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Audubon’s “Prairie Starling” on display
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A volume of John James Audubon’s master work, The Birds of America, is on display on the main floor of the John Hay Library. Each plate will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is the Prairie Starling. The library is open 9 to 6, Monday through Friday and 1 to 5PM on Sundays.
This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, bound in six volumes, was presented by Albert E. Lownes to the Library on the occasion of his 50th class reunion in 1970.
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Associated Press covers Brown’s digitization of the Garibaldi Panorama
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A recently released article “Brown University to make historical panorama available online” from the Associated Press spotlights the work being done by the Brown University Library to digitize a 273 foot example of panoramic art. The Garibaldi Panorama will be available to virtual visitors this November through the Library’s Center for Digital Initiatives.
For a full text of the article visit: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct–digitalpanorama1027oct27,0,6979162.story -
Positivism in Brazil
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An exhibition curated by Rex Nielson and Patricia Figueroa
November 1 – December 21, 2007
John Hay Library
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The John Hay Library is located at 20 Prospect St., Providence, Rhode Island. For more information contact hay@brown.edu.
An opening reception on Thursday, November 11, 2007 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies.