John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886)
John Russell Bartlett was a Providence native and for seventeen years Secretary of State of Rhode Island. In the course of an unusually varied and productive life, he was a book seller in New York City, editor, author, and pioneering archivist. Among other distinctions, he was Chief Commissioner for the United States in the running of the boundary line between the US and Mexico following the Mexican War. A prominent figure in the literary circles of Providence and New York City, he served as the first librarian of the Brown family until his death in 1886. |
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The Stillwell Prize
Each year the Bartlett Society sponsors a book collecting competition for all undergraduates in RI. Monetary awards are given to students who can present to the prize jury, in accordance with the rules of the competition, evidence of accomplishment in the development of a significant book collection.
Margaret Bingham Stillwell (1887-1984), for whom the prize is named, was Brown University's first woman Professor of Bibliography and an internationally renowned scholar.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "Sir, he hath not fed of the dainties that are bred of a book, he hath not eat paper as it were; he hath not drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts." (William Shakespeare, LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST)
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