US-RPB-of1X.11 Guide to the Brown University Library Exhibition Labels1945-1986 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 2.25 Linear feet 1945-1986 The collection comprises wall labels from Brown University Library exhibitions ranging from 1945 to 1986. Brown University. Library. Brown University Library Exhibition Labels Administrative History

Brown University Library periodically mounts exhibitions highlighting various materials in its collections. These exhibits range from small scale displays to large exhibitions accompanied by events and catalogues.

 Exhibition labels Series I 1945-1986 American patriotic songs of two centuries, 1745-1945 1 1945 Phi Beta Kappa 1 1945 Nov. Book illustrations, 1935-1945 [MISSING] 1 1946 Life on the Mississippi 1 1946 April Steamboat exhibition 1 1946 May Sixteenth century books 1 1946 Dec. Book Illustrations 1 1946 [Latin-American history] 1 1947 Preston Gurney and his exponent, John Holmes 1 1947 Abraham Lincoln 1 1947 Feb. Scope and Contents note

his political career

 Oliver Wendell Holmes MMM 1 1947 March Misc. 1 1947 Literature and the arts in 19th century France 1 1947 March Some colonial poets in the Harris Collection, 1609-1760 1 1947 June-Nov Cervantes 1 1947 Nov.15-29 The "new" sciences in literature and the graphic arts, 1660-1800 1 1947 Nov. 1-15 Lincoln 1 1948 Feb-Mar. Samuel Johnson 1 1948 April 5 Important acquisitions, 1947-1948 1 1948 June-July 15 Solomon Drowne 1 1948 Oct. Sarah Helen Whitman and Poe 1 1948 Nov. Development of Lincoln biography since 1865 1 1949 Feb. Walt Whitman 2 1949 March Memorabilia of Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948 2 1949 April 4-23 Illustrated editions of Paradise Lost 2 1949 May In memoriam Charles Evans Hughes 2 1949 June-Sept Francis Wayland 2 1949 Nov. Goethe 2 1949 Nov. Lincoln exhibition to accompany talk by Miss Ruth Slade 2 1949 Dec. 5 Where Classic Meets Renaissance in France 2 1949 Dec-1950 Jan Scope and Contents note

The Illustrated Book, 1650-1850

 Mary Todd Lincoln 2 1950 Feb. Art Books from Switzerland 2 1950 Mar. 1-20 Bookplates from the Sophie L. Lustig collection 2 1950 Mar. The Compleat Gardener, 1483-1800 2 1950 May Books given by G.W. Benedict in memory of A.K. Potter 2 1950 Jun. Chopin 2 1949 Oct. 10-22 History of development of Pembroke College 2 1950 Sept. Prompter's book for Moliere play performed in University Hall in 1785 2 1951 March 28-Apr 9 Undergraduate journalism at Brown, 1829-1951 2 1951 May-July The new quadrangle 2 1952 June-Sep Life at Brown 100 years ago 2 1953 June-Sept 28 Horace Mann 2 1955 Oct. Twelve presidents of Brown, 1765-1955 2 1955 Oct-Nov Archie Arsenault photographs of Brown sports 3 1957 Feb. Some unusual objects from Brown University Archives 3 1958 Dec. Sociology Department 3 1959 April Examination papers 3 1959 April 27-May1 Construction of John D. Rockefeller Library 3 1964 William Prager 3 1969 Feb. Valentines of yesterday from the Harris collection of American poetry and plays 3 1969 Feb Harlem Renaissance (R. Wedgworth, Rockefeller Library) 3 1969 Mar 1-Apr 21 Walt Whitman exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of his birth 3 1969 Apr 21-Oct 5 Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Our English grandmother (alumni council/Miss Counihan) 3 1969 Nov 6-8 Bicentennial 3 1964-196565 William Williams Keen 3 1970 May 22 Scope and Contents note

bold and skillful surgeon

 Melville 4 1969 Oct. Brother Antoninus (Rockefeller library) 4 1969 Nov. Moby Dick - the passion of Ahab, 26 lithographics by Benton Spruance 4 1969 Nov-Dec Contemporary Trends in fiction 4 1969 Nov 10-19 Carrier's Addresses 4 1970 Jan 1 The Caricaturists war against Napoleon. Political cartoons from the Paul R. Bullard collection 4 1970 Jan -Mar 9 Washington Portraits 4 1970 Dec. Black Arts Festival 4 1970 Mar. W.E. Louttit memorial exhibition 4 1973 Nov-Dec H.P. Lovecraft 4 1970 Mar. Brown in the 1920s 4 1970 May Donald F. Hornig 4 1970 Oct. Edgar Allen Poe 4 1971 Poetry in America's Songs 4 1971 Theatre Playbills 4 1971 Feb. Johannes Kepler 4 1972 Academic Regalia 4 1972 Bibliography 101 4 1973 Jan. Landmarks 4 1972 Jun. Treasures 4 1970 Wood Engravings 4 1973 Copernicus 4 1973 Jan Ulysses 4 1973 Brown Poets 4 1973 Mar. William Williams Keen 4 1970 May 22 Scope and Contents note

The surgeon, the teacher, the man

 Melville 4 1969 Oct-Dec The colleges have suffered greatly (Revolutionary War) 5 1976 May Letters home 5 Scope and Contents note

Student life at Brown, 1770-1880

 Presidential precedents 5 1977 April Medical students orientation 5 Carberry exhibit 5 1978 Jan. Do you remember ... 5 1978 April Brown in 1878 In Providence Public Library exhibit, "Their Past in Present" 5 1978 April Josiah S. Carberry, psychoceramist 5 1978 Oct. Commencement 5 1979 June Scope and Contents note

the earliest state holiday

 John Nicholas Brown at Brown 5 1979 Oct. The founding of Pembroke 5 1982 March University Hall 5 Pembroke College 5 1986 Printed Catalogs 5 Collection information

Exhibition Labels,OF-1X-11, Brown University Archives.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

The collection is organized in one series: Series I. Exhibition labels, 1945-1986

Administrative information

Additional information

Names Brown University. Library. Subjects Education Library exhibits Occupations

Types of Materials Wall labels RIAMCO Browsing Term Education