Guide to the Brown University Library Exhibition Labels, 1945-1986
John Hay Library
, Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
Published in 2013
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Brown University Library Exhibition Labels |
| Date range: |
1945-1986 |
| Creator: |
Brown University. Library. |
| Extent: |
2.25 Linear feet
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| Abstract: |
The collection comprises wall labels from Brown University Library exhibitions ranging from 1945 to 1986. |
| Language of materials: |
English
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| Repository: |
John Hay Library
, Special Collections
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| Collection number: |
OF.1X.11 |
Scope & content
Access Points
Subject Organizations
Subject Topics
Document Types
Subject Topics
Arrangement
The collection is organized in one series:
- Series I. Exhibition labels, 1945-1986
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.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
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. |
| Use of the materials: |
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. |
| Preferred citation: |
Exhibition Labels,OF-1X-11, Brown University Archives. |
| Contact information: |
John Hay Library
, Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library |
| Encoding: |
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
2013 January 28 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
| Sponsor: |
Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series I. Exhibition labels, 1945-1986
| Box 1 |
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American patriotic songs of two centuries, 1745-1945
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1945 |
| Box 1 |
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Phi Beta Kappa
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1945 Nov. |
| Box 1 |
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Book illustrations, 1935-1945 [MISSING]
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1946 |
| Box 1 |
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Life on the Mississippi
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1946 April |
| Box 1 |
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Steamboat exhibition
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1946 May |
| Box 1 |
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Sixteenth century books
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1946 Dec. |
| Box 1 |
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Book Illustrations
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1946 |
| Box 1 |
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[Latin-American history]
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1947 |
| Box 1 |
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Preston Gurney and his exponent, John Holmes
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1947 |
| Box 1 |
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Abraham Lincoln
Contents Note: his political career
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1947 Feb. |
| Box 1 |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes MMM
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1947 March |
| Box 1 |
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Literature and the arts in 19th century France
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1947 March |
| Box 1 |
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Some colonial poets in the Harris Collection, 1609-1760
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1947 June-Nov |
| Box 1 |
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Cervantes
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1947 Nov.15-29 |
| Box 1 |
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The "new" sciences in literature and the graphic arts, 1660-1800
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1947 Nov. 1-15 |
| Box 1 |
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Lincoln
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1948 Feb-Mar. |
| Box 1 |
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Samuel Johnson
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1948 April 5 |
| Box 1 |
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Important acquisitions, 1947-1948
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1948 June-July 15 |
| Box 1 |
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Solomon Drowne
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1948 Oct. |
| Box 1 |
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Sarah Helen Whitman and Poe
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1948 Nov. |
| Box 1 |
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Development of Lincoln biography since 1865
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1949 Feb. |
| Box 2 |
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Walt Whitman
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1949 March |
| Box 2 |
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Memorabilia of Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948
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1949 April 4-23 |
| Box 2 |
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Illustrated editions of Paradise Lost
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1949 May |
| Box 2 |
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In memoriam Charles Evans Hughes
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1949 June-Sept |
| Box 2 |
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Francis Wayland
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1949 Nov. |
| Box 2 |
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Lincoln exhibition to accompany talk by Miss Ruth Slade
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1949 Dec. 5 |
| Box 2 |
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Where Classic Meets Renaissance in France
Contents Note: The Illustrated Book, 1650-1850
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1949 Dec-1950 Jan |
| Box 2 |
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Mary Todd Lincoln
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1950 Feb. |
| Box 2 |
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Art Books from Switzerland
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1950 Mar. 1-20 |
| Box 2 |
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Bookplates from the Sophie L. Lustig collection
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1950 Mar. |
| Box 2 |
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The Compleat Gardener, 1483-1800
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1950 May |
| Box 2 |
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Books given by G.W. Benedict in memory of A.K. Potter
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1950 Jun. |
| Box 2 |
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Chopin
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1949 Oct. 10-22 |
| Box 2 |
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History of development of Pembroke College
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1950 Sept. |
| Box 2 |
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Prompter's book for Moliere play performed in University Hall in 1785
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1951 March 28-Apr 9 |
| Box 2 |
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Undergraduate journalism at Brown, 1829-1951
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1951 May-July |
| Box 2 |
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The new quadrangle
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1952 June-Sep |
| Box 2 |
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Life at Brown 100 years ago
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1953 June-Sept 28 |
