Join us Thursday, Oct. 16 at noon EDT for a virtual discussion of The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity (Jordan B. Smith, Widener U).
This event is part of JCB Reads, a virtual series for former fellows to share recent book publications.
Join us in person or via Zoom on Friday, October 10 for a conversation about archives, civics, and history with Dr. Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States.
This event is part of the JCB 2026 and Beyond initiative.
The John Carter Brown Library's reading room is open Monday through Thursday from 10 am to 12:45 pm and from 2 pm to 4:45pm, and Friday from 10 am to 12:45 pm.
Our current exhibition, Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature, can be viewed any time the reading room is open. Details at jcblibrary.org!
(1/3) The John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social, a history and humanities-centered research library of rare books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary sources at Brown University, is another example of the range of sources used to find unfree Native people across the historical record.
It's Constitution Day! Hello from Rhode Island, which by popular referendum rejected the Constitution and only agreed, very grudgingly, in 1790 and w addenda on rights. It was/ is a process; emblematic this tattered pamphlet (@jcblibrary.bsky.social) circulated in Massachusetts during ratification.
Drawing inspiration from Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary, The American Revolution, join us for a full day of free, in-person professional development on Friday, October 17th at the JCB.
We are excited to see everyone for the first meeting of Critical Archives 2025-6!
Join us on Friday, September 19 in person or virtually for a session hosted by Coordinating Curator for Native American & Indigenous Materials Kimberly Toney.
We are so grateful to the Brown Club of Rhode Island for offering an event to their members based on José Montelongo's exhibition "Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature."
The exhibition is open to the public both in person and online!
For details, including Library hours, visit jcblibrary.org.
We created a reading group in 2024 focused on key classic and new texts from a variety of perspectives on the making, unmaking, challenges and potential in "archives."
We will meet next on Friday, September 19 at 2 p.m.
The John Carter Brown Library's reading room is open Monday through Thursday from 10 am - to 12:45 pm and from 2 pm to 4:45pm, and Friday from 10 am to 12:45 pm.
Come see our current exhibition, Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature!
