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Exhibit | Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection

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Currently on View:  Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection The Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection contains more than 200 items, primarily about the American circus arts, including first-edition books, pennants, programs, stamps, drawings and promotional materials dating from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. Simon graduated with a degree in philosophy from Brown University in … Exhibit | Selections from the Thomas H. Simon Circus Collection

Exhibit | Black Panther Comics

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“T’Challa is the Black Panther – a righteous king, noble Avenger, and fearsome warrior. Under his leadership, the African nation of Wakanda has flourished as one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. And though he’s a card-carrying member of the Avengers, his first loyalty lies with his people, and he will defend … Exhibit | Black Panther Comics

Exhibit | Haggadah: Telling and Retelling the Story of Jewish Liberation 

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Selections from the Dr. Steven Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot The Dr. Steven Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot, presenting the text recited on the first two nights of the Jewish Passover, represents a remarkable array of geographic, linguistic, and temporal diversity. Encompassing more than four hundred years of Jewish culture, from the Ottoman Empire in 1505 to … Exhibit | Haggadah: Telling and Retelling the Story of Jewish Liberation 

Exhibit | Works from Modern Architecture

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Works from Modern Architecture: A Course with Dietrich Neumann  On view, architectural models created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Modern Architecture,” which surveys the “classic” period of European and American modern architecture from the turn of the century to the 1950s.  Works are based on a building or industrial design object from the … Exhibit | Works from Modern Architecture

Exhibit | Dancy Box by Caitlín R. Kiernan & Kathryn A. Pollnac

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The Brown University Library recently acquired the papers of award-winning science fiction and dark fantasy writer Caitlin R. Kiernan. “In April 2011, I wrote a story featuring my recurring character Dancy Flammarion. The story was titled “Bus Fair,” and it concerns Dancy having to play a riddle game with a werewolf to get back a … Exhibit | Dancy Box by Caitlín R. Kiernan & Kathryn A. Pollnac

Exhibit | H.P. Lovecraft on the Road & Caitlín R. Kiernan Papers

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Greetings and Salutations: Lovecraft on the Road  &  Caitlín R. Kiernan Papers @ Brown University on view at John Hay Library, exhibition gallery from August 16 – December 15, 2017. Greetings and Salutations: Lovecraft on the Road Journey from Providence, Rhode Island, to St. Augustine, Florida, during the spring and summer of 1934 with one of America’s most influential … Exhibit | H.P. Lovecraft on the Road & Caitlín R. Kiernan Papers

HathiTrust Release of Research Center Extracted Features Dataset

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HathiTrust today announces the release of a significantly expanded open dataset, HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) Extracted Features (EF) Dataset, Version 1.0. This dataset provides researchers with open access to data extracted from the full text of the HathiTrust Digital Library (HTDL) at an unprecedented scale. Brown University Library is a member of the HathiTrust. The … HathiTrust Release of Research Center Extracted Features Dataset

NEW: Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, Part 1: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940

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NEW DATABASE Part I: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary source content on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world, including the gay rights movement, activism, the HIV/Aids crisis, and more. Documents are sourced from top libraries and archives like Canadian Lesbian … NEW: Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, Part 1: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940

HEIN Online Government, Politics, and Law on Trial until March 2017

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1754-present; HeinOnline’s Government, Politics & Law contains more than 80 million pages of content across 80,000 titles and 195,000 volumes. HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,300 periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in … HEIN Online Government, Politics, and Law on Trial until March 2017

New Eresource: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century

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​Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century consists of four modules: two modules of Federal Government Records, and two modules of Organizational Records and Personal Papers, offering unique documentation and a variety of perspectives on the 20th-century fight for freedom. Major collections in these modules include Civil Rights records from the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, … New Eresource: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century