Published: 1735, Philadelphia. Cato’s Moral Distichs is a Puritanical text by James Logan. This edition is probably the first English translation published in the colonies, and it was printed by Ben Franklin at his Philadelphia press.
Published: 1912, Washington D.C. Robert Ridgeway was frustrated with the lack of standard nomenclature for different colors. He took it upon himself to hand dye, cut, and mount hundreds of color rectangles into his book “Color standards and color nomenclature.” Ridgeway hoped that this tome would standardize use and reference of colors. The style of … Material of the Week: Ridgeway Color Standards
Published: April 2001, Providence, RI Famed Brown alum John Krasinski ’01 wrote “Contents Under Pressure” for his senior honors thesis in the Theatre Arts and Performance Studies department. The two-act play is set in Ray’s Auto and follows the increasingly intense exchange between Jack Taylor, a young struggling son who has returned to town after … Material of the Week: John Krasinski’s Senior Thesis
