging new ways to teach the tales of humankind / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Sen. Ben Cardin speaks from a podium at Evergreen House
Libraries+Museums
Former Sen. Ben Cardin donates political papers to Johns Hopkins
Published July 3, 2025
The materials span Cardin's nearly 60 year legislative career, covering a range of topics and historical events
22 engraved pages on tortilla-shaped papers sit on top of an embroidered serviette
Memories like tortillas
Published Spring 2025
The Sheridan Libraries' Adopt a Book has raised nearly $30,000 for the purchase, preservation, and digitation of rare materials / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A print of Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein on display at Peabody Library
Arts+culture
The Stein way
Published Nov 14, 2024
Sheridan Libraries exhibit explores the many facets of modernist matriarch Gertrude Stein
Dr. Seuss' character The Lorax on top of a cake
Tasty tomes
The great bookish bake-off
Published April 4, 2024 Video
More bakers than ever compete in the Sheridan Libraries' annual Edible Book Festival featuring baked goods inspired by literature
A portrait of Ethel Ennis and purple neon sign saying "Ethel's" at Peabody Library
Arts+culture
Exhibit celebrates beloved jazz vocalist, daughter of Baltimore
Published Feb 19, 2024
Known for her philosophy of 'soft power,' Ethel Ennis said she was proud to have bloomed where she was planted, in her hometown of Baltimore
Sheridan Libraries Africana Archivist Tonika Berkley, Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown, and Tabb Center Director Joseph Plaster
Arts+culture
Public humanities transcends barriers
Published Dec 19, 2023
An emerging field, the public humanities is raising awareness about social justice issues and leading to meaningful collaborations between Johns Hopkins University and local communities
Billie Holiday, age 2
ARTS+CULTURE
New details of Billie Holiday's early life
Published April 11, 2023
With a newly acquired collection of Billie Holiday biographical materials, JHU historians are piecing together details about the jazz singer's largely unknown early life in Baltimore
The title page of 'What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking' by Abby Fisher
A legacy of Southern delicacies
Published Spring 2023
Johns Hopkins' Special Collections acquires first-edition copy of What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, a cookbook believed to be only the second one authored by a Black woman in the United States / Johns Hopkins Magazine