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

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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

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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

Announcement | Amanda Strauss Named Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

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The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Strauss as Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. As Associate University Librarian, Ms. Strauss will oversee the University’s outstanding collections of rare books, manuscripts, archives, and other unique and special materials. Reporting to and working in close partnership with Joseph Meisel, Joukowsky Family University Librarian, she will oversee … Announcement | Amanda Strauss Named Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

Announcement | Charles S. Gardner and Brown University Library Chinese Collection by Li Wang

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During the conferences of the Association for Asian Studies in Denver, CO, Dr. Li Wang, Curator of the East Asian Collection, delivered a presentation, “American Sinologist Charles S. Gardner and Chinese Rare Books in Brown University Library,” at the SCSL forum on March 22, 2019. Soon after, on April 3, one of his articles, “A … Announcement | Charles S. Gardner and Brown University Library Chinese Collection by Li Wang

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

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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”)

A Student’s Journey through Special Collections and the Creation of “Fields of Hay”

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A student-driven project led by undergraduate Shira Buchsbaum ’19, the recently launched website Fields of Hay offers students a guide for making use of the John Hay Library and Brown’s special collections resources. Written by Shira Buchsbaum ’19 Mary Elizabeth Sharpe and My First Foray into Special Collections My journey to the John Hay Library … A Student’s Journey through Special Collections and the Creation of “Fields of Hay”

Exhibit | Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Loan to The Watercolour World

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UK-based nonprofit organization The Watercolour World has added 93 items from the Brown University Library’s Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection to its online exhibition website, a free database of documentary watercolors painted before 1900. The Watercolour World aims to “not simply preserve the watercolour record but revive it, sparking new conversations and revelations. By … Exhibit | Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Loan to The Watercolour World