Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/) - Advancing participatory research and public humanities through engagement with the archives and collections of the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums Get Involved Learn about the Tabb Center history_eduApply for Dura schoolApply for First-Year Fellowship volunteer_activismSupport our Work peoplePublic Humanities Fellows menu_bookExplore Special Collections hubTabb Center Initiatives News & Announcements Announcement “What Makes Podcasting Accessible” Roundtable - [September 3: Ann Street Trio](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/in-the-stacks-concert-series/annstreettrio/) - Archives hold many mysteries waiting to be uncovered. An unlabeled photograph, an anonymous diary, or a forgotten manuscript can open new windows into the past. In this program, Baltimore-based ensemble Ann Street Trio will bring music and archives together to explore how works and their creators are remembered, overlooked, and rediscovered. Featuring: Hui-Chuan Chen, piano Katlyn DeGraw, cello Erik - [Past Performances](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/in-the-stacks-concert-series/past-performances/) - July 30, 2026 This performance explored the connections between women, music, and the natural world, brought to life through performance and archival discovery. Baltimore-based acoustic trio The Bayberries (Hana Morford, Samantha Flores, and Danielle Williams) performed original music rooted in bluegrass and folk traditions, with classical touches and global influences. Historic bound volumes of sheet - [Special Collections First-Year Fellows](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/first-year-fellows/) - Attend our HOP 101 Info Sessions about the program at the Macksey Seminar Room (Brody Learning Commons, M-level) on Thursday, August 27th, 2026 at 3:30 – 4:15 PM and 4:30 – 5:15 PM. Application Apply to be a First-Year Fellow Launched in 2016, First-Year Fellows (originally known as Freshman Fellows) is an academic opportunity designed - [About](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/about/) - The Tabb Center advances experimental and participatory research methods, public humanities scholarship, and collaborative approaches to knowledge creation that engage the distinctive collections and archives of the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums. The center connects scholarly inquiry with public dialogue through interdisciplinary and community-engaged initiatives, bridging the intellectual and material resources of Johns Hopkins University - [Edible Book Festival 2026 Voting Form](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/edible-book-festival/voting/) - Voting has closed. One vote per participant. - [Sheridan Libraries/AGHI Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA)](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/dura/) - Funded by the William H. and Susanne S. Endowment with co-sponsorship from the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI). Applications will be due May 11, 2026 by 11:59pm The Sheridan Libraries/AGHI Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards, or DURAs, are available for undergraduates working on independent research projects that draw on primary source materials in the rare book, - [Call for Proposals](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/in-the-stacks-concert-series/call-for-proposals/) - We are accepting proposals for In the Stacks performances, which take place at the George Peabody Library. Proposals should be submitted by June 1, 2026. Program length should be approximately 1 hour with no intermission. We suggest 45 minutes of music/content, leaving 10-15 minutes for speaking & audience engagement. Ensemble size should be at least - [Edible Book Festival](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/edible-book-festival/) - You’re Invited! Edible Book Festival Monday, March 30, 2026 12:30 – 2:30pm Glass Pavillion, Homewood Campus About the Festival The Sheridan Libraries Edible Book Festival began in 2014 and is now a highly-anticipated Johns Hopkins tradition. It is one of many such festivals that take place around the world on or around April 1 to - [Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellows](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/tabb-center-public-humanities-fellows/) - Deadline: **Please note that the Tabb Center Public Humanities fellowship is temporarily paused. Please check this page for announcements about the next application cycle.** This one-year fellowship includes a stipend of up to $20,000, with an additional $5,000 available for programming or related expenses, and may potentially be renewed for a second year. Public Humanities - [October 16, 2025: Luis Ozoria's Candor Collective and Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/in-the-stacks-concert-series/folktales/) - Latin American folklore comes to life! Luis Ozoria and his Candor Collective, a Pan-American jazz ensemble, will weave original compositions infused with the rhythms of merengue, bachata, and dembow. Performance artist Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown will transform Panamanian folktales into movement and film, joined by students from Baltimore School for the Arts. Kara Walker’s - [February 13-14, 2025: Songs from Inside](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/in-the-stacks-concert-series/songsfrominside/) - In 1940, Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola channeled his concern about rising fascism into a choral work, “Canti di Prigionia” (“Songs of Imprisonment”). He wrote the work for a choir to reflect the importance of the voice in resisting totalitarian regimes, using the composition to reflect historically oppressed and imprisoned voices. In 2024, conductor Juliano Aniceto - [Featured Exhibitions](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/featured-exhibitions/) - The Tabb Center supports the development of exhibitions, immersive theater experiences, and online explorations of Special Collections materials. Nicoletta Darita De La Brown: Be(longing) Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight November 14 – December 1, 2023 Location: George Peabody Library Reading Room This nstallation by Baltimore-based artist and Public Humanities Fellow - [Featured Student Projects](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/engagement/featured-student-projects/) - Selected student projects developed through Tabb Center courses, fellowships, and