As you walk up the grand staircase you can note the stunning detail of the Beaux-Arts architecture that is original to the building, which opened in 1910. The images displayed on the stairway’s walls offer the opportunity to browse exemplars from our collections. Each image represents an area of collecting focus. This digital collection is in development, with additional images to be added in time. The portrait of artist and transgender activist, Kate Bornstein [Brown University ‘69] represents Global Lavender Voices, celebrating the lived experiences, contributions, accomplishments, and culture of LGBTQIA2S communities, both in the United States and internationally. The portrait of Swedish-American labor activist Joe Hill is representative of the Ideology and Power collecting direction, focused on the complex ways in which ideology influences social and political power structures. The Sisters and Spiderwoman Theater co-founders Gloria Miguel, Lisa Mayo, and Muriel Miguel (Kuna/Rappahannock) represent Performance and Entertainment, documenting the history and creative process of performing arts and provides a window into public life and popular entertainment in the Americas. The watercolor depicting capoeira, painted by artist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Sara Bennett photographs are representative of Voices of Mass Incarceration in the United States, which gathers and provides access to original material in all formats that document the lived experiences of incarcerated individuals in the United States as well as those affected by the American prison system. The chromolithograph of women in semi-military costume performing rifle drill on the grounds of the 'Establishment for Young Ladies' in 1860, represents Military & Society and traces the social, political, economic, and cultural influence of world militaries during war and peace. The handwritten and typed page from the original manuscript of Orwell’s last novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four is representative of the Hay’s Popular Literature collections, which aim to reflect the imaginative worlds of North American authors and readers from the 18th through the 21st centuries. The dormitory scene in Pembroke College from 1949 represents The University & Beyond, which celebrates the rich and storied history of Brown University, from its founding in 1764 through the present day, as preserved in the University Archives and Manuscripts. The engraving from Mariæ Sibillæ Merian’s 1717 volume on the metamorphosis of insects in Suriname represents Intergrative Themes in Sciences, specifically Climate Change, while the diagram of the anatomy of the lower arm from Godefridi Bidloo's Anatomia humani corpori, 1685, is representative of Health and History. The map of New England was published by printer and engraver John Foster in 1677, and represents Collections as Data. The map served as a visual guide to the book’s recounting of the events of King Phillip’s war, and is intentionally disproportionate, highlighting sites of conflict during the war between colonizers and several northeastern woodland tribal nations. The Quilt "Oh Say, Can You See: America and Its Birth, 2022" was created in 2022 by Jess Hill to engage in the theme of racial slavery and freedom as part of the 10th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition at the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, “Racial Slavery, Marronage & Freedom.”