LINCOLN RECORDÓ EN AMERICA LATINA Selected Items on View at the John Hay Library: “Canción a Abraham Lincoln” Lady’s Fan, c. 1865 Havana, Cuba Brown University Library, Special Collections Latin Americans observed, mourned and commemorated Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy in a number of ways. Argentinians named a city in Buenos Aires Province for him. Statues … Exhibit | Lincoln Recordó en America Latina
Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the New York Herald: On the Opening of the Year 1851 Carriers’ Addresses were published by newspapers and local newsboys delivered these greetings in verse each New Year’s Day to customers who understood that a tip was expected. Lasting for more than two centuries in the United … Exhibit | Annual Address of the Carriers & Newsmen of the N.Y. Herald, 1851
Works from Modern Architecture: A Course with Dietrich Neumann On view, architectural models created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Modern Architecture,” which surveys the “classic” period of European and American modern architecture from the turn of the century to the 1950s. Works are based on a building or industrial design object from the … Exhibit | Works from Modern Architecture
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If you have a moment in the midst of the semester’s end and the approach of finals, take a look at what has been happening around the Library. The Library hosts fascinating and engaging speakers throughout the year. You can view many of the talks hosted by the Library on our YouTube channel. Explore the … Updates from Around the Library | November 2017
On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, author Caitlín R. Kiernan will discuss, “My Method, the Absence Thereof, and What Happens When the Words Won’t Come.” This event is free and open to the pubic. Light refreshments will be served after the talk. Kiernan is … Event | Caitlín R. Kiernan: My Method, the Absence Thereof, and What Happens When the Words Won’t Come
From the Scott O’Hara Papers: SFGH Pillowcase Scott O’Hara (1961–1998) was a sex radical, porn star, writer and publisher. Between 1983 and 1993, he performed in over twenty gay and bisexual adult films. He also edited and published the quarterly sex-positive journal Steam and the short-lived cultural magazine Wilde. O’Hara was hospitalized at San Francisco … Exhibit | San Francisco General Hospital Pillowcase
On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Jill Rettberg will give a talk entitled, “Snapchat and the SnapMap: Collective, Ephemeral Stories about Public Events.” This event is free and open to the public. A light reception will follow the talk. On Snapchat, you can view … Event | Snapchat and the SnapMap: Collective, Ephemeral Stories about Public Events with Jill Rettberg
