Your Brown University Library is thrilled to announce its new Wellness Audiobook Collection, available to all current Brown ID holders. Access the collection now on the Libby app: A collaborative effort between the Library and BWell Health Promotion, the curated collection includes audiobooks focused on six areas of wellbeing: More Titles, More Privacy For the … New Wellness Audiobook Collection
Discover medical history by examining glass bottles produced for various medicinal purposes. Driven by fear of illness, high medical costs, and an unregulated market, 19th- and early 20th-century patent medicines thrived through bold advertising claims and unique glassware. Before federal labeling laws passed in 1906 and 1912, manufacturers could conceal ingredients and make untested health … Remedy & Risk: Patent Bottle Medicine Collection
In 1933, Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft published the story “At the Mountains of Madness,” creating a world that has captured imaginations. It is the looming ancient god of the story, Cthulhu, who gives the Cthulhu Mythos its name, both of which have spawned countless works (and nightmares) since. Cthulhu Mythos Stories, films, songs and more … The Evolution of Cthulhu
Before the first musket was fired, the American Revolution was sparked by messages. This spring, the John Hay Library at Brown University invites you to explore our latest exhibition, Revolutionary Communication: Printing Independence and the Birth of the American Stamp, bringing together original maps, newspapers, and artifacts that show how communication became our nation’s first act of … Revolutionary Communication: Printing Independence and the Birth of the American Stamp
The Library is pleased to announce that Brown faculty members can now request delivery of physical library materials to a campus address from within BruKnow, the online library catalog. This new enhancement to library services will make it easier for busy faculty members to access the Library’s extensive circulating collection materials without taking time to … Faculty Can Request Library Delivery in BruKnow!
Your Brown University Library now offers an online option for reserving lockers and carrels at the Rockefeller Library. How do I reserve lockers and carrels online? Find all of the Rockefeller Library’s lockers and carrels in BruKnow, the online library catalog. They are organized by floor and location, making it easy to browse and find … Reserve Library Lockers and Carrels Online
[Providence, RI] Brown University Digital Publications has launched the multimodal edition of Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of Mourning, the second title in the On Seeing series published by the MIT Press. Authored by Kimberly Juanita Brown, inaugural director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life at Dartmouth College, Black Elegies is … Brown University Library Releases New Multimodal Book on Visual Literacy, Extends its Focus on Innovation and Collaboration
Origin of Juneteenth Juneteenth, the United States’ oldest celebrated commemoration of the ending of the enslavement of African Americans, originated in Galveston, Texas. On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger read General Order Number 3 to the people of Texas, officially declaring the freedom … Juneteenth and the Racial Justice Resource Center
The John Carter Brown Library (JCB) and John Hay Library on Brown University’s campus invite local Indigenous community members to a research night and open house at both libraries from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 1, 2025. Pre-selected primary and secondary source materials from the libraries’ collections will be available to visit, view and … Indigenous Communities Research Night and Open House
Happy Pride! Your Brown University Library is highlighting “Archives of Sexuality and Gender: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture” as its Electronic Resource of the Month. “Archives of Sexuality and Gender: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture” examines diversity in underrepresented areas of the world such as southern Africa and Australia, highlighting cultural … Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Eresource of the Month
