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Announcement | WBUR Features Library’s Gay Pulp Fiction Archive

WBUR.org has posted an article about the Gay Pulp Fiction collection at the John Hay Library. “Brown University Is Archiving Gay Pulp Fiction To Preserve A Moment Of LGBTQ History” by Miranda Suarez also features Heather Cole, Curator for Literary & Popular Culture Collections, and Finch Collins, a John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow. 90.9 WBUR-FM Announcement | WBUR Features Library’s Gay Pulp Fiction Archive

Announcement | 70th Anniversary of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

June 8, 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the publishing of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the best-known work of author George Orwell (the pseudonym of Eric Blair, 1903-1950). He composed the novel between 1946 and 1948 on the Scottish island of Jura while suffering from tuberculosis. The book was published in to critical and popular acclaim; Orwell died Announcement | 70th Anniversary of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

Announcement | Sean Briody ’19, Library Student Employee, Receives Stillwell Prize

In April 2019, Sean Briody ’19 took first place in the John Russell Bartlett Society Stillwell Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting for his distinguished collection of Brunoniana from the 19th and 20th centuries. His collection of Brown University materials is notable for the dense web of personal connections to Brown that are documented in each Announcement | Sean Briody ’19, Library Student Employee, Receives Stillwell Prize

Announcement | Holly Snyder Presents at RISD Museum Event on Gorham Company

On Friday, May 3, 2019, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum hosted a one-day symposium in conjunction with its exhibit Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970, at which Holly Snyder, Curator Curator of American Historical Collections and the History of Science at the Brown Library, presented. Holly spoke about the history of the Gorham Announcement | Holly Snyder Presents at RISD Museum Event on Gorham Company

Event | Exhibit Opening Reception for “Learning through Play: British and French Tabletop Games from the 18th and 19th Centuries”

On Friday, May 24, 2019 from 4 – 6 p.m. at the John Hay Library, the exhibit, Learning through Play: British and French Tabletop Games from the 18th and 19th Centuries,” will officially launch with an opening reception. This exhibit was created through a gift of Georgian and Victorian games, along with jigsaw puzzles and Event | Exhibit Opening Reception for “Learning through Play: British and French Tabletop Games from the 18th and 19th Centuries”

Event | The Vietnam War – Enduring Impact on the Brown Community, an Alumni Reunion Forum

In the late 1960s, the Vietnam War was raging. Brown graduates had to make choices – some joined the military, some went to Vietnam, some protested, some left the country, some never came home. The lives of both men and women at Brown were profoundly affected. Come hear from our panelists and join in the Event | The Vietnam War – Enduring Impact on the Brown Community, an Alumni Reunion Forum

Exhibit | Learning through Play: British and French Tabletop Games from the 18th and 19th Centuries

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY: BRITISH AND FRENCH TABLETOP GAMES FROM THE 18th AND 19th CENTURIES Georgian & Victorian Games, Gift of Ellen Liman ‘57, P’88, and Early French Games, Loan from Doug Liman ‘88May 21 – October 11, 2019John Hay Library, Brown University The exhibition will be on display in the John Hay Library’s main gallery Exhibit | Learning through Play: British and French Tabletop Games from the 18th and 19th Centuries

Event | American Sinologist Charles S. Gardner and the Chinese Collection at Brown with Dr. Li Wang

On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Dr. Li Wang, Curator of East Asian Collection, will give a presentation, “American Sinologist Charles S. Gardner and Chinese Collection at Brown.” This talk is free and open to the public. Coffee and cookies will be available. The Event | American Sinologist Charles S. Gardner and the Chinese Collection at Brown with Dr. Li Wang

Exhibit | Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God (“Eliot Indian Bible”)

The Holy Bible: containing The Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language, and Ordered to be Printed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies in New-England, At the Charge, and with the Consent of the Corporation in England for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England John Eliot (1604–1690) Exhibit | Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God (“Eliot Indian Bible”)