LINCOLN RECORDÓ EN AMERICA LATINA Selected Items on View at the John Hay Library: “Canción a Abraham Lincoln” Lady’s Fan, c. 1865 Havana, Cuba Brown University Library, Special Collections Latin Americans observed, mourned and commemorated Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy in a number of ways. Argentinians named a city in Buenos Aires Province for him. Statues … Exhibit | Lincoln Recordó en America Latina
Victorious Secret: The “Bikini Girls” are Winning the Pentathlon on view at the Rockefeller Library, from August 31 – November 20, 2017 Surprise! The nearly two-thousand-year-old mosaics from Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, known simply as the “bikini girls,” are really female athletes from prestigious Roman families. Brown University is the tenth venue for this traveling suite of triptychs, made of … Exhibit | Victorious Secret by Angela Lorenz ’87, P’18
During the recent 2017 Beijing International Book Fair–the second largest book fair in the world–Dr. Li Wang, Curator of Brown’s East Asian Collection, was interviewed by China Library Weekly, the only library newspaper published in China. Dr. Wang spoke about Brown University Library as well as his professional activities and perspectives. In the special issue, … Announcement | Curator Li Wang Interviewed by China Library Weekly
The John Hay Library will host two research fellows in the coming academic year, with support from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. While at the Hay Library, these scholars, whose projects are described in more detail below, will be using little known materials in the holdings of Special Collections in order to further their … New Fellows to Further Research at the John Hay Library in 2017-2018
Xeusis Choosing Models for his Painting of Helen of Troy The Annmary Brown Memorial Library has lent the painting, “Xeusis Choosing Models for his Painting of Helen of Troy” (1778) by Angelika Kauffmann to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France for its exhibition La Trahison des images, dedicated to René Magritte’s work. The exhibit will be held from September … Annmary Brown Painting on Loan to Centre Pompidou, Paris
In October 2015, Christopher Jennings and Bridget Winstanley, son and daughter of British and South African scholar Hubert Dudley Jennings, donated their father’s personal papers to Brown University Library. In January of this year, Folha de S.Paulo, one of Brazil’s leading daily newspapers, featured an article about the discovery of the Hubert Jennings archive in … Special Collections | Hubert Jennings Papers on Fernando Pessoa
A new digital resource that highlights materials from the University Archives and Special Collections is now available: “Brown in the Great War.” The website focuses on Brown community members who participated in, fought, and died in World War I, as well as the social landscape of Brown from 1914 to 1921. This eloquent resource was … Brown in the Great War
What does an archivist do? Tweet your questions to @brownarchives on #AskAnArchivist day. On October 1 archivists across the United States will take to Twitter to answer your questions about all things archives. This day-long event, sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, gives you the opportunity to ask questions, get information, or simply to … October 1 is #AskAnArchivist Day
A previously unknown original letter of Ralph Waldo Emerson was recently discovered in the Library’s holdings when a patron brought a book to the Circulation Desk at the Rockefeller Library for check out. Penina Posner, a member of the Circulation staff in the Rockefeller Library, immediately noticed two peculiarities about the book. First, the book had … Ralph Waldo Emerson Handwritten Letter Found at the Brown University Library
