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Exhibit | La conquista dell’Abissinia (The conquest of Abyssinia)

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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)

Exhibit | Court Documents from the State vs Frances Leach, 1833

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The John Hay Library has two new acquisitions on display in the second floor landing case: manuscript trial notes and a report related to the State vs Francis Leach, 1833. They will be on display until April 3, 2017. In February 1833, forty-eight-year-old Frances (nicknamed “Fanny”) Leach of Providence was called on to attend Sally Burdick, … Exhibit | Court Documents from the State vs Frances Leach, 1833

Special Collections | Hubert Jennings Papers on Fernando Pessoa

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In October 2015, Christopher Jennings and Bridget Winstanley, son and daughter of British and South African scholar Hubert Dudley Jennings, donated their father’s personal papers to Brown University Library. In January of this year, Folha de S.Paulo, one of Brazil’s leading daily newspapers, featured an article about the discovery of the Hubert Jennings archive in … Special Collections | Hubert Jennings Papers on Fernando Pessoa

Money, Money, Money!

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A collection of Rhode Island currency and fiscal documents was recently donated by Cynthia Frost (Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Brown) in memory of her father Michael Freezy Frost, who collected the materials during his lifetime.  The Frost Currency collection (Ms.2012.031) contains examples of 26 pieces of currency, of varying types, issued in Rhode … Money, Money, Money!

A Women’s Studies Pioneer – Elaine Ryan Hedges

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The Elaine Hedges papers (Ms.2011.007) are now available for research Elaine Hedges is best known for her ground-breaking scholarship on the significance of American women and sewing — particularly in reference to their quiltmaking in the nineteenth century.  Her detailed and innovative study of quilts as encoded texts brought to the fore important historical information … A Women’s Studies Pioneer – Elaine Ryan Hedges

Time Capsule

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A recent blog post titled Baptist Churches announced the arrival of the records for 4 Baptist Churches in Rhode Island.  This week brings a glimpse into the life of one of them – the Roger Williams Baptist Church of Providence, RI. How often have you walked past the cornerstone of a building and wished you … Time Capsule

Baptist Churches

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The records for 4 Baptist churches have been donated to the John Hay Library during the past year to augment the Baptist Collection. 1.  Shawomet Baptist Church, Warwick, RI, 1842-2011 2.  Meshanticut Baptist Church, Cranston, RI, 1899-2011 3.  Roger Williams Baptist Church, Providence, RI, 1867-2011 4.  Niantic Baptist Church, Westerly, RI, 1851-2012 The records of … Baptist Churches

The Itinerant Actor

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The papers of playwright Edwin Scribner (Ms.2012.005) arrived recently to complement a large collection of his published plays in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays. Edwin Scribner was born in Logansport, IN in 1879.  On 27 July 1898, he quit his job in the Master Mechanics office of the Pan Handle Railroad in … The Itinerant Actor