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Striped Bass, or Rockfish, Maryland's state fish

Baked Rock

02/14/2023

In the Maryland Special Collection, within the pages of an ordinary-looking spiral-bound church cookbook is a most unusual recipe: Baked Rock with Curry Stuffing.

  • Maryland
  • Recipes
  • Rockfish
  • Archives
Flyleaf of Tigers is Only Cats by Sophie Kerr

An Evening with Sophie Kerr

02/02/2023

Though Sophie Kerr is most known on Washington College’s campus for her endowment which funds the largest undergraduate literary prize in the United States, she was an accomplished woman with many interests.

  • Entertaining
  • Sophie Kerr collection
  • Special Collections
Washington College

Arctic Exploration in the rare book collection

01/20/2023

The search for the Northwest Passage, a route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Seas, is what drove many 19th century early expeditions.

  • Arctic Exploration
  • CES
  • Dr. Susan Natali
  • Archives