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By José Montelongo, Curator of Latin American Books
On February 24, 1805, all of the civil, military, and religious authorities of the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada gathered at the Cathedral of Santafé de Bogotá. Among them were a few distinguished visitors—scientists and doctors who...
The John Carter Brown Library hosted Professor Maggie Blackhawk on the evening of Thursday, May 16, 2024. Professor Blackhawk was welcomed by the JCB’s Director & Librarian, Karin Wulf, and introduced by Kimberly Toney, Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Materials.
Professor Blackhawk discussed...
Genesis Barrera '21 recently joined the John Carter Brown Library as Public Services Librarian. She had previously worked as the Senior Library Specialist at the John Hay Library, also at Brown University, and is finishing her MLIS at the University of Rhode Island. In addition...
The book itself was remarkable. Written primarily for marine pilots, this Regimiento de navegación (Madrid, 1606) contained much more than rudimentary notions for navigation. The author, Andrés García de Céspedes, was a mathematician and engineer who had reached the highest positions in the maritime administration...
We are very proud to share the news that three members of our staff will attend Rare Book School (RBS) this summer. Rare Book School is an unparalleled opportunity for library professionals to study the history of written, printed, and digital materials with leading scholars...
While the JCB is known as a library of invaluable printed materials, it also holds important manuscript archives. Chief among our archival collections is the Brown Family Business Records (BFBR), which spans the 18th to the 20th centuries across 1345 boxes of files, letters, and...