History Comprising nearly 250,000 volumes of American and Canadian poetry, plays, and vocal music, the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays is one of the largest collections of its kind in a research library. Begun in the mid-19th century by Brown graduate Albert Gorton Greene ’37, the collection assumed the unusual mission of acquiring … Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
To celebrate Brown alum Angela Lorenz’s ’87 exhibition of watercolors and ephemera, the John Hay Library hosted R.ed Day, a scavenger hunt using Lorenz’s inspiration for her most recent work. Twenty-six R.eds, red cloth figurines, hid all over the John Hay, and throughout the day, around 40 students participated in searching for R.ed on all … R.ed Day at the Hay – May 1, 2018
The John Hay houses a large History of Science Collection which includes extensive holdings of old and rare editions of early scientific texts as well as now outdated and pseudoscientific texts. Geographically and temporally broad, the collection includes the Pingree Collection, which focuses on ancient Indic sciences and includes a number of works in Sanskrit … History of Science Collection
Published: 1546, Basel, Switzerland Published just three years after Copernicus proposed his heliocentric (Sun-centered) cosmic model, Sphaera Mundi, written by Rabbi Abraham Hispanus, subscribes to the still widely accepted geocentric (Earth-centered) model of the universe. In Hebrew and Latin, the text elucidates the design of the universe with dozens of illustrations, and various leaves include … Material of the Week: Sphaera Mundi
