{"id":243,"date":"2016-01-23T20:37:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2016-01-26T15:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T20:21:15","slug":"motivation-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/motivation\/motivation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u201cEducational Value of Stamp Collecting\u201d<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Mr. Brown to David A. Jonah<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (University Librarian, 1949-1974)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Memorandum, 1962<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brown University Library Special Collections<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many universities had stamp collections in the mid-twentieth century, but only a few do today. In this memorandum to University Librarian David A. Jonah, the author explains the significance of the hobby and collections for educational and research purposes. He argued that stamps can be used to teach history, art, mathematics, science, civics, and geography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-457 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-788x1024.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx046_1md\" width=\"605\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-100x130.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-150x195.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-200x260.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-300x390.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-450x585.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md-600x780.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx046_1md.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEducational Value of Stamp Collecting\u201d Mr. Brown to David A. Jonah (University Librarian, 1949-1974) Memorandum, 1962 Brown University Library Special Collections Many universities had stamp collections in the mid-twentieth century, but only a few do today. In this memorandum to University Librarian David A. Jonah, the author explains the significance of the hobby and collections <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/motivation\/motivation-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":56,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/843"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}