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Collection of primary historical sources pertaining to the Americas, both North and South, before ca. 1825.
Providence, RI
Joined October 2009
RT @MaggieBlackhawk: Presentation on The Constitution of American Colonialism from last spring at the John Carter Brown Library. It was a….
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RT @BrownGradSchool: Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Library Fellowship: Funding for work by academics, independent scholars and writers wor….
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Tomorrow! Join us for a book launch at the JCB! . We will be celebrating Professor Andrew Laird's latest book, .Aztec Latin: Renaissance Learning and Nahuatl Traditions in .Early Colonial Mexico. Details at
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RT @marcelalandres: $20,000 Hodson Trust–John Carter Brown Library Fellowship includes housing and university privileges, open to filmmaker….
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Our hope was that bringing women of color into the archive would result in a kind of radical alchemy, one that celebrated agency and wisdom, creativity and resistance," Matthew explains. 4/4.
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In this way, the launch was an opportunity to bring women of color into a more equitable relationship with archival practices that in the past have excluded them even as it has been used to define their pasts. 3/4.
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"The JCB and the Lab have a shared goal bringing new readers to the archive, especially those it has historically excluded, and to reimagine the archive as a community trust with a binding relationship of shared responsibility. 2/4.
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We are thrilled to share a blog post containing Professor Patricia Matthew's reflections on the Race and Regency Lab launch that was held at the JCB in September of this year. Read on at 1/4
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New JCB blog post: "When we examine the faded words we cannot fail to see the violent power of White enslavers in faded black ink on yellowed paper, but it is Kitty Thomson’s fierce independence and resistance that echoes loudest across the centuries.".
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Join us on November 14 and 22 for Brown faculty book launches!. Details at
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Our new exhibit is open!.Stop by the JCB or visit our website to learn more.
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The JCB is closed today, November 5. Visit us online at for information on Library programs and more. We hope to see you soon!
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Join us in person or online on November 14 and 22 for faculty book launches! Details at
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HAPPENING SOON! . Join us today for a talk by writer David Grann. Use promo code JCB for free tickets to the virtual version of this event!. Details here:
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Wishing you and yours a happy and safe Halloween!
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We've released our newsletter a little early this time around so that we can promote our November 1 event with David Grann at the The Providence Athenæum. Details at . Interested in subscribing? Be sure to click the button at the top of that page!
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This week is Bat Appreciation Week! Learn more about these fantastic creatures at and on Americana, the JCB's digital platform!. Source: Martyn, William Frederic.A new dictionary of natural history.D785 M388n / 2-SIZE. Details at
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Join us on November 14 and 22 as we celebrate recent publications by Brown University faculty!. Details at
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Join us Friday for a talk by writer David Grann! . This event is part of the Expansive Histories of the Early Americas program series, in partnership with the Providence Athenaeum. Use promo code JCB for free tickets to the virtual event!.
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It was great to see so many of you for Family Weekend!. Special thanks to Bertie Mandelblatt for giving tours of the Library and the exhibit that she curated. If you missed out, don't worry! The JCB and our current exhibit are open all week! Details at
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