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The Art of Illusion Exhibit: Selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana
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The Art of Illusion Exhibit opens this week in the Rockefeller Library. This exhibit will be on display from December 5, 2013 to March 26, 2014. The Art of Illusion highlights selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana.
H. Adrian Smith (Brown class of 1930) assembled during his lifetime one of the finest private collections of magic books, manuscripts, and ephemera. It was bequeathed to the University upon his death in 1992.
Members of the general public wishing to to view exhibits at the Rockefeller Library should first check in at the service desk.
Date: December 5, 2013 – March 7, 2014
Location: Lobby cases | Rockefeller LibraryContact: Holly Snyder
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Exhibit of Dresden and Nymphenburg Porcelains from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection
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Next week the exhibit of the Dresden and Nymphenburg Porcelains from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection opens in the Rockefeller Library. This exhibit will be on display from December 9, 2013 to Arpil 25, 2014.
While John Nicholas Brown was working with the allied forces in Germany in 1945 reporting on stolen art works, he visited the factory at Nymphenburg in Bavaria and ordered 21 porcelain figures for his wife, Anne S. K. Brown. Subsequent additions to this set came from the Dresden porcelain factory. Today these porcelains form a unique segment of the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering.
Members of the general public wishing to to view exhibits at the Rockefeller Library should first check in at the service desk.
Date: December 9, 2013 – March 26, 2014
Location: Finn Room Cases | Rockefeller LibraryContact: peter_harrington@brown.edu
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Warren Commission Report available online
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In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Government Printing Office has made the official, digital version of the Warren Commission Report available on the agency’s Feder
al Digital System (FDsys) web site. The commission was created by President Lyndon Johnson and chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate President Kennedy’s assassination. The 900-page report is available for download (PDF file). It contains numerous photos, maps, and diagrams from the scene in Dallas, Texas. In addition to the final report, the Rockefeller Library holds copies of the 26 volumes of hearings conducted by the Commission and published by GPO in 1964.The GPO FDsys web site also contains audio files of recordings of conversations that took place on November 22, 1963, after the Kennedy assassination. These include conversations between various individuals in Washington, DC, Air Force One pilots, and officials on board the flight from Dallas to Andrews Air Force Base following the assassination.
In tribute to the memory and legacy of President Kennedy, the JFK Presidential Library and Museum is hosting a series of events and exhibits, as well as providing access to many digital materials via their web site.
Contact: Daniel P. O’Mahony | Brown University | 401-863-9445 | Daniel_O’Mahony@brown.edu or dpo@brown.edu