Welcome to Fields of Hay! Explore the tabs and sections to learn more about the opportunities for undergraduate engagement at the John Hay Library.
Fields of Hay is the undergraduate student field guide to the John Hay Library, created and maintained by a student employee of the Library. The guide highlights both standing collections and individual materials across fields of study housed at the Hay to encourage deeper student engagement with Library holdings regardless of concentration. The guide also promotes ongoing events and student-specific programming at the Hay to demonstrate how libraries and special collections can be places of hands-on, practical, and fun learning and pleasure.
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About the Author
Shira Buchsbaum ’19 studied Anthropology and English Non-Fiction Writing and was the primary creator of Fields of Hay, under the advisorship of Heather Cole. She wrote her senior thesis about curatorial decision-making for the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays as reflective of changing conceptions of American literature. Any inquiries about Fields of Hay and materials or programming at the Hay can be sent to shira_buchsbaum@brown.edu.