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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 | Greek Life – A Brief History of Phi Beta Kappa at Brown

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Greek Life – A Brief History of Phi Beta Kappa at Brown Selected Items On View From the Brown University Archives For over 200 years Phi Beta Kappa has celebrated academic achievement and advocated for freedom of thought.  It is the oldest and most prestigious academic honors society in the United States. The Rhode Island Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was founded at Brown University in 1830. Brown students elected … Exhibit | Greek Life – A Brief History of Phi Beta Kappa at Brown

Exhibit | Lincoln Recordó en America Latina

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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

Exhibit | Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the N.Y. Herald, 1851

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  Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the New York Herald:  On the Opening of the Year 1851 Carriers’ Addresses were published by newspapers and local newsboys delivered these greetings in verse each New Year’s Day to customers who understood that a tip was expected.  Lasting for more than two centuries in the United … Exhibit | Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the N.Y. Herald, 1851

Exhibit | San Francisco General Hospital Pillowcase

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From the Scott O’Hara Papers: SFGH Pillowcase Scott O’Hara (1961–1998) was a sex radical, porn star, writer and publisher. Between 1983 and 1993, he performed in over twenty gay and bisexual adult films.  He also edited and published the quarterly sex-positive journal Steam and the short-lived cultural magazine Wilde. O’Hara was hospitalized at San Francisco … Exhibit | San Francisco General Hospital Pillowcase

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

Event | A Conversation about Stephen Mopope, Kiowa Artist

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On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 2 p.m., the Library will host a talk with Kiowa elder Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, granddaughter of Stephen Mopope (1898-1974), about her grandfather’s life and work. Seven original paintings by Stephen Mopope held in the collections of the Brown University Library will be on display for this event. The talk will take … Event | A Conversation about Stephen Mopope, Kiowa Artist

Exhibit | Scenes from Cuba’s War of Independence, 1895–1898

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Chocolates E. Juncosa Advertising Cards Scenes from Cuba’s War of Independence,1895–1898. These advertising cards for the firm Chocolate E. Juncosa, in Barcelona, depict scenes from Cuba’s War of Independence, 1895–1898. Founded in 1835, the company offered cocoa and sugar of the finest quality. This set contains 36 numbered chromolithography cards with color illustrations and caption titles. The reverse of each … Exhibit | Scenes from Cuba’s War of Independence, 1895–1898