| Box 2 |
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Horace Mann
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1955 Oct. |
| Box 2 |
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Twelve presidents of Brown, 1765-1955
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1955 Oct-Nov |
| Box 3 |
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Archie Arsenault photographs of Brown sports
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1957 Feb. |
| Box 3 |
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Some unusual objects from Brown University Archives
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1958 Dec. |
| Box 3 |
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Sociology Department
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1959 April |
| Box 3 |
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Examination papers
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1959 April 27-May1 |
| Box 3 |
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Construction of John D. Rockefeller Library
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1964 |
| Box 3 |
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William Prager
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1969 Feb. |
| Box 3 |
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Valentines of yesterday from the Harris collection of American poetry and plays
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1969 Feb |
| Box 3 |
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Harlem Renaissance (R. Wedgworth, Rockefeller Library)
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1969 Mar 1-Apr 21 |
| Box 3 |
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Walt Whitman exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of his birth
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1969 Apr 21-Oct 5 |
| Box 3 |
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Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Our English grandmother (alumni council/Miss Counihan)
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1969 Nov 6-8 |
| Box 3 |
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Bicentennial
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1964-196565 |
| Box 3 |
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William Williams Keen
Contents Note: bold and skillful surgeon
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1970 May 22 |
| Box 4 |
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Brother Antoninus (Rockefeller library)
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1969 Nov. |
| Box 4 |
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Moby Dick - the passion of Ahab, 26 lithographics by Benton Spruance
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1969 Nov-Dec |
| Box 4 |
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Contemporary Trends in fiction
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1969 Nov 10-19 |
| Box 4 |
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Carrier's Addresses
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1970 Jan 1 |
| Box 4 |
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The Caricaturists war against Napoleon. Political cartoons from the Paul R. Bullard collection
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1970 Jan -Mar 9 |
| Box 4 |
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Washington Portraits
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1970 Dec. |
| Box 4 |
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Black Arts Festival
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1970 Mar. |
| Box 4 |
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W.E. Louttit memorial exhibition
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1973 Nov-Dec |
| Box 4 |
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H.P. Lovecraft
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1970 Mar. |
| Box 4 |
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Brown in the 1920s
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1970 May |
| Box 4 |
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Donald F. Hornig
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1970 Oct. |
| Box 4 |
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Edgar Allen Poe
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1971 |
| Box 4 |
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Poetry in America's Songs
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1971 |
| Box 4 |
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Theatre Playbills
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1971 Feb. |
| Box 4 |
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Johannes Kepler
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1972 |
| Box 4 |
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Academic Regalia
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1972 |
| Box 4 |
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Bibliography 101
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1973 Jan. |
| Box 4 |
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Landmarks
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1972 Jun. |
| Box 4 |
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Wood Engravings
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1973 |
| Box 4 |
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Copernicus
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1973 Jan |
| Box 4 |
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Brown Poets
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1973 Mar. |
| Box 4 |
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William Williams Keen
Contents Note: The surgeon, the teacher, the man
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1970 May 22 |
| Box 4 |
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Melville
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1969 Oct-Dec |
| Box 5 |
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The colleges have suffered greatly (Revolutionary War)
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1976 May |
| Box 5 |
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Letters home
Contents Note: Student life at Brown, 1770-1880
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| Box 5 |
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Presidential precedents
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1977 April |
| Box 5 |
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Medical students orientation
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| Box 5 |
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Carberry exhibit
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1978 Jan. |
| Box 5 |
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Do you remember ...
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1978 April |
| Box 5 |
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Brown in 1878 In Providence Public Library exhibit, "Their Past in Present"
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1978 April |
| Box 5 |
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Josiah S. Carberry, psychoceramist
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1978 Oct. |
| Box 5 |
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Commencement
Contents Note: the earliest state holiday
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1979 June |
| Box 5 |
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John Nicholas Brown at Brown
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1979 Oct. |
| Box 5 |
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The founding of Pembroke
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1982 March |
| Box 5 |
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Pembroke College
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1986 |