This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …

An archive of a wide array of historical documents, from the records of slaving voyages to student commencement orations, digitized in support of the work of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. The collection contains over one hundred …

Documentary evidence of the first slave trading voyage sponsored by the Brown brothers of Providence, RI. This project arose from the work of the Brown University Committee on Slavery and Justice, led by James Campbell. The committee investigated the contributions …

Digitized correspondence and speeches related to Redding's business with Alpha Phi Alpha. Redding was a member of the Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in Providence, but these papers are from his later career and interactions with the fraternity …

Organized in 2006 by Brown alumni Jim Dickson (1968) and Ken Galdston (1968), and co-founded with the Swearer Center for Public Service, the Community Organizer Archive comprises collections of archival and manuscript papers of Brown alumni and students engaged in …

The Center, founded as the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization in 1979 and part of Brown University as the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage from 1995-2023, offered a graduate program …

The Danielle Perelman photographs of student protests at Brown University contain digital photographs documenting five student-led protests taken while Perelman (class of 2017) was a student between 2015 and 2016. The demonstrations focused on standing in solidarity with Black students …

For more than 125 years, the Brown Daily Herald has captured life at Brown University: political protest, athletic wins and losses, curricular changes and students' initiative.

The Brown University Library and Alumni Relations have digitized yearbooks from 1870 to 2007 for private research, study, and teaching.

The Liber Brunensis (1870-present) documents important events from the year, as well as athletics, academics, and student organizations. The Brun …

The University Archives contains handbooks, course catalogs, commencement programs, yearbooks, faculty and department newsletters, student newspapers and magazines, and alumni magazines. This online collection contains a selection of digital publications; it is not a comprehensive list of University Archives' physical …

Video recordings from a wide variety of events on the Brown University campus.

Audio recordings from a wide variety of events on the Brown University campus.

Julie Adams Strandberg began the Dance Program at Brown University in 1969 with a small group of enthusiastic students and a steadfast commitment to providing professional experiences in the liberal arts environment. This collection contains the programs and posters for …

Eleanor Elizabeth (Lyn) Crost graduated from Pembroke College as part of the Class of 1938, and went on to a distinguished career in journalism. The Lyn Crost Papers relate to Crost's experiences as a war correspondent, covering the 100th/442nd Regimental …

Founded in 1981, the Pembroke Center was named to honor Pembroke College and the history of women’s efforts to gain access to higher education. The Center's research and teaching agenda focuses on theoretical questions about gender and difference. It is …

The Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice is a scholarly research center with a public humanities mission. Recognizing that racial and chattel slavery were central to the historical formation of the Americas and the modern …

The collection of photographs and videos from 130 Years of Jewish Life at Brown documents panels and events held to celebrate the lived experiences of Jewish students, alumni, staff, and faculty at Brown University. The in-person event was held on …

The collection comprises digital video of individual and group oral histories of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee members conducted by Charlie Cobb November 3-November 6, 2014.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, Charles Cobb invited former …

Brown alumna Martha Dickie Sharp (Pembroke 1926) and her husband Rev. Waitstill Sharp were co-founders of the Unitarian Service Committee during World War II. The collection documents their strenuous efforts throughout the course of the war to provide relief and …

The Global Curatorial Project: Unfinished Conversations records and oral histories is an archival collection of oral histories gathered as part of the larger Global Curatorial Project which also includes a traveling exhibition using materials from the collection, known as In …

Freedom Now! documents the Mississippi Freedom Movement and Brown-Tougaloo Cooperative Exchange. This digital collection contains documents from Tougaloo and Brown's Archives, gathered by students and faculty from both institutions between 2002 and 2003. The documents fall into two related categories: …

The Brown Alumni Magazine (BAM) is a bimonthly publication of the Office of University Communications. The BAM publishes news of interest to its alumni audience, with a particular focus on exceptional accomplishments through stories that demonstrate how a Brown education …