other undergraduate research opportunities. Poetry Scrapbook: In Conversation with Marion Buchman Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award recipient Joyce Ker conducted research in the Marion Buchman papers and interpreted her research by creating a scrapbook that juxtaposes Buchman’s interviews, correspondence, photographs, and reading lists with original poetry - [Leadership & Partners](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/leadership-partners/) - Leadership Joseph Plaster Director, Tabb Center & Curator in Public Humanities Heidi Herr Librarian for English, Philosophy, and Special Collections Student Engagement Vintage T Curators Learn about the Trans Histories Lab Monica Yorkman Jamie Grace Alexander Rahne Alexander Partners The Tabb Center is built on partnerships with people, institutions, and initiatives across Johns Hopkins University - [Initiatives](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/all-initiatives/) - Current Initiatives Student Learning Opportunities for mentored research as well as student-initiated learning inside and outside the classroom. Read More Stories of Displacement Foregrounds peoples’ experiences of displacement to generate conversations in Baltimore about community safety, support, and flourishing. Read More Trans Histories Lab Supporting non-extractive research on trans history and cultural production in Baltimore - [In the Stacks Concert Series](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/in-the-stacks-concert-series/) - Experience live music and other performing arts in Baltimore’s “Cathedral of Books.” Join us for up-close, unforgettable experiences with musicians and performance artists who are thinking outside the box. In the Stacks offers an informal, dynamic way for audiences to engage with music and performance art. Throughout the year, this concert series activates Baltimore’s iconic - [Past Initiatives](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/past-initiatives/) - Speaker / Event Series Join the Tabb Center at venues on JHU campus and around Baltimore for public humanities lectures. Read More Nicoletta Darita De La Brown: Be(longing) Interdisciplinary artist Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown explored and activated archival materials related to Ethel Ennis, Billie Holiday, and African American real photo postcards by staging the - [Advisory Board](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/leadership-partners/advisory-board/) - Jasmine Blanks Jones Executive Director, Center for Social Concern; Assistant Research Scholar, Chloe Center, Johns Hopkins University Research Interests: Youth cultural production, global citizenship education, social determinants of health, Black performance and embodied knowledges, youth in Africa Shane Butler Nancy H. and Robert E. Hall Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics; Director, Classics Research - [Past Recipients of the Public Humanities Fellowship](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/tabb-center-public-humanities-fellows/past-fellows/) - Non-institutionally affiliated artists, cultural workers, public historians, and knowledge-creators that mine and creatively interpret special collections materials from the Sheridan Libraries’ rare book, manuscript, and archival collections. Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight (2023) Award-winning interdisciplinary artist Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown explored and activated - [Public Programs](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/) - Developing public humanities programs that draw on and add to the Sheridan Libraries’ rare books, oral history, manuscripts, and archives special collections. Public humanities is the work of bridging knowledge produced in the academy and knowledge produced by larger publics, work that can take the form of participatory action research, historical reenactment, oral history projects, - [Dean's Undergraduate Research Award Application](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/dura/deans-undergraduate-research-award-application/) - This application has closed. - [Fellowships](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/) - Fellowships enable researchers to work closely with curators and faculty advisors on independent research projects. Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award for undergraduates working on independent research projects that draw on primary source materials in the rare book, manuscript, and archival collections of the Sheridan Libraries. First-Year Fellows An academic opportunity designed to introduce students to conducting research - [First-Year Fellows Application](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/first-year-fellows/firstyear-fellows-application/) - PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name* First Last Email* Phone*Research Topic*Propaganda in Historic Sheet MusicThe Crime of the CenturyTranslating Untranslated WorksApplication Essay*Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 49 MB. An essay of no more than 750 words discussing why you want to be part of the program and which - [Public Humanities Fellows Application Form](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/fellowships/tabb-center-public-humanities-fellows/public-humanities-fellows-application-form/) - Sorry. This form is no longer available. - [Edible Book Festival Submission Form](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/edible-book-festival/submission-form/) - Submission has closed. - [Peabody Ballroom Experience](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/public-humanities/peabody-ballroom-experience/) - redirects to peabodyballroom.library.jhu.edu ## Collections - ["What Makes Podcasting Accessible" Roundtable and Workshops Announced](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/what-makes-podcasting-accessible-roundtable-and-workshops-announced/) - [Savannah G.M. Wood Announced as New Public Humanities Fellow](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/savannah-g-m-wood-announced-as-new-public-humanities-fellow/) - ["Vintage T" Archives Trans Oral Histories](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/vintage-t-archives-trans-oral-histories/) - [Society of Fellows Postdoc Marios Falaris Launches Stories of Displacement](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/society-of-fellows-postdoc-marios-falaris-launches-stories-of-displacement/) - [Tabb Center Producing Ballroom VR Film to be screened