A volume of John James Audubon’s master work, The Birds of America, is on display on the main floor of the John Hay Library. Each bird will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is “Iceland Falcon”. The library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. The Library will be closed … Audubon’s “Iceland Falcon” on display at the John Hay Library
DARD HUNTER–PIONEER PAPER MAKER A small exhibit on Dard Hunter, credited with re-introducing the art and craft of hand paper making in the U.S. is on exhibit in the John Hay lobby throughout the month of July. Dard Hunter, who wrote extensively on hand paper making around the globe, especially the Far East, has been … Dard Hunter — Pioneer Paper Maker, John Hay Library Lobby Exhibit for July
The Brown University Library has acquired the library of the late David E. Pingree, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of mathematics. The collection, consisting of more than 22,000 materials, is a remarkable resource for the study of mathematics in the ancient world, in particular India, and the relationship of Eastern mathematics to the … Library Acquires David E. Pingree Collection of Mathematics in the Ancient World
The Library has just launched a beta version of easyBorrow, a simplfied interface to the various borrowing options the Library makes available through its partnerships with other libraries in the Ivy League and in New England. These options — InRhode, Borrow Direct, Virtual Catalog, and Interlibrary Loan — while vastly increasing the volume of material … Try easyBorrow: Search Once and Let Us Get it for You
A volume of John James Audubon’s master work, The Birds of America, is on display on the main floor of the John Hay Library. Each bird will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is “Rufous Hummingbird”. The library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. This elephant folio edition of … Audubon’s “Rufous Hummingbird” on display at the John Hay Library
A small selection of pulp magazines from the collection of the John Hay Library is on exhibit now through the end of June in the library’s lobby. The library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. The exhibit includes issues of Weird Tales with cover art by Margaret Brundage, and Tennessee Williams’ first published … They Came from the Hay….PULPS!!
