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We look forward to seeing everyone next week!
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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We're excited to post the latest installment in our Journals of Congress series. Enjoy!
November 24 video for the Journals of Congress series
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November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Our November 2025 newsletter contains all the latest news on JCB events, research opportunities, exhibitions, and more!

Visit jcblibrary.org today and sign up for our newsletter, or click here:
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November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Join us in welcoming our new Associate Director of Digital Asset Management, Meaghan J. Brown!

In her new role, Dr. Brown will guide the ongoing development of our platform, Americana, oversee the digitization of library collections, and steward our digital assets.

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November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We can all use a little brain break once in a while!

The team at the JCB has been enjoying this jigsaw website, which allows users to upload an image and turn it into an online puzzle!

This one is an image of the Library. Have fun, and happy Friday!

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November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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We're very much looking forward to our Monday, December 1 JCB Reads session with Casey Schmitt!

JCB Reads offers former fellows an opportunity to discuss recent book-length publications with our community. All are welcome!

Details at jcblibrary.org/events/jcb-r...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Join us on Monday, December 1, 2025 at noon for a JCB Reads virtual discussion of The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean by Casey Schmitt.

This event is online only. All are welcome!

Register here! brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Today is Day 2 of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Seminar at the JCB.

Interested in learning more about JCB events? Check out our website! jcblibrary.org
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November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Genealogy was both “an intimate practice that families and individuals” undertook and “a practice that governments and other institutions, like churches and corporations, were invested in,” Wulf said.

Lovely piece by Ivy Huang in today's Brown Daily Herald!

Read the article: shorturl.at/Ug5rv
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November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The JCB is proud to host the 2025 meetings of the Southwest Seminar Consortium on Colonial Latin America.

We will welcome conference participants to the Library on November 13 and 14.

For more details, visit us at jcblibrary.org/events/2025-...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Today in person and online!

Join the Brown Department of History for a conversation with Karin Wulf and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern U.) on Wulf’s latest publication, Lineage: Genealogy and the Politics of Connection in Early America (Oxford UP, 2025).

Details:
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November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The Library was busy today as we welcomed folks to our Critical Archives series as well as guests for 130 Years of Jewish Life at Brown.

Associate Librarian Kim Nusco welcomed visitors and shared items related to Jewish culture including this book:
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November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Over the past few years the JCB’s team has grown, increasing our capacity to do the work of supporting research about the early Americas through our extraordinary collections. Over the past few months, we have added three new professionals the team.

Details at jcblibrary.org/news/novembe...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Our latest installment of JCB Reads featuring Katherine Johnston's discussion of her recent book publication with Karin Wulf is now available on YouTube!

Check it out at youtu.be/uYvOG7ABHDM
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November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Our latest video from our Journals of Congress series features three different items from our collection. Learn more here!

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Journals of Congress Series: November 3
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November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Happening soon! Join us at 12 p.m. EDT for our latest installment of JCB Reads.

Today we will discuss Katherine Johnston's book "The Nature of Slavery: Environment and Plantation Labor in the Anglo-American World."

Join us!
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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Join us Monday, November 3 at 12 p.m. EDT for the latest edition of JCB Reads!

This virtual discussion focuses on The Nature of Slavery: Environment and Plantation Labor in the Anglo-Atlantic World by Katherine Johnston (Montana State U).

Details/registration at jcblibrary.org/events/jcb-r...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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We've just launched the third video in our Journals of the First Continental Congress series, which we debuted earlier this month.

You can access all three installments on our YouTube channel, or skip right to today's content: youtu.be/WNoCKlJNG3I !
Third installment of the series on the Journals of the First Continental Congress
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October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Did you know that the JCB has committed to digitizing all of its collections?

See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!

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October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The latest edition of the JCB newsletter is live!

Check it out at conta.cc/3WlVL4w!
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October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Visit the JCB!

Our current exhibition, Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature, is open Monday through Thursday from 10 am - to 12:45 pm and from 2 pm to 4:45 pm, and Friday from 10 am to 12:45 pm.

You can also view it online at americana.jcblibrary.org/exhibitions/...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Save the date!

We are looking forward to the next installment of JCB Reads.

Join us online at noon EST on Monday, November 3 for a discussion of Katherine Johnston's The Nature of Slavery: Environment and Plantation Labor in the Anglo-Atlantic World.

Details at jcblibrary.org/events/jcb-r...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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TODAY! Join us online at 12 p.m. EDT for a conversation about Jordan B. Smith's book The Invention of Rum: Creating the Essential Atlantic Commodity.

Details at jcblibrary.org!
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October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Applications are now being accepted for long- and short-term fellowships at the JCB!

Details at jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM