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Announcement | Library Closing at Noon on August 14
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“The Concord Resort Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.: summer 1997 rates ” (1997). Catskills Institute. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. The Brown University Library will close at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 for the annual staff summer picnic.
The following locations will close:
- Rockefeller Library
- John Hay Library
- Orwig Music Library
- Annmary Brown Memorial
- Library Annex
The Sciences Library will remain open, but there will be no library services available in the Friedman Center.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Exhibit | American Revolutionary War Prints
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Hamilton, William, “The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independent of the King of England.” (1790). American Revolutionary War Prints
London: Hogg, 1790
Brown University Library, Anne S.K. Brown Military CollectionExplore Independence Day from a British point of view.
“Engraved for Barnard’s New Complete & Authentic History of England,”
this collection of 4 copper-engraved plates after William Hamilton, 1751-
1801 (artist) feature significant milestones from the American Revolutionary War (Apr 19, 1775 – Sep 3, 1783).Exhibit Dates: July 1 -31, 2019
Exhibit Time: John Hay Library Hours
Exhibit Location: Second Floor Landing, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence -
Announcement | WBUR Features Library’s Gay Pulp Fiction Archive
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Books from The Leatherman’s Handbook series (Photo by Miranda Suarez for WBUR) WBUR.org has posted an article about the Gay Pulp Fiction collection at the John Hay Library.
“Brown University Is Archiving Gay Pulp Fiction To Preserve A Moment Of LGBTQ History” by Miranda Suarez also features Heather Cole, Curator for Literary & Popular Culture Collections, and Finch Collins, a John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow.
90.9 WBUR-FM is Boston’s NPR news station and the home of nationally syndicated programs, including On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Car Talk, which reach millions of listeners each week on NPR stations across the country and online. More info.
The WBUR article is mentioned on Literary Hub!