The Levy Collection contains hundreds of songs that celebrate modes of transportation, ranging from boats, buses, and airplanes to hot air balloons. Not surprisingly, there are over 100 songs dedicated […]
What is QDA Software?
Written by Dave Fearon and Harshil Desai What is QDA Software? Researchers today are increasingly making use of computers for qualitative data analysis software (QDAS), especially with digital media files. Two major commercial QDAS products, NVivo & ATLAS.ti, are […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was made an official holiday by decree of Abraham Lincoln in 1863. While there don’t seem to be as many melodies composed for the holiday as there are for […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Veterans Day
The Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection contains hundreds of songs honoring our veterans, ranging from the American Revolutionary War to World War II. More broadly, music has always played a […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Halloween
Halloween is here! As spooky season draws to a close, here are a few of the spookiest, creepiest, and midnight-iest songs in the Levy Sheet Music Collection. ‘Twas in the […]
Spooky Season at JHU Museums
It’s the time of year when the weather cools, the leaves change, and people gather round to hear their favorite scary or odd stories. This year, the staff at JHU […]
JHU Museums’ Architectural Tour of Baltimore
The neighborhoods around Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library have changed greatly since the houses were constructed in 1801 and 1858, respectively. Both estates were used as country “villas” […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Carner Collection
This week’s deep dive will explore one of our lesser-known sheet music collections: the Sam Carner Collection. While the Levy Sheet Music Collection is our largest and most consulted, we […]
Decoración Al Aire Libre De Jardín, Césped Y Jardin Simu
Beginning with the Mellon Foundation in the 1990s, Artstor has been a mainstay of the digital image landscape for decades. Since 2015, the Visual Resources Collection (VRC)’s local image collection […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Autumn
Now that it’s officially Fall, this week’s sheet music deep dive will explore the music of Autumn! Golden Leaves of Autumn was published in Chicago, 1868. The lithographer, listed at […]