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The John Carter Brown Library is excited to welcome Mark Armstrong as our new Rare Material Research and Reference Librarian. Mark will be joining the reading room staff to assist researchers in the use of the JCB’s collections.
Mark served previously as the Archivist and...
Every year, the JCB awards over forty fellowships to scholars engaged in research on the early Americas. During the pandemic, the JCB will award both residential and remote fellowship support. All applications are due January 9, 2023!
Learn more and apply at: https://jcblibrary.org/fellowships/opportunities
The Brown University Library and the John Carter Brown Library are pleased to announce Roger Shaw Williams as the inaugural Head of Libraries Conservation. Roger’s first day will be October 1, 2022.
Reporting jointly to Michelle Venditelli, the Director of Collections Care for Brown University...
The JCB holds an extraordinary and rare image of a key moment in the Haitian Revolution. “Passage des onze jours de Pillage de la ville du Cap” is the work of J.L. Boquet, the same French painter who created one of most striking images featured...
The Brown University Library and the John Carter Brown Library are pleased to announce Kimberly Toney as the inaugural Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Collections. Kim’s first day will be July 18, 2022.
The Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Collections will...
Dear JCB community,
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day, the JCB will be closed on Monday, January 17.
We will reopen for regular business hours on Tuesday, January 18.
Image credit: 'Dr. Martin Luther King showing his medallion received from Mayor Wagner', Courtesy of the Library of Congress (cph.3c26558).