Celebrate Family Weekend with a visit to the renovated John Hay Library and take the graphology challenge, “The Art of Handwriting”. Staff will provide copies of items from the collections for you to transcribe. Can you still read cursive? Try deciphering manuscripts written by Lincoln, Orwell, Lovecraft, and others. The originals will be on display. … Event | “The Art of Handwriting” at the John Hay Library
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding from the failed levee system had a profound impact on New Orleans and its music culture. Almost a thousand people perished in the region and thousands more fled the city before, during and after the disaster. Although musicians and artists were some of the first to return in … Exhibit | Are Les Bon Temps Still Rolling? <em>New Orleans Music Culture 10 Years Later</em>
What can 130 year old preserved plant specimens tell us about our past and our future? The Brown University Herbarium and the Brown University Library have teamed up to create a visually stunning walk through the historical collections of Brown plant specimens using the 7-by-16 foot digital display wall in the Rockefeller Library’s Patrick Ma Digital … Commencement Forum | A History of Brown as Told by Flowers
In honor of Preservation Week, Elisabetta Polidori, the Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Paper Conservation at the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), will give a talk about the technical examination and conservation treatment of an Ethiopic illuminated manuscript located at the Brown University Library, Ta’amera Maryam (Miracles of Mary), one of the most popular of … Preservation Week Lecture by Elisabetta Polidori: Miracles of Mary
