Brunonians whose travels take them to southern Vermont in the next two years will have the chance to view artifacts from the John Hay Library’s McLellan Lincoln Collection at Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home in Manchester, VT. The artifacts will be part of an exhibit opening on Saturday, September 5, 2009 entitled “The American Ideal: … Lincoln Family Home Exhibit Features Brown Special Collections
Five Brown University Library exhibits, including a virtual exhibit of hurricane damage to Gulf Coast libraries, will commemorate the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina through photographs, poetry, music, historical documents, and video footage. Part of the University-wide “Katrina, Katrina” project’s extensive slate of programming, all Library exhibits are free, public, and open through the end … “Katrina, Katrina” at the Brown University Library
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 “Cayenne Tern”. This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, bound in six volumes, was … Audbon’s “Cayenne Tern” on Display at John Hay Library
The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Ian Straughn as the new Interim Joukowsky Family Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Straughn, whose appointment began on August 3, 2009, has studied the Middle East since his undergraduate years at Stanford University, where he earned a B.A. in anthropology with a minor in history, focusing … New Interim Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies
Effective August 17th, the University Library has assumed responsibility for housing and circulating the print and video collections of the Language Resource Center (LRC). The video collections have been moved to the Sciences Library; books and bound journals have been transferred to Rockefeller Library. Josiah records for these materials have been updated to reflect their … Language Resource Center collections moved to Library
John Hay Library, North Gallery 20 Prospect Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912 » Library Hours An exhibition in the North Gallery of the John Hay Library of fifteen original drawings and watercolors done by Joe Stefanelli in the Pacific theater during World War Two. As an artist for YANK magazine, he visited New Guinea and … Joe Stefanelli: The War Years, 1943-1945
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 “Semipalmated Snipe”. This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, bound in six volumes, was … Audubon’s “Semipalmated Snipe” on display at John Hay Library
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, there is a small display in the lobby of the John Hay Library. Among the items on view is a facsimile edition of Copernicus’ “De revolutionibus orbium caelestium” which traveled more than six million miles in outer space. It was one of the items carried by … Moon-travelling Copernicus Facsimile on Display in John Hay Lobby
To ensure timely receipt of needed library material while most library users are away from campus, the library will be suppressing the recall request option during June and July. Though essential recalls may be placed with library staff assistance, we are encouraging use of the library’s direct borrowing services whenever Brown library material is not … Library online recall feature temporarily unavailable
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 “Hutchinson’s Barnacle Goose”, aka the Canada Goose. This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, … Audubon’s “Hutchinson’s Barnacle Goose” on display in the John Hay Library
