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The '''John Hay Library''' (known colloquially as '''the Hay''') is the second oldest library on the campus of [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], United States. It is located on Prospect Street opposite the [[Van Wickle Gates]]. After its construction in 1910, the Hay Library became the main library building on campus, replacing the building now known as Robinson Hall. Today, the John Hay Library is one of five individual libraries that make up the University Library.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://library.brown.edu/hay/faq.php#6|title=Frequently Asked Questions :: John Hay Library, Brown University|website=library.brown.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-01-18))</ref> The Hay houses the University Library's rare books and manuscripts, the University Archives, and the Library's special collections.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://library.brown.edu/hay/index.php|title=John Hay Library :: Brown University Library|website=library.brown.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-01-18))</ref>

==History==
By the early 1890s, Brown's 1878 library building had become insufficient in housing the university's growing collection. In 1906, Andrew Carnegie contributed $150,000 (equivalent to $((Inflation|US|0.15|1906|r=2|fmt=)) million in ((CURRENTYEAR))) towards the construction of a new library building. At Carnegie's request, the library was named in honor of his late companion Secretary of State [[John Hay]] (Class of 1858).<ref name=":0">((Cite web|title=Encyclopedia Brunoniana &#124; John Hay Library|url=https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=J0080|website=www.brown.edu))</ref><ref name=":1">((Cite web|title=Special Collections of the Brown University Library: A History & Guide|url=https://library.brown.edu/guide/06.html|access-date=2021-09-04|website=library.brown.edu))</ref>

The building was constructed to a design by the Boston architectural firm of [[Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge]] in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style. The structure was initially intended to be built of limestone, though was ultimately constructed of white marble quarried in [[Dorset, Vermont]]. The library was opened on September 24 and dedicated on November 10, 1910.<ref name=":1" />

In 1939 a new wing was constructed to the north of the original building.<ref name="Coelho" /> The addition was designed by [[Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott]] in the Georgian style and constructed of red brick. As part of the renovation, the main reading room was split into three areas by bookshelves.<ref name=":0" />

The [[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library]] became Brown's main library in 1964, with the John Hay Library retaining the university's special collections. The library provided temporary quarters for the Physical Sciences Library until the [[Sciences Library (Brown University)|Sciences Library]] was built in 1971. The John Hay Library was completely renovated and rededicated on September 21, 1981. A major renovation of the library headed by [[Annabelle Selldorf|Selldorf Architects]] began in 2013.<ref>((Cite web|date=2013-03-25|title=Selldorf Architects To Restore Grand Reading Room at Brown University|url=https://www.archpaper.com/2013/03/selldorf-architects-to-restore-grand-reading-room-at-brown-university/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=The Architect’s Newspaper|language=en-US))</ref> The building was closed on June 1, 2013, and reopened in Fall 2014.<ref name="Coelho">((cite web|first1=Courtney|last1=Coelho|date=4 September 2014|url=https://news.brown.edu/articles/2014/09/hay|title=Renovated John Hay Library reopens - News from Brown|work=brown.edu))</ref> The renovation reconfigured the library's main floor, doubled the exhibition space, and returned the main reading room to its original design.<ref name="Coelho" />

==Special collections==
((external media| float = left| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?153663-1/mcclellan-lincoln-collection Tour of the John Hay Library's McClellan Lincoln Collection, November 15, 1999], [[C-SPAN]]| video2= [https://www.c-span.org/video/?153940-1/artists-uniform-collection Tour of the Artists in Uniform Collection, November 30, 1999], [[C-SPAN]]|video3 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?310168-1/john-hay-library-special-collections Tour of the John Hay Library Special Collections, January 7, 2013], [[C-SPAN]])) 
The Library houses Brown's Special Collections division, including those materials that require special handling and preservation. Although many of the items in Special Collections are rare or unique, a majority of the materials are part of large subject-oriented collections which are maintained as discrete units. Altogether, Special Collections consists of over 250 separate collections, numbering some 2.5 million items.

