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Josiah Upgrade in Process
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A softward update installed on January 7 has altered the appearance and some functions of Josiah. Your patience is appreciated while we make adjustments. Some of the changes you will see this month include::- Better word search results. To search for an exact phrase, enclose your search string in quotes.
- All search results displays will show 50 results instead of 12.
- SpellCheck will be installed
- Basic and advanced searches will appear on a single screen
- “MyJosiah” — You will be able to save searches and your reading history (this will be an “opt in” feature).
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John Hay’s Lincoln, and Lincoln’s John Hay: Shaping Identity and Public Memory in 19th Century America
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January 3 – March 6, 2008
John Hay Library
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.In September 1855, seventeen year old John Milton Hay arrived at Brown to pursue his studies. Five and a half years later, with an A. M. from Brown under his arm, he was heading off to Washington as Assistant Private Secretary to the newly-elected President of the United States.
Come and explore the story of John Hay, his time at Brown and his evolving relationship with the man who would help to shape his life’s work and whose public image Hay, in turn, would help to shape for the American people in generations to come.
The John Hay Library is located at 20 Prospect St., Providence, Rhode Island. For more information contact hay@brown.edu.Image: Studio photograph of Abraham Lincoln with secretaries John Hay (standing) and John G. Nicolay (seated) by Alexander Gardner, November 1863; painted over to resemble the White House work room.
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Audubon’s Columbian Humming Bird on display
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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 plate will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is the Columbian Humming Bird. The library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, bound in six volumes, was presented by Albert E. Lownes to the Library on the occasion of his 50th class reunion in 1970.
For more information please contact Hay@brown.edu