Hopkins Retrospective
@hopkinsretro.bsky.social
A dynamic public history initiative to research, reexamine, and share the history of Johns Hopkins University with the community in meaningful ways!
https://retrospective.jhu.edu/
https://retrospective.jhu.edu/
We're participating again this year! Let us know if you have any questions and we'll have our archivists answer them next week.
#AskAnArchivist Day is Oct 14! SAA wants to see the most underrated item in your archive—a letter, photo, draft, or anything that deserves more attention. “Underrated” is up to you! Learn more & enter: https://ow.ly/yheC50ZQKno
October 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We're participating again this year! Let us know if you have any questions and we'll have our archivists answer them next week.
Heads up to researchers!
📣 🐦️ Attention Blue Jays! 📣 🐦️
The Special Collections Reading Room is temporarily closing from November 2026 through January 2027, when it will reopen in the renovated Eisenhower Library.
For more information and assistance during this closure, contact [email protected].
The Special Collections Reading Room is temporarily closing from November 2026 through January 2027, when it will reopen in the renovated Eisenhower Library.
For more information and assistance during this closure, contact [email protected].
October 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Heads up to researchers!
We have a particular bias for archive inspired events 👀
Check out this event and others being hosted by the libraries in this thread!
Check out this event and others being hosted by the libraries in this thread!
📚️ Arts and Archives: DIY Publishing Panel
Join a conversation on the art of independent publishing in Baltimore, featuring three voices shaping the city's DIY print culture: Jess Jess Press, Momo Mullings, and Cara Ober.
bit.ly/artsandarchivespub
Join a conversation on the art of independent publishing in Baltimore, featuring three voices shaping the city's DIY print culture: Jess Jess Press, Momo Mullings, and Cara Ober.
bit.ly/artsandarchivespub
September 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
We have a particular bias for archive inspired events 👀
Check out this event and others being hosted by the libraries in this thread!
Check out this event and others being hosted by the libraries in this thread!
Another Bmore Historic for the books! 🙌
Last Friday, we met up to have conversations, make connections, and learn from each other. The unconference format allowed everyone to take the opportunity to take the stage and share their experiences.
Last Friday, we met up to have conversations, make connections, and learn from each other. The unconference format allowed everyone to take the opportunity to take the stage and share their experiences.
September 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Another Bmore Historic for the books! 🙌
Last Friday, we met up to have conversations, make connections, and learn from each other. The unconference format allowed everyone to take the opportunity to take the stage and share their experiences.
Last Friday, we met up to have conversations, make connections, and learn from each other. The unconference format allowed everyone to take the opportunity to take the stage and share their experiences.
We are just getting started at Bmore Historic! The proposed session already has us looking forward to the day ahead.
September 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
We are just getting started at Bmore Historic! The proposed session already has us looking forward to the day ahead.
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Grateful to be part of this team and its commitment to telling the hard stories with courage and compassion. #francesellenwatkinsharper #hopkinsorphanasylum #hardhistories
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Re-Reading the News: Examining the legacy of Frances Ellen W...
Afro Charities hosts “Re-Reading the News” legacy series with Johns Hopkins University during its 150 year anniversary to honor the life and legacy of Frances E...
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September 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Grateful to be part of this team and its commitment to telling the hard stories with courage and compassion. #francesellenwatkinsharper #hopkinsorphanasylum #hardhistories
www.afro.com/archives/re-...
www.afro.com/archives/re-...
Thank you to everyone who came to Re-Reading the News yesterday night! It was great to hear the panelists speak about exploring F.E.W. Harper, how her life intertwines with the stories of the girls who were raised at the Colored Orphan Asylum, and how it will all come together in their documentary.
September 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to Re-Reading the News yesterday night! It was great to hear the panelists speak about exploring F.E.W. Harper, how her life intertwines with the stories of the girls who were raised at the Colored Orphan Asylum, and how it will all come together in their documentary.
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Baltimore! We’ll be live on the eve of September 15 talking about how we’re going from the archives to the big screen to tell the story of Frances Harper and the girls of the Hopkins Orphan Asylum. Join us. hardhistories.substack.com/p/welcome-ba...
Frances Harper and the Hopkins Orphan Asylum; Join Us on September 15
“Rereading the News: The Baltimore Orphan Girl Who Changed a Nation”
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September 10, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Baltimore! We’ll be live on the eve of September 15 talking about how we’re going from the archives to the big screen to tell the story of Frances Harper and the girls of the Hopkins Orphan Asylum. Join us. hardhistories.substack.com/p/welcome-ba...
