Publications Online

The John Carter Brown Library has a strong tradition of publishing books about the collection. Many of these publications—which include exhibition catalogs and Annual Meeting addresses—are now out of print and no longer available for purchase. They are available here as PDFs. Please check back regularly; we are in the process of scanning more titles and will add them to this list as we do so.


Bernard Bailyn, The Dedication of the Caspersen Building, September 17, 1991, Providence, 1992
John Nicholas Brown, Urbanism in the American Colonies:An Address, Providence, 1976
Larissa V. Brown, Africans in the New World 1493-1834: A Catalog to an Exhibition, Providence, 1988
Susan Danforth, A Matter of Taste: A Catalog to an Exhibition, Providence, 1984
Susan Danforth and Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Vasco da Gama and the Age of Portuguese Expansion: An Exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, 1998
Durand Echeverria, "Materials for the Study of French History in the John Carter Brown Library of Brown University," (reprint) Providence, 1961
Judith Laikin Elkin, Imagining Idolatry: Missionaries, Indians, and Jews: Occasional Paper, Providence, 1992
Malick W. Ghachem, The Haitian Revolution, 1789-1804: An Exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library (May to September 2004), Providence, 2004
John Carter Brown Library, The British Look at America During the Age of Samuel Johnson: An Exhibition with an Address by Herman W. Liebert, Providence, 1971
John Carter Brown Library, Rare Americana: A Selection of One Hundred & One Books, Maps, & Prints NOT IN  The John Carter Brown Library, Providence, 1974
John Carter Brown Library, The Recovery of the Classics and the Growth of Learning in the West, Providence, 1984
John Carter Brown Library, A View of America: An Exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library ... on the Occasion of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Associates, Providence, 1984
Julia Greer Johnson, The Book in the Americas: A Prospectus for Renewed Study of the Role of books in the Development of Latin American Culture and Bibliography, Providence, 1985
Christopher M. Klein, "The Surveys and Descriptions of the Windward Islands Ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763," (reprint) Providence, 1967
Martin E. Marty, Anticipating Pluralism, The Founder's Vision: An Address, Providence, 1986
Maryland Hall of Records and the John Carter Brown Library, A Relation of the Successefull Beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-Land (facsmile), Providence, 1984
José Mindlin, The Gentle Madness of a Guardian of Relics: A Chat, Providence, 1993
Donald K. Moore, ed., Liberty's Impact: The World Views 1776: Essays, Providence, 1976
Jaime de Ojeda, Spain and Spanish America The Past and the Future: An Address, Providence, 1996
George Parker Winship, Brown University Broadsides, Providence, 1913
Lawrence C. Wroth, "William Hack's Manuscript Atlases of "The Great South Sea of America," (reprint) Providence, 1966