in Fall 2024](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/tabb-center-producing-ballroom-vr-film/) - [Register for Edible Book Festival by March 28, 2024](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/register-for-edible-book-festival-by-march-28-2024/) - [Trans Cultural Production Speaker Series Announced](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/trans-cultural-production-speaker-series-announced/) - [The HUB profiles Tabb Center teaching, public humanities](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/the-hub-profiles-tabb-center-teaching-public-humanities/) - [Public Humanities Fellow Launches "Belonging" Installation](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/public-humanities-fellow-launches-belonging-installation/) - [Edible Book Festival Registration Open Until March 29, 2023](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/edible-book-festival-registration-open-until-march-29-2023/) - [The Peabody Ballroom Experience Wins The 2023 NCPH Outstanding Public History Award](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/peabody-ballroom-experience-wins-the-national-council-on-public-historys-outstanding-public-history-project-award/) - [Spring 2023 Curating Archives Event Series Announced](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/spring-2023-curating-archives-event-series-announced/) - [Tabb Center 2022/23 Public Humanities Fellows Announced](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/tabb-center-public-humanities-fellows-announced/) - [Tabb Center Hosts Trans Oral History Workshop and Public Talk](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/tabb-center-hosts-trans-oral-history-workshop-and-talk/) - [Tabb Center Fellow Researches Baltimore Trans Histories](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/tabb-center-fellow-researches-baltimore-trans-histories/) - [Tabb Center Postdoctoral Fellows Announced](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/tabb-center-postdoctoral-fellows-announced/) - [Planning Underway for Third Annual Peabody Ball: April 15, 2023](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/planning-underway-for-third-annual-peabody-ball-april-15-2023/) - [Tabb Center Librarian Heidi Herr Curates Rare Comic Books](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collections/tabb-center-librarian-heidi-herr-curates-rare-comic-books/) ## Initiatives - [Speaker / Event Series](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/speaker-event-series/) - Join the Tabb Center at venues on JHU campus and around Baltimore for public humanities lectures. - [Trans Histories Lab](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/trans-histories-lab/) - Supporting non-extractive research on trans history and cultural production in Baltimore and Washington D.C. - [Student Learning](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/student-learning/) - Opportunities for mentored research as well as student-initiated learning inside and outside the classroom. - [Stories of Displacement](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/stories-of-displacement/) - Foregrounds peoples’ experiences of displacement to generate conversations in Baltimore about community safety, support, and flourishing. - [Vintage Game Night](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/vintage-game-night/) - At these annual events students are invited to play a variety of historic games dating back to the 19th century, drawing on our collection of fortune-telling games, women’s suffrage tabletop and card games, and 20th century party games related to fashion, dating, and celebrity. - [Queer & Trans Public History](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/queer-trans-public-history/) - This course drew on studies of queer affect, queer temporality, trans embodiment, and performance studies to explore how queer people shape collective memory through public history, broadly defined to include digital archives, documentary film, performance, walking tours, and site-specific installations. - [Votes and Petticoats](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/votes-and-petticoats/) - Students enrolled in this course explored artifacts and works on paper that were created by fans and foes of women’s suffrage and discovered how “votes for women” triumphed over fears of “petticoat government.” - [Romancing the Comic Book](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/romancing-the-comic-book/) - Students enrolled in Romancing the Comic Book learned how these publications transformed from a much-mocked genre to an essential artifact that reveals much about mid-century American life and culture. - [Cooks & Their Books](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/cooks-their-books/) - By examining the historic cookbooks held in Special Collections, students will uncover forgotten histories, learn how to analyze and interpret cookbooks as historic objects, identify signs of use and ownership, trace the development of recipes from the manuscript era to the mid-twentieth century, and discuss authorship versus authenticity in the popularization of recipes. - [Queer Oral History](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/queer-oral-history/) - Engaging critically with queer and oral history theory, students broke into groups and coordinated interviews with 15+ queer Baltimore residents with the aim of archiving a queer reimagining of the city. - [A Century of Trans Cultural Production](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/a-century-of-trans-cultural-production/) - This discussion oriented seminar offered an intensive survey of cultural production by trans, non-binary, gender-nonconforming, and intersex artists, writers, poets, and musicians. - [First Year Seminar: Queer Archives](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/first-year-seminar-queer-archives/) - This First-Year Seminar offers an in-depth exploration of Baltimore’s queer and trans archives, expansively defined, engaging with interdisciplinary scholarship on "the archive" within queer and trans studies. - [Doing Oral History in Baltimore](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/doing-oral-history-in-baltimore/) - “Doing Oral History in Baltimore,” a series of three workshops in April 2022, supported individuals and institutions in recording, archiving, and interpreting under-documented histories in Baltimore, with a focus on the city’s Black history. - [Documenting Trans Oral