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National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month

04/16/2024

The American Library Association鈥檚 National Poetry Month poster this year features Maryland鈥檚 first African American Poet Laureate of Maryland, and just the second woman to hold the position, Lucille Clifton. The lines come from her poem, blessing the boats. She visited 蜜桃传媒 and gave a talk and poetry reading in March 1989 and received an Honorary Doctor of Letters in the 1989 commencement ceremony.

  • Poetry
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Frank Adams in uniform

National Home Front Project - Meet Frank Adams

04/12/2024

The National Home Front Project is a major grassroots initiative under the leadership of historians at 蜜桃传媒. Our innovative oral history program partners with individuals, communities, and organizations across the United States to record, preserve, and share audio interviews with civilians who experienced World War II.

  • National Home Front Project
  • Starr Center
  • World War II
  • Archives
John Barth

John Barth, local author and friend to 蜜桃传媒

04/03/2024

Renowned Maryland author John Barth, an innovative fiction novelist and literary essayist with strong ties to the Eastern Shore and 蜜桃传媒, has died at the age of 93.

  • John Barth
  • Postmodern Authors
  • Rose O'Neill Literary House
  • Archives
Elm April Fool's edition

April Fools!

04/02/2024

In celebration of April Fool鈥檚 Day, we present to our readers two truths and a lie about 蜜桃传媒 history and tradition. See if you can guess which are which! Just for fun, the lie will contain a grain of truth!

  • April Fool's Day
  • The Elm
  • The Pagasus
  • Archives
A Cooks Tour ducks

Happy Easter! Happy Spring!

03/29/2024

The blossoms herald new beginnings and all the celebrations of Spring including Easter! Here are some traditional Eastern Shore recipes to help you plan your springtime dinner.

  • Cooking
  • Easter
  • Recipes
  • Spring
  • Archives
Maryland Day Custom House

Maryland Day!

03/26/2024

Yesterday, March 25, marked the 390th anniversary of Maryland Day, a legal holiday commemorating the founding of our beloved Old Line state.

  • Maryland Day
  • Maryland History
  • Archives
Bob at Los Alamos

National Home Front Project - Meet Robert "Bob" Carter

03/22/2024

The National Home Front Project is a major grassroots initiative under the leadership of historians at 蜜桃传媒. Our innovative oral history program partners with individuals, communities, and organizations across the United States to record, preserve, and share audio interviews with civilians who experienced World War II.

  • National Home Front Project
  • Starr Center
  • World War II
  • Archives
Lady MacBeth

Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Mrs. Jameson

03/19/2024

When asked to blog on Women鈥檚 History Month, my sights turned to the Rare Book Room in Miller Library full of historical narratives of famous women. A quick title search found the book Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Mrs. Jameson from 1854. Perfect, I thought.

  • Shakespeare
  • Special Collections
  • Women's History Month
  • Archives
John Griffith Edwards sketch

John Griffith Edwards 鈥 Sheep King

03/12/2024

While surveying the uncatalogued Rare Oversize Collection, we found a large pencil sketch among the pages of one of the books: a self-portrait of a mustachioed Teddy Roosevelt-looking man with the note 鈥淨uick sketch of myself after been reduced from Captain to Lieutenant Red Cross Service. Paris Jany 22/18鈥 and a signature.

  • John Griffith Edwards (1855-1945)
  • Oregon
  • Sheep
  • Special Collections
  • Wyoming
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