Happy Holidays from the Chesney Archives! Please enjoy a restful winter break.🎄☃️ Greeting card from The Johns Hopkins Hospital, circa 1940s, from the Photograph Collections of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Soaring off for a quick break. 💙 This account will be on break until January 5. We hope you also get some time to rest and reflect. We will see you in the new year!

Attention Blue Jays- don't forget that the MSE Library Annex, Brody Learning Commons, Hutzler Reading Room, Hodson Hall, and George Peabody Library will have adjusted hours for winter break!⁠ We hope you have a restful and rejuvenating holiday season! ❄️

POV you are a literal baby studying for finals. Good luck out there! Photo: A baby studying on a Homewood campus quad, 1991.

“When I learned that Maryland’s Anne Arundel County officials had formally apologized for slavery, I wasn’t sure what to think.” open.substack.com/pub/hardhist...

Looking for a study space during Reading and Exam Days? We've got you covered! Visit the Sheridan Libraries' website at library.jhu.edu/study-spaces for a directory of expanded study spaces on the Homewood campus, which will be updated as locations, hours, and other details become available.

Explore Part II of an insightful interview from today's Scholarly Kitchen with @wendyqueen.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @tjowens.bsky.social on how digital tools have reshaped the history of science. #ReadUP #TeamUP scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/25/s...

'Tis the season of gratitude, and something we can’t be grateful enough for is the hard work our reference archivist and the special collections student workers put into answering researcher inquiries! Researchers from around the world reach out, and they almost always provide a bit of thanks.

Starting this Friday, the MSE Library Annex and Brody Learning Commons have adjusted hours for the Thanksgiving holiday!⁠ ⁠ From 11/21 - 11/29: 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM Monday - Saturday, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sunday.⁠ Both spaces will be CLOSED 11/27 and 11/28. ⁠ Have a restful and rejuvenating break! 🦃

We're Back! Hard Histories: Facing Into the Wind! open.substack.com/pub/hardhist...

"The MSE Library Modernization is an ambitious renovation and redesign of the 182,000-square-foot building...Sixteen months into the construction phase of the project, here’s the latest progress to celebrate." blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/11/mse-...

The Homewood Museum held a panel discussion last night for their new exhibit, "If Walls Could Talk: A History of an American House", now open until 2027. Michelle Fitzgerald, John Guess (A&S '71, SAIS '76), Hadeed Habib (A&S '25), and Molly Moores spoke on their process of shaping the exhibit

Ira Remsen was the first chemistry professor at Hopkins and the university's second president. His legacy on campus was cemented in 1927 when the new chemistry building was named in his honor, and his ashes were interred behind a plaque shortly after the building's opening. #HappyHalloween

The @jhulibraries.bsky.social has acquired the records of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social, the leading professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature. The extensive archive documents the MLA’s activities from its founding at JHU in 1883-2017. t.jh.edu/A6fqO0

"Ceremony," the new exhibition at the #FraryGallery, features works from artist and social scientist Lindsay Adams, placed in conversation with never-before-seen archival objects from @jhulibraries.bsky.social 🎨 Exhibit opens 10/29 at the #HopkinsBloombergCenter washingtondc.jhu.edu/arts-culture...

We are excited to welcome faculty and students from the JHU Film & Media Program to the Chesney Archives today! They are filming a documentary short focusing on Martha Jones's Hard Histories work using the Records of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Orphan Asylum. 📽️🎞️🎬https://tinyurl.com/4k28pxvk

Now available to read on JScholarship, "The Evolution of the Homewood and JHMI Police: Changes in Johns Hopkins Law Enforcement from the Late 1960s to the Early 1980s" by Henry Clayton, one of our 2024-2025 Hugh Hawkins Fellows. #skystorians https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/71294

Our final questions for the day! Why did you become an archivist? Or who is another archivist you look up to? Our archivists answered.... #AskAnArchivist

Our fourth question: What are the most common workplace hazards for archivists? “On the digital side, one hazard you always have to look out for is a computer virus! It could be lurking within the most benign-looking floppy disk.”– Rachel Gattermeyer, Digital Archivist

Our third question: how would they describe their job to a half-interested, distant family member? Heavy on the half-interested. #AskAnArchivist

It’s #AskAnArchivist Day! We’ll be sharing the University Archivists’ responses to some select questions throughout the day. Our second question: If they could have a mascot for our archives team, what would they choose?

It’s #AskAnArchivist Day! We’ll be sharing the University Archivists’ responses to some select questions throughout the day. Our first question: What is something they have found tucked away in between archival documents? As you’ll see, truly, the sky is the limit.

Nothing says Fall Break more than taking the time to enjoy the chilling temperatures, drink a hot beverage, revel in spooky season, and admire the changing leaves. Have a wonderful week, everyone!

"On October 21, Homewood Museum will open If Homewood’s Walls Could Talk: A History of an American House, a new exhibition exploring the house’s full 224-year history." blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/new-...

Hopkins Retrospective was also able to share the work we do through two sessions at NCPH 2025 - “Engaging Communities in Critical University Histories” and “Solidarity in Our Storytelling: Lessons in Collaborative Historiography.” Read more about both now at blogs.library.jhu.edu.

Staff dining and caffeinating from the vending machines in the Johns Hopkins Hospital employee lounge, circa 1960. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection. #NationalCoffeeDay ☕

Was Gilman Hall the first building constructed on Homewood campus? Can you guess when a photo was taken by what someone is wearing? Test out your university history skills at Hop Into History this 10/02 on Keyser Quad from 11 AM – 2 PM. We’ll also have some prizes and light snacks for you to grab.

This year’s NCPH conference centered on the theme of Solidarity/Solidarité, echoing historical and contemporary calls for worker solidarity. Read about Hopkins Retrospective’s experience at the conference, published earlier this week. https://blogs.library.jhu.edu/

It’s Thinking About You Week, and we’ve been thinking about the MSE Library (@jhulibraries.bsky.social)! It’s been under construction for over a year now, and we can’t help but wonder how it’s going. A construction update was published this summer: blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/07/mse-...

Thanks to @ajseyler.bsky.social of @hopkinsretro.bsky.social for a great tour of the Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus today! 🧡

Jazz, community, history, and a lot of love have been filling the Historic Lafayette Square Park since 2019. (All photos in this thread are from the 2022 Billie Holiday Jazz in Lafayette Square, photographed by Will Kirk.)

It’s International Delivery Driver Appreciation Day, and we couldn’t be any more grateful for the amazing staff who deliver books and archival material to a campus near you!

Beautiful mural honoring Henrietta Lacks painted by Baltimore community members popped up near Hopkins med campus recently.

In February, former Hugh Hawkins fellow Aurora J. Grutman published her article in BMC Medical Education on her research titled, "Voices of change: experiences of early women urology residents — a single institution qualitative research study". bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A beautiful day on the Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington campus! 🌺🌼🌻

Libraries Team Wins Discovery Award for Innovative Curating and Archiving Black Baltimore Project: blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/07/libr...

Attention JHU Class of 2029! ⁠ Want to research with our Special Collections department? You get to handle rare objects, books, maps, and ephemera while being mentored by one of our fabulous archivists and librarians!⁠ ⁠ Attend the HOP 101 session on 8/21 to learn more! bit.ly/jhufirstyearfellows

Oh right, we have a new tour coming out soon!! Developed in collaboration with @hopkinsretro.bsky.social 💙 Spicier, spookier, and even more deeply researched than the first installment of this tour series...

In a recent accession, we found this 1918 letter fastened together using a metal nail! Interesting, but not good for archival preservation! The letter was written during Dr. Edwards A. Park's time serving with the American Red Cross in France during WWI.

Attention incoming Blue Jays! Want to tour the library spaces on campus? Join us August 22nd at the BLC Patio at 2:00, 2:45. and 4:14 PM to get a personalized tour of our fantastic study spaces with Librarian for English, Philosophy, and Special Collections Student Engagement Heidi Herr.

Also, in Baltimore, you can do cool things like hear the below-mentioned Ken Kolodner playing hammer dulcimer (and hammer mbira!!) at free concerts in parks in Bolton Hill :)

Have you ever heard the alluring sound of the viola da gamba? Or have you ever seen a krumhorn and wondered if someone is playing out of an upside-down cane?

Baltimore Bluesky is the BEST. That is all

Today is National Drive-Thru Day! If your local archive was a drive-thru, what would you order? A stack of census records with a side of microfilm? Would archivists have to wear a branded uniform? And if there was a toy that came with your meal, what would you'd hope it be? #GiveUsYourIdeas

The Sheridan Libraries are delighted to announce the launch of Curating and Archiving Black Baltimore (CABB), a one-year project funded by a Johns Hopkins Discovery Award, which recognizes cross-divisional teams engaged in new research and creation. Learn more at bit.ly/46VKazt!

AUGUST 14 AT 6:30 PM: Baltimore-based violinist Yonatan Grinberg and pianist Teodora Adzharova will present a performance exploring how generations of immigrants have shaped & enriched American music, literature, and art. Learn more and register at bit.ly/itschamber.

Biiiiig Stretch. We hope you’ve had a moment to relax as we pass our halfway mark through the summer. Photos: A black and white photo of a squirrel stretching out on a log on campus, 1990. Photographers: Gordon Swan/Jay Van Rensselaer

Former Sen. Ben Cardin donates political papers to Johns Hopkins. "The materials in a collection like this can add nuance, context, and lived experience to the broader historical narrative." - Katie Carey, University Archivist hub.jhu.edu/2025/07/03/b...

This postcard from 1928 from Orthello Langworthy in the Lewis Weed Collection has us thinking about our upcoming long weekend and travel plans. Is it Friday yet?

We’re closing out Pride Month with a post on the history of DSAGA, the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance student group at Hopkins. Thank you to DSAGA for all the research they’ve done using archival material stored with the University Archives!