John Hay Library

Brown University’s John Hay Library acquires former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s papers⁠
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Harjo’s writing drafts, correspondence, scripts and teaching materials will significantly enhance the University’s scholarly resources from Native and Indigenous writers and performers.⁠
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"Harjo’s papers join those of the groundbreaking Spiderwoman Theater, adding to a growing wealth of primary source material at Brown for researchers and students to explore Native American and Indigenous scholarship, writing, performance and activism."⁠
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TODAY!!! All are welcome! Join us to celebrate Black History Month at the John Hay Library on Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Bust port. of Napoleon, in green jacket, tricorn hat, looking toward right; in oval enframement, gold frame with Imperial insignia. This portrait is said to have been made at the suggestion of United States diplomat and poet Joel Barlow.

Horace Vernet (1789-1863), "Napoleon Bonaparte," While exiled at St. Helena, Napoleon gave the painting to his barber, who in turn gave it to the Irish poet, Thomas Moore.

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Global Curatorial Project Archivist

Apply here: https://brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-careers-brown/job/Global-Curatorial-Project-Archivist_REQ177387

The Global Curatorial Project Archivist is a project-based position housed at the John Hay Library in partnership with the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ). The Global Curatorial Project (GCP) was founded in 2014 to be a network of scholars, curators, and educators who are committed to creating innovative forms of public history about the historical social system of racial slavery and the ways in which it continues to shape our world...

Arnold B. Perlmutter and Herman Wohl, "Emune is theier" (1910). Yiddish Sheet Music Collection. 🎼
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