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Upcoming Exhibits and Events

The Friends of the Library are pleased to inform you of upcoming exhibits at the libraries and special events we have planned in the coming months. Please feel free to stop by to view the exhibits and stay tuned for invitations in the mail to our special events.

JOHN HAY LIBRARY EXHIBIT SCHEDULE:

Sculpture
November 15, 2002 - January 15, 2003

The exhibition will include preparatory studies, foundry molds and casts leading to a final design of the presentation piece, as well as other work in bronze, steel and aluminum by Peter Lipsitt. The sculpture exhibition and the presentation that were held on November 25 by sculptor Peter Lipsitt are inspired by an endowment to Brown University, by Prof. and Mrs. Lewis P. Lipsitt, for the sponsorship of an annual event in the field of child behavior and development.

Latin American Studies
January 15, 2003 - March 15, 2003

Patricia Figueroa, the Ibero-American Studies Librarian, will mount an exhibit featuring Latin American Special Collections resources from the John Hay Library. The materials for the exhibit will include monographs, photographs and sheet music from the Church Collection, Paul R. Dupee Mexican History Collection, Schirmer Collection on Anti-Imperialism, John Hay Manuscript Collection, Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection and the Sheet Music Collection.

Middle Eastern Studies
March 16, 2003 - May 15, 2003

Walter Oller, the Joukowsky Family Middle Eastern Librarian, will mount an exhibit that will include items from the John Hay Library's Minassian collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts, some of which are illuminated with miniatures. Other items to be exhibited include early twentieth century Cairene detective pulps, multilingual sheet music from the Ottoman empire, and early printed works donated to the University Library by A. McC. Warren, an alumnus who collected books in the Middle East.

Queen Elizabeth II
May 16, 2003 - July 15, 2003

Peter Harrington, Curator of the A.S.K. Brown Military Collection, will mount an exhibit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

East Asian Studies
July 16, 2003 - September 15, 2003

Li Wang, Curator of the East Asian Collection, will mount an exhibit from the East Asian Studies resources of the Brown University Library. Sample Chinese, Japanese and Korean books and art works will be shown, including rare books of Chinese classics, dating back to 17th century, from the Charles Sidney Gardner Collection.

This exhibit schedule is subject to change. If you would like to confirm an exhibit date before coming to visit, please contact the John Hay Library at (401) 863-2146.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Oxford University Library Lecture January 22, 2003 The Friends of the Library, the John Russell Bartlett Society and the Providence Athenaeum will co-host a lecture by Jonathan Bengtson, Director of the Providence Athenaeum and former Director of Queens College Library of Oxford University. The talk is entitled, "Thou shall not kindle flame in the library': reminiscences of a decade in the libraries of Oxford University," and will include a slide presentation.	Jonathan Bengston
Paper Making in the Golden Triangle April 3, 2003 British Scholar Roderick Cave will deliver a lecture on Paper Making in the Golden Triangle, which is the area on the banks of the Mekong where the borders of Myanmar (Burma),Laos and Thailand meet. This is an area where the paper mulberry grows almost as well as the opium poppy, and paper making has long been a village craft. Cave's talk will enlarge upon the materials at the John Hay Library from the Dard Hunter Collection and include the chance to see and handle some of the papers made in the Golden Triangle.
President Abraham Lincoln Lecture April 5, 2003 The Lincoln Group of Boston will host an event at the John Hay Library about President Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Joseph George, Jr., professor emeritus of history at Villanova University, will speak about the arrest and trial of the Lincoln conspirators, specifically whether the nature of the crime justified a military trial. Professor George takes issue with interpretations recently published by Professor Edward Steers, whose book has been well received by Lincoln scholars.