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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

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

Library collections

'Women of the Book' exhibit reveals lives of women from 1450-1800

Published Oct 18, 2022

The Sheridan Libraries' collection of nearly 1,000 volumes highlights the lives of early women, with a particular focus on religious and spiritual life

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

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?