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The JCB’s Roger Shaw Williams provides insight into how essential conservation process and practice are for sharing rare materials. As we closed one exhibit and opened another, work is already beginning for the next.
Exhibits are a valuable use of the collections in a research...
Our new exhibition, 1776 Across the Americas, which opened January 30, will now remain open for the full year. The semiquincentennial of the American declaration of independence from Great Britain is a fresh opportunity to reflect on the important histories of 1776 and beyond, and...
The John Carter Brown Library is pleased to announce a year-long exhibition titled “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library.”
The exhibition is now on display in the Bromsen Room at the Library and is open...
Is journalism the “first rough draft of history?” Journalists and historians often work in tandem, serving as one another’s sources for primary research and background information. Sometimes the relationship is tense, with historians wishing for fuller context in reported news, and journalists likely wishing that...
The John Carter Brown Library, located on the campus of Brown University, has one of the world’s most significant collections relating to the history of the early Americas, particularly focused on printed books, maps, and prints.
The JCB is hiring two Research Associates who will...
Please be advised that in the wake of the tragic events of December 13, the John Carter Brown Library will be closed on Monday, December 15, 2025 and will remain closed to the public until Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
Library staff will work a modified/flexible...