History](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/documenting-trans-oral-history/) - “Documenting Trans Oral History: Lessons from the Tretter Project” an oral history workshop and public talk in December 2022, featured Andrea Jenkins and Myrl Beamfrom the Minneapolis-based Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. - [Baltimore’s Black Arts District](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/baltimores-black-arts-district/) - “Baltimore’s Black Arts District: A Creative Archive” was a series of Spring 2020 special collections workshops with young adults in Baltimore City. The project culminated with the creation of “Walking Down the Avenue,” an arts and humanities zine about Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore’s historic black arts district. - [Download & Engage](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/download-engage/) - Online engagements with our rare book, manuscript, and archival collections, including a pro-women’s suffrage board game, instructional toymaker cards, and more. - [Queer Times](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/queer-times/) - “Queer Times: A Virtual Exploration of Queer Media” was an interactive online event showcasing the Sheridan Library’s LGBTQ collections and Baltimore’s queer history. - [“See Also” by Submersive Theater](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/see-also-by-submersive-theater/) - “See Also” was an immersive theater experience created by Submersive Productions at the George Peabody Library. Participants encountered visual art, soundscapes, and performers portraying characters based on historical women and non-binary people from the collections of the Sheridan Libraries and University Museums. - [Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/celebrating-ethel-ennis-baltimores-first-lady-of-jazz/) - Reflect on the past and envision the emerging future of Baltimore jazz during an evening of inspiring conversation and music featuring Sean Jones, John Fowler, Charles Covington, Tim Green, Brinae Ali, Charenee Wade, Ebban Dorsey, and more. - [City People](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/city-people/) - “City People: Black Baltimore in the Photographs of John Clark Mayden” presented over fifty of the artist’s black-and-white street portraits taken since the 1970s, many on view for the first time. - [Nicoletta Darita De La Brown: Be(longing)](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiatives/nicoletta-darita-de-la-brown-belonging/) - Interdisciplinary artist Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown explored and activated archival materials related to Ethel Ennis, Billie Holiday, and African American real photo postcards by staging the installation Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight. ## Media Collection - [Oral History of Bryanna Jenkins](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-bryanna-jenkins/) - [Rahne Alexander interviewed by Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/rahne-alexander-interviewed-by-jamie-grace-alexander/) - [Oral History of Ken Jiretsu](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-ken-jiretsu/) - [Oral History of Brother Merrick Moses](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-brother-merrick-moses/) - [Oral History of Lisa Jones](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-lisa-jones/) - [Oral History of Paula Neira](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-paula-neira/) - [Oral History of Taylor Cormon Foster](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-taylor-cormon-foster/) - [Oral History of Keyanna Monae Devoreaux-Vorhees](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-keyanna-monae-devoreaux-vorhees/) - [Oral History of Tyler Vile](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-tyler-vile/) - [Oral History of Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-jamie-grace-alexander/) - [Erricka Bridgeford interviewed by Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/erricka-bridgeford-interviewed-by-jamie-grace-alexander/) - [Roxanne Raven Storm interviewed by Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/roxanne-raven-storm-interviewed-by-jamie-grace-alexander/) - [Tyler Vile interviewed by Rahne Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/1105/) - [Mickey Dehn interviewed by Rahne Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/mickey-dehn-interviewed-by-rahne-alexander/) - [Shawna Alexander interviewed by Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/shawna-alexander-interviewed-by-jamie-grace-alexander/) - [Teresa Palmoar interviewed by Rahne Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/teresa-palmoar-interviewed-by-rahne-alexander/) - [Ian Gilmore interviewed by Rahne Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/ian-gilmore-interviewed-by-rahne-alexander/) - [Rose Buttress interviewed by Rahne Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/oral-history-of-rose-buttress/) - [Vann Michael Millhouse interviewed by Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/vann-michael-millhouse-interviewed-by-jamie-grace-alexander/) - [Monica Yorkman interviewed by Jamie Grace Alexander](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media-item/monica-yorkman-interviewed-by-jamie-grace-alexander/) ## Collection Types - [News](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collection_type/news/) - [Announcement](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/collection_type/announcement/) ## Initiative Categories - [Oral History](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/oral-history/) - [Program](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/program/) - [Student Learning](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/student-learning/) - [Event](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/event/) - [Exhibition](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/exhibition/) - [Past Initiative](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/past-initiative/) - [Course](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/course/) - [Current Initiative](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/initiative_category/current-initiative/) ## Media Categories - [Vintage T Oral History](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media_category/vintage-t/) - [e](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media_category/e/) - [Undergraduate Oral Histories](https://tabbcenter.library.jhu.edu/media_category/undergraduate-oral-histories/)