John Carter Brown Library
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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.
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.
The library was the first independent private library placed within the context of a university campus in the United States.
Illustration from the JCB's copy of the Tovar Codex, depicting a rite from the Aztec festival of Tlacaxipehualiztli The John Carter Brown Library began as the private collection of John Carter Brown.
Beginning in 1845, Brown began traveling throughout Europe in search of books and materials related European exploration and colonization of the New World.
Brown acquired a number of rare books from prominent libraries, including those of Henri Ternaux-Compans and Maximilian I of Mexico.
After John Carter Brown's death, his wife Sophia Augusta Brown continued collecting with the advisement of John Russell Bartlett and Rush Hawkins.
During his lifetime, John Nicholas Brown, son of John Nicholas, continued to expand the collection.
Prior to his 1900 death, the collection was kept in a special fireproof library within the Brown family residence.
In accordance with his will, the trustees of Brown's estate established the collection, together with a building to house it, at a permanent site on the campus of Brown University.
Per an agreement reached between the executors and the university, the library is owned by the Univ...