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Audubon’s “Iceland Falcon” on display at the 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 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 on Wednesday July 4, 2007.
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.
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Dard Hunter — Pioneer Paper Maker, John Hay Library Lobby Exhibit for July
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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 collected extensively by the John Hay which owns copies of all his major works.
The John Hay Library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
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Library Acquires David E. Pingree Collection of Mathematics in the Ancient World
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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 development of mathematics and related disciplines in the West.
More information:
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-180.html
Contact: hay@brown.edu