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The John Carter Brown Library is an independently funded research library of history and the humanities on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. [1] The library's rare book, manuscript, and map collections encompass a variety of topics related to the history of European exploration and colonization of the New World until circa 1825.
Joseph S. Meisel, Joukowsky Family University Librarian at Brown University, and Gwendolyn Collaço Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society, with a few of the close to 100 collected books ...
In 1822, John Carter Brown was sent to Europe as a super-cargo for Brown & Ives. After being shipwrecked in France, he turned the business trip into a two-year grand tour. Dr. Benjamin Carter, his uncle, was an important influence in introducing John Carter Brown to "the great subject," the interaction between the old and new worlds.
The John Carter Brown Library is one of the world's leading repositories of books, maps, and manuscripts relating to the colonial Americas. [66] Founded in 1846, the John Carter Brown Library is generally regarded as the world's leading collection of primary historical sources relating to the exploration and colonization of the Americas.
John Carter Brown III (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2002) was the director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in American intellectual life. Under Brown's direction, the National Gallery became one of the leading art museums in the United States, if not the world. He was known as a champion of the arts ...
The John Carter Brown Library, named for John Carter Brown (the son of Nicholas Brown), is an independently funded research library of the humanities housing one of the world's finest collections of rare books and maps relating to the European discovery, exploration, settlement, and development of the New World until circa 1820. [64] [87]
John Carter Brown is best known for amassing a large library, now owned by the university and operated as the John Carter Brown Library. Anne S. K. Brown, the last Brown descendant to live in this house, amassed a large collection of military documents and artifacts, which are also now owned by the university. [3] Her son, J. Carter Brown, who ...
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, features a surprising celebrity cameo. I visited Jimmy Carter's presidential library. Here are 6 things that surprised me ...