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
The Dean of the Faculty and the Brown University Library are pleased to announce the selection of two faculty-led projects for the inaugural year of the University’s Digital Publishing Initiative. Supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Digital Publishing Initiative offers Brown faculty members the opportunity to explore new and … Pilot Projects Selected for Brown’s Digital Publishing Initiative
January 1, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the document now known as the Emancipation Proclamation. Though its title suggests a simple executive order issued by the President, in fact the Emancipation Proclamation had a complex and fascinating evolution that is worthy of further discussion. Bookseller and bibliographer Charles Francis Eberstadt set out to document … Celebrating Emancipation
Brown University traces its origins to 1764 with the granting of the Charter by the Rhode Island General Assembly. The founding was promoted by Reverend Morgan Edwards, moderator of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, in 1762. Under Edward’s leadership, Rhode Island was selected as a likely site, since the colony had been settled by Baptists, was … University History: Founding of Brown University
The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection digital archive has just reached an important milestone – the 20,000th image! The project to scan all the prints, drawings, paintings and water-colors in the collection began in September 2004 and through the efforts of many staff members and students, is now the largest repository of special collections’ materials … Military Collection Digital Archive surpasses 20,000 images!
While working on a biography of his late law partner in the late 1860s, William Henry Herndon discovered from Lincoln family members that the teenaged Abraham Lincoln had created a copybook to record his self-study in arithmetic. This copybook, entitled the “Sum Book” by Lincoln, was found and given to Herndon, who distributed its remaining … Reuniting the pages of Lincoln’s workbook
New additions to the digital project “Paris, Capital of the 19th Century” include a rich collection of images of World Fairs held in Paris from 1867 til 1900. To find these, search under the term “World Fair’ or “Exposition universelle”. Additional sites on this topic can be found in the resources section.
The Brown University Archives has partnered with Public Affairs and University Relations (PAUR) to put video of some films in the Brown University Archives online at Brown on iTunes U. Video of student life in the 1920’s and 1930’s, newsreels from 1955-1961, football games, and the “Life and Dimes of Josiah Carberry” are just some … Brown University Archives on iTunesU