If you haven't registered for Re-Reading the News: The Baltimore Orphan Girl Who Changed a Nation, now's your chance! Learn how Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the story of the Johns Hopkins Colored Orphan Asylum intertwine. Students get in for free. hub.jhu.edu/events/2026/...
September 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
If you haven't registered for Re-Reading the News: The Baltimore Orphan Girl Who Changed a Nation, now's your chance! Learn how Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the story of the Johns Hopkins Colored Orphan Asylum intertwine. Students get in for free. hub.jhu.edu/events/2026/...
"It's the subbasement where diurnal rhythms go to die, operating as it does in the perpetual timelessness of a casino floor—only the patrons here are gambling they'll be able to absorb all the facts and figures they need for a looming exam." hub.jhu.edu/2026/09/02/e...
With recent renovations, library's lowest level is a dungeon no more
The renovation of Eisenhower Library has brought sunlight where you least expect it—to the once-dim, subterranean depths of D-level
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September 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"It's the subbasement where diurnal rhythms go to die, operating as it does in the perpetual timelessness of a casino floor—only the patrons here are gambling they'll be able to absorb all the facts and figures they need for a looming exam." hub.jhu.edu/2026/09/02/e...
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🎂 SAVE THE DATE for Feb 11, 2027! 🎂
Douglass Day will feature Transcribe the Early Black Press!
💻 New Crowdsourcing Project
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Host an event or join us online! Help us spread the word?
Register now: DougalssDay.org
Douglass Day will feature Transcribe the Early Black Press!
💻 New Crowdsourcing Project
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Host an event or join us online! Help us spread the word?
Register now: DougalssDay.org
September 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
🎂 SAVE THE DATE for Feb 11, 2027! 🎂
Douglass Day will feature Transcribe the Early Black Press!
💻 New Crowdsourcing Project
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Host an event or join us online! Help us spread the word?
Register now: DougalssDay.org
Douglass Day will feature Transcribe the Early Black Press!
💻 New Crowdsourcing Project
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Host an event or join us online! Help us spread the word?
Register now: DougalssDay.org
We’re looking forward to getting this on our bookshelf!
Historian Andrew Jewett's new book traces 150 years of Johns Hopkins, from its founding through today's undergraduate experience and Baltimore partnership.
hub.jhu.edu/2026/08/31/j...
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New book explores 150 years of Johns Hopkins University history
Historian Andrew Jewett, author of 'Johns Hopkins: The First 150 Years,' discusses how the university has changed since its founding and what lessons it should take into the future
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August 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
We’re looking forward to getting this on our bookshelf!
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A day in the life of a JHU library book 📚 Requested books travel from off-site storage in Laurel, MD, to the Library Annex at Homewood.
August 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
A day in the life of a JHU library book 📚 Requested books travel from off-site storage in Laurel, MD, to the Library Annex at Homewood.
Introducing our newest Hugh Hawkins Fellows! Hugh Hawkins Research Fellowships are awarded annually to JHU undergraduate or graduate students who wish to research the university’s history. Four fellows were selected to be provided support on their research.
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August 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Introducing our newest Hugh Hawkins Fellows! Hugh Hawkins Research Fellowships are awarded annually to JHU undergraduate or graduate students who wish to research the university’s history. Four fellows were selected to be provided support on their research.
retrospective.jhu.edu/hawkins-fell...
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The Universities Studying Slavery 2026 Conference (October 22-25) registration is now open! The conference will be hosted at University of Maryland, College Park this year.
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Register | Universities Studying Slavery Conference 2026
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August 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Universities Studying Slavery 2026 Conference (October 22-25) registration is now open! The conference will be hosted at University of Maryland, College Park this year.
1856project.umd.edu/uss-conferen...
1856project.umd.edu/uss-conferen...
Special Collections First-Year Fellow Nandini Rastogi, who’s majoring in public health and minoring in business and environmental studies, explores the impact of a disastrous fire on the university’s early @jhulibraries.bsky.social.
www.library.jhu.edu/news/2026/07...
www.library.jhu.edu/news/2026/07...
The fire that transformed Johns Hopkins' libraries, part two
Special Collections First-Year Fellow Nandini Rastogi continues her exploration of the impact of a disastrous fire on the university’s early libraries.
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August 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Special Collections First-Year Fellow Nandini Rastogi, who’s majoring in public health and minoring in business and environmental studies, explores the impact of a disastrous fire on the university’s early @jhulibraries.bsky.social.
www.library.jhu.edu/news/2026/07...
www.library.jhu.edu/news/2026/07...
August 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
297 is looking good on you, Baltimore. ✨
Even though half the age of the city it resides in, Johns Hopkins University has deep roots in it. Its original campus was seated in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.
Even though half the age of the city it resides in, Johns Hopkins University has deep roots in it. Its original campus was seated in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.
July 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
297 is looking good on you, Baltimore. ✨
Even though half the age of the city it resides in, Johns Hopkins University has deep roots in it. Its original campus was seated in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.
Even though half the age of the city it resides in, Johns Hopkins University has deep roots in it. Its original campus was seated in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.
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i love to be an archivist working in public history, i love to share a neat source I found and a new thing i've learned, i love to talk to college students about how they are smarter than i am, i love to read lots of magazines from the 1900s on @archive.org and send screenshots to my friends, i love
July 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
i love to be an archivist working in public history, i love to share a neat source I found and a new thing i've learned, i love to talk to college students about how they are smarter than i am, i love to read lots of magazines from the 1900s on @archive.org and send screenshots to my friends, i love
Johns Hopkins archives highlight nearly two centuries of LGBTQ+ history hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/30/l...
Johns Hopkins archives highlight nearly two centuries of LGBTQ+ history
Curator Gabrielle Dean and librarian Siân Evans share the university's collection of LGBTQ+ books, photos, zines, and more—a testament to the queer community's struggles and joy
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July 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Johns Hopkins archives highlight nearly two centuries of LGBTQ+ history hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/30/l...
Box Friend went on a trip to the @jhmedarchives.bsky.social! They assisted a researcher who wanted to take a look at Vivien Thomas’ papers. Chesney Medical Archives acts as the official archival repository for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.
June 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Box Friend went on a trip to the @jhmedarchives.bsky.social! They assisted a researcher who wanted to take a look at Vivien Thomas’ papers. Chesney Medical Archives acts as the official archival repository for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.
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Happy to share my contribution - an essay on Elizabeth Freeman - and the entire NYTimes Magazine Visions of America project, in print July 4. Freeman’s bequest to us was the struggle for liberty, and that started with family. Read and please comment. We’re reading! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Freedom and Emancipated Herself (Gift Article)
For the 250th anniversary, The Times Magazine asked leading historians to profile founding-era Americans whose roles in the drama have been often overlooked.
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June 24, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Happy to share my contribution - an essay on Elizabeth Freeman - and the entire NYTimes Magazine Visions of America project, in print July 4. Freeman’s bequest to us was the struggle for liberty, and that started with family. Read and please comment. We’re reading! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here’s a little backstory on our favorite bird, Jay, for National Mascot Day (last week). 💙
June 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Here’s a little backstory on our favorite bird, Jay, for National Mascot Day (last week). 💙
Looking for a bit of LGBTQ history for Pride Month? We’ve been listening to Walker Magrath, M.D. (SOM, '24) who dove into archival research at the @jhmedarchives.bsky.social for his article “The Fall of the Nation’s First Gender-Affirming Surgery Clinic”.
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S1 Ep6: Walker Magrath - on the nation's first gender-affirming surgery clinic
For the Medical Record · Episode
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June 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Looking for a bit of LGBTQ history for Pride Month? We’ve been listening to Walker Magrath, M.D. (SOM, '24) who dove into archival research at the @jhmedarchives.bsky.social for his article “The Fall of the Nation’s First Gender-Affirming Surgery Clinic”.
open.spotify.com/episode/2ZbU...
open.spotify.com/episode/2ZbU...
From the 50th to the 150th, congratulations Class of 2026! In the pages of the 1926 Hullabaloo, a student reflected on their time at Hopkins and the many changes that occurred. The student laments, “But what did we do as a class in those four long and variegated periods of time?”.
May 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
From the 50th to the 150th, congratulations Class of 2026! In the pages of the 1926 Hullabaloo, a student reflected on their time at Hopkins and the many changes that occurred. The student laments, “But what did we do as a class in those four long and variegated periods of time?”.