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It’s #AskAConservator Day, so it’s a perfect time to introduce you to the JCB’s new(ish) Head of Libraries Conservation, Roger! Roger does all things conservation at the JCB: collections repair and stabilization, exhibit preparation and mounting, environmental monitoring, and box-making.
Since he started the role...
Above: Anonymous map from 1793 or 1794 labeled “Carte géométrique et géographique de l’isle Sainte Lucie la Fidèle, présentée à Donatien Rochambeau, Lieutenant Général des armées françaises, Commandant Général des Isles du Vent.”
Earlier this year, George S. Parker II ’51 Curator of Maps and...
In addition to her role as Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Materials, Kimberly Toney created and maintains the Instagram account “Their Marks.” Roughly every week since December 21, 2022, she has published a post featuring a pictograph entered in place of...
The Declaration of Independence is one of the world's most important articulations of the basis for democratic government, and yet we know less about it than we should. Especially as we head toward 2026 and the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States...
A visit from Gregory Doran, Artistic Director Emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare Company, generated a buzz at the John Carter Brown Library (JCB) on Thursday, September 20. Doran had come to Brown as part of his effort to personally view as many of the Shakespeare...
The JCB invites tribal communities and community members to apply to its Research Fellowship for Indigenous Communities. This fellowship supports community-prioritized and community-based research that would benefit from research time in the JCB’s collections, that could be undertaken, for example, by Native or Indigenous...