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Bearing witness
American Prison Writing Archive moves to Johns Hopkins
Published June 15, 2022
With help from a Mellon Foundation grant, the archive will become the largest digital collection of writings by incarcerated people in the world after it moves to Hopkins
A closeup of a piece of sheet music, with handwritten text that reads: Ascribed to my wife, Mrs. Poe, E.A. Poe, 1835 Richmond, Virginia
The tell-tale A
Published Spring 2022
Sheet music signed "E.A. Poe" found in the Sheridan Libraries' Special Collections could change what we know about the famous poet. But is it a forgery? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A closeup of a piece of sheet music, with handwritten text that reads: Ascribed to my wife, Mrs. Poe, E.A. Poe, 1835 Richmond, Virginia
Special Collections
The Tell-Tale A
Published Feb 16, 2022
Sheet music signed "E.A. Poe" found in the Sheridan Libraries' Special Collections could change what we know about the famous poet. But is it a forgery?
Winston Tabb
Winston Tabb, longtime Sheridan Libraries, to retire
Published Dec 22, 2021
Tabb, who joined JHU in 2002, has guided the university's libraries through a period of significant digital transition and made key additions to the Special Collections
Closeup of Coronelli's 17th-century paper supercomputer
A rare item, with a twist
Published Winter 2020
Johns Hopkins undergraduates were able to get hands-on research experience—even while learning virtually—by recreating a 17th-century paper supercomputer. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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The unsung mapmakers
Published Oct 5, 2020
The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard requires an array of behind-the-scenes expertise from staff at multiple divisions, selflessly working at all hours. Here's their story.
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Libraries
Hopkins libraries resume Borrow Direct
Published Sept 21, 2020
After being on hiatus since March, the popular borrowing and lending service is back
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Game night
Published Spring 2020
Game from Sheridan Libraries' Special Collections challenges players to advocate for women's voting rights while avoiding police / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Rare Books
Collection illuminates lives of early modern nuns
Published Winter 2019
The Women of the Book Collection offers a rare look into what it was like to be a woman between 1460 and 1800 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Close-up of 'A Problem in Greek Ethics'
Classics
Libraries acquire rare copy of seminal 19th-century essay
Published Dec 5, 2019
'A Problem in Greek Ethics' by poet John Addington Symonds helped set the stage for the modern gay-rights movement