Bicentennial Brochure

Bicentennial Brochure

200th Anniversary of Brown University

This is a Brochure of Brown University’s 200th Anniversary, housed in the university’s Special Collections. It details the history of Brown and its many accomplishments, spotlighting different people and aspects of the university. From the brochure, two specific pages are imaged (not including the cover), a map of the campus at the time and a page about future building projects the university will undertake. This brochure is dated 1964, around this time was the height of displacement of Fox Point from their homes by Brown, through purchase of property in the area, off campus housing, and the gentrification both bring. None of this is mentioned in the brochure. Brown is celebrating its exploits, while the community suffers at its hands. This represents the single-minded view the archive illustrates of this time and area. With the institutional archive, it is only remembered as a grand achievement, and no community perspective is included.

Brown University

Brown University

Brown University

1964

Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Literary Rights are unclear.

Paper brochure

English

Text and images

Brown University 200th Anniversary Celebration