Notable collections include:

* [[Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection]] – graphics, books and miniature soldiers
* Brown University Archives – official university records, photographs, university publications, student group records, artifacts, and personal papers
* Colonel [[George Earl Church]] Collection – South American explorer and geographer, 3,500 personal manuscripts and letters, plus books
* [[H. P. Lovecraft]] Collection – personal manuscripts and letters;<ref>((Cite web|url=https://library.brown.edu/collatoz/info.php?id=73|title=Lovecraft Collection - Brown University Library|website=library.brown.edu))</ref> the library houses the largest collection of Lovecraft materials in the world<ref>((Cite web|url=https://library.brown.edu/joshi/|title = The S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship in H. P. Lovecraft — Brown University Library))</ref>
* [[Henry David Thoreau]] Collection – books from personal library and journal manuscripts<ref name="library.brown.edu">((Cite web|title=special collections monthly focus: Brown Seniors 'Crack' Cuneiform Tablets|url=https://library.brown.edu/exhibits/archive/focus/cuneiform/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=library.brown.edu))</ref>
*[[George Orwell]] Collection – includes the original manuscript of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' – Orwell's only surviving literary manuscript<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190917/brown-library-buys-singer-janis-ians-collection-of-fantasy-science-fiction|title=Brown library buys singer Janis Ian's collection of fantasy, science fiction|last=Staff|first=Journal|website=providencejournal.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-24))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://blogs.brown.edu/libnews/1984-70th/|title=Announcement ((!)) 70th Anniversary of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four ((!)) Brown University Library News|last=Braga|first=Jennifer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-24))</ref>
*Drowne Collection – the personal library of [[Solomon Drowne|Dr. Solomon Drowne]], including an engraving by [[Paul Revere]]<ref>((Cite news|last=Barry|first=Dan|date=2012-05-03|title=Stumbling Across a Rarity, Even for the Rare Book Room (Published 2012)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/us/at-brown-university-stumbling-across-a-rarity-in-the-rare-book-room.html|access-date=2021-02-23|issn=0362-4331))</ref>
*Lownes Collection – Brown's most extensive science collection, contains a copy of ''[[Sidereus Nuncius|Siderius Nuncius]]'' annotated by Galileo himself<ref>((Cite web|last=Liang|first=Mark|date=2015-10-20|title=Library special collections reveal trove of scientific writing, history|url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2015/10/20/library-special-collections-reveal-trove-of-scientific-writing-history/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Brown Daily Herald|language=en-US))</ref>
Other notable items include a [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] [[First Folio]], the first two editions of Copernicus's ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|De Revolutionibus]]'' (1543, 1566)'','' a copy of [[Giambattista Vico]]’s ''[[The New Science]]'' (1730) annotated by the author, [[George III|King George III]]’s copy of [[Thomas Jefferson]]’s ''[[Notes on the State of Virginia]]'', a first edition of ''[[Leaves of Grass]]'' inscribed by [[Walt Whitman]] and [[Oscar Wilde]] (1855), [[T. S. Eliot|T.S. Eliot]]'s copy of ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' (1925)'','' and 27 [[Mesopotamia]]n clay tablets and cones.<ref>((Cite web|last=Braga|first=Jennifer|title=Announcement ((!)) Daniel G. Siegel '57 Gift and Fellowship ((!)) Brown University Library News|url=https://blogs.brown.edu/libnews/daniel-siegel/|access-date=2021-09-04|language=en-US))</ref><ref>((Cite web|title=Special Collections of the Brown University Library: A History & Guide|url=https://library.brown.edu/guide/10.html|access-date=2021-02-23|website=library.brown.edu))</ref><ref name="library.brown.edu"/>

==Anthropodermic book collection==
[[File:John_Hay_Library,_1920.jpg|thumb|The library in 1920]]
[[File:John Hay Library Willis Reading Room.jpg|thumb|The interior of the library's Willis Reading Room]]
[[File:John_Hay_Library_entrance_(Brown).jpg|thumb|The library's entrance on Prospect Street]]
The John Hay Library is well known for its collection of [[Anthropodermic bibliopegy|anthropodermic books]] (books bound in human skin).<ref>((cite news |last= Johnson |first= M.L. |date= January 7, 2006 |publisher= Associated Press |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20060111&id=K-lYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rVYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5031,2157846 |title= Some of nation's best libraries have books bound in human skin |access-date= 2012-06-06))</ref> The Hay acquired the books in the 1960s as gifts from two alumni, at least one an avid book collector. The books were not originally bound in human skin, but were instead rebound for private collectors in the 19th century.<ref>((cite news | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/01/31/Features/In.A-Literal.Bind-1545400.shtml | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130208012128/http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/01/31/Features/In.A-Literal.Bind-1545400.shtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-08 | title = In a literal bind | access-date = 2007-10-03 | author = Taryn Martinez | newspaper = [[The Brown Daily Herald]] | date = 2006-01-31 ))</ref> The library has four such human-skin books:

* ''[[De Humanis Corporis Fabrica]]'' ([[Andreas Vesalius]], 1543)
* ''[[Danse Macabre#Hans Holbein's woodcuts|Dance of Death]]'' ([[Hans Holbein the Younger]], 1816)
*''[[Danse Macabre|Dance of Death]]'' ([[Hans Holbein the Younger]], 1898)
*''[[Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife]]'' ([[Adolphe Belot]], 1891)

==Brown University Archives==
((More citations needed section|date=October 2020))
The University Archives serves as the institutional memory of the university by collecting, preserving, and making accessible the materials that provide evidence of past University actions and contribute to an understanding of the university's structure and its history. For the definitive reference work on the history, people, and places of Brown University, please consult the ''[[Encyclopedia Brunoniana]]''<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/|title=Index to Encyclopedia Brunoniana|work=brown.edu))</ref> by Martha Mitchell.

The records of the Corporation that governs Brown University are in the University Archives. They consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, and committee records of the corporation from 1763 to the present. The earliest Corporation records are part of a collection called Rhode Island College miscellaneous papers.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.riamco.org/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms-1e-1&view=title|title=RIAMCO - Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online|work=riamco.org))</ref> These records document the founding of the university, relocation from Warren to Providence, building of [[University Hall (Brown University)|University Hall]], George Washington's visit in 1790, and other business of the college, ending with [[Nicholas Brown Jr.|Nicholas Brown's]] letter donating $5,000, which changed the name of the college from Rhode Island College to Brown University and at the same time established the first endowed professorship.

The Archives contains papers of [[List of presidents of Brown University|Brown's presidents]], select faculty and alumni papers, student organization records, and university publications. There are over 60,000 photographs depicting campus scenes, buildings, groups, events, student activities, athletic teams and events, and individual faculty members, students, and alumni preserved and accessible in the University Archives. Some have been digitized are available at Images of Brown.

The [[Eddie N. Robinson|Edward North Robinson]] Collection of Brown Athletics represents over 150 years of [[Brown Bears|athletics at Brown]]. Consisting of photographs, moving images, artifacts, posters, drawings, cartoons, administrative records, and publications, this collection traces the earliest days of athletic competition at Brown and [[Pembroke College in Brown University|Pembroke]] up through the modern era. This collection is supported through an endowment created by Jackson Robinson (Class of 1964), the grandson of famed Brown football coach. Edward North Robinson.

==The Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive==
((More citations needed section|date=October 2020))
The Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive identifies collections with materials pertaining to women within Special Collections and University Archives. Collections in the Farnham Archive document the history of women in Brown University and [[Pembroke College in Brown University|Pembroke College]], the post-graduate lives of Brown alumnae, and the lives of Rhode Island women. The collections document the lives of prominent women but also chronicle the lives and work of ordinary women. In addition to correspondence, diaries, photographs, newspapers, yearbooks, and memorabilia, it also includes a collection of [[oral history]] tapes and videos. There is a 500-page Research Guide to the Christine Dunlap Farnham Archives which includes more than 1,000 entries describing the collection. This guide, however, is badly outdated and in some cases contains erroneous information.((Citation needed|date=October 2020))

Also included within the Farnham Archive is the [[Feminist Theory]] Archive, inaugurated in 2002, which preserves the legacies of prominent feminist thinkers. This collection continues the [[Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women|Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women's]] commitment to documenting the contributions of feminist scholars to cutting-edge research and making their papers available to scholars.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|http://library.brown.edu/hay/))
* [http://www.pembrokecenter.org/farnham_archives/ Christine Dunlap Farnham Archives]

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