General Bibliography on Brown University and College Hill
Bronson, W.C. 1914. The History of Brown University, 1764-1914. Providence: Brown University.
Cremin, L.A. 1970. American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1783. New York: Harper & Row.
Diffily, A. 1997. One Hundred Years of Women at Brown. Brown Alumni Monthly, vol. 92, no. 4, December 1991-January 1992.
Guild, R.A. 1867. History of Brown University, with Illustrative Documents. Providence: Providence Press Company.
———. 1897. Early History of Brown University, Including the Life, Times, and Correspondence of President Manning. Providence: Snow and Farnham.
McLoughlin, W.G. 1978. Rhode Island: A History. New York: Norton.
Mitchell, M. 1993. Encyclopedia Brunoniana. Providence: Brown University Library.
Phillips, J.M. 2000. Brown University: A Short History. Providence: Brown University.
Some works, especially older ones, will only be available to view in the John Hay Library or John Carter Brown Library. These libraries are excