2nd Annual Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition for Providence County...
The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the Second Annual Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition, open to all eighth graders living or attending school in Providence County. The...
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Pictures from the Hay: Celebrating the John Hay Library at 100
Pictures from the Hay: Celebrating the John Hay Library at 100 August 28 – November 16, 2010 David Winton Bell Gallery List Art Center 64 College Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Gallery hours...
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Early American and British Popular Amusements, Exhibit and Lecture
EARLY AMERICAN AND BRITISH POPULAR AMUSEMENTS An exhibit from the personal collection of Professor Emeritus Don B. Wilmeth, supplemented by items from Brown’s Special Collections John Hay Library 10...
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Audubon's Rock Ptarmigan on Display at John Hay Library
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...
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Audubon's Lesser Redpoll on Display at John Hay Library
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...
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Focus on Special Collections: Archives & Artifacts
Learn about the University Archives’ diverse collection of museum objects and how it supplements the printed record. Join University Archives staff to enjoy a tangible glimpse of the lives of students,...
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The John Hay Library will present a short session on Botanical Illustration. Thursday April 21st at noon in the Lownes Room The primary goal of botanical illustration is not art, but scientific...
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John Birch Society Records at the John Hay Library
Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society shown in his Belmont (Mass.) headquarters with a painting of U.S. Army Capt. John Morrison Birch for whom the society was named. Birch was a Baptist...
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José Rodrigues Miguéis Papers at the John Hay Library
José Rodrigues Miguéis The papers of José Rodrigues Miguéis, the influential Portuguese writer, educator, illustrator, and jurist, are now available for research at the John Hay Library. Miguéis was...
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Laundry – way more fascinating than you thought
Puzzle created by Sawyer’s Crystal Blue Company to advertise their bluing product, circa 1900. When added to wash water, the blue dye makes white clothes look whiter. The swastika symbol in this...
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Life after Lovecraft
Sonia and Nathaniel Davis, circa 1936. Sonia Haft Davis (1883-1972) would have lived her life in relative obscurity but for her 2-year marriage to a man named Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937)....
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