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Extended Hours at the John Hay Library
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Thanks to a generous gift from Richard T. Gilbane, the John Hay Library will launch an experiment to determine interest in extended public service hours. As of Monday, September 10, the John Hay will be open to the public until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday and also on Sunday afternoons, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For the most up to date library hours, please consult the following link: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/hours.php -
“Back to School” at the John Hay Library
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The Brown University Archives has put Student handbooks from 1935-1936 and 1959, and a small selection of photographs of students returning to campus to begin the school year, various freshmen activities, and the homecoming queen from 1955 on display at the John Hay Library through the end of September. The Hay is open 9-6, Monday through Friday. The Hay is also open Sunday afternoons, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Audubon’s “Lark Finch” on display at John Hay Library
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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 plate contains several birds: the Lark Finch, the Prairie Finch and the Brown Song Sparrow. 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