The historians of the Brown University Band present an exhibition on the band’s long and great history, currently on display at the Orwig Music Library. Since 1924 the Brown University Band has entertained on the field at football games, on ice at the hockey games, and in locations all over the country. On view are the musical “BU” … Exhibit | Ever True: A History of the Brown Band
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
Please join the Brown University Library on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library for coffee and conversation with S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Ian Fetters. Mr. Fetters, a teaching fellow at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, will discuss his ongoing research at the … Event | Coffee and Conversation with Ian Fetters, S. T. Joshi Fellow
Greetings and Salutations: Lovecraft on the Road & Caitlín R. Kiernan Papers @ Brown University on view at John Hay Library, exhibition gallery from August 16 – December 15, 2017. Greetings and Salutations: Lovecraft on the Road Journey from Providence, Rhode Island, to St. Augustine, Florida, during the spring and summer of 1934 with one of America’s most influential … Exhibit | H.P. Lovecraft on the Road & Caitlín R. Kiernan Papers
Schwedischen Fewerwerks. Anno 1650, on display at the John Hay Library, 2nd Floor Landing from July 1 – July 31, 2017. A depiction of the Swedish fireworks at Nuremberg in honor of the Swedish plenipotentiary in Germany, Count Palatine Carl Gustav (the future king of Sweden, Charles X Gustav). Dates: July 1 – July 31, 2017 Time: John … Exhibit | Schwedischen Fewerwerks. Anno 1650
The Mobile Verse: Bus and Subway Poetry from the Harris Broadside Collection is now showing at John Hay Library, exhibition gallery from June 26 – July 26, 2017. Explore poetry from the United States and Great Britain that was designed to be enjoyed on buses and subway cars from the 1970s through the 1990s. Growing … Exhibit | Mobile Verse: Bus and Subway Poetry
Audubon Bird Cards, Set No. 3 New York: National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 On display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library, this box of cards depicting fifty summer birds of eastern North America was the third in a reissued series that also contained winter birds (set one), and spring … Exhibit | Audubon Bird Cards
The Brown Bear: A History An Exhibit by Peter Mackie ’59, Sports Archivist Now showing in the Willis Reading Room Cases, John Hay Library May 22 – August 31, 2017 At the dawn of the 20th century, Brown was thriving. A new president, William H. P. Faunce, was in place; enrollment was approaching 1,000; new … Exhibit | The Brown Bear: A History
The John Hay Library has a new acquisition on display in the second floor landing case: La conquista dell’Abissinia/ The conquest of Abyssinia Officine dell’Istituto italiano d’arti grafiche/ Office of the Italian Institute of Graphic Arts Board game (paper and ink) Milano: Carlo Erba S.A., 1936 Brown University Library, Special Collections The item will be on display … Exhibit | La conquista dell’Abissinia (The conquest of Abyssinia)
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the Rockefeller Library, Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of German Studies at Brown, will present his new book, The Voice of Your Brother’s Blood: Buczacz, Biography of a Town. A reception will follow the talk. This … Event | Omer Bartov Discusses “The Voice of Your Brother’s Blood: Buczacz, Biography of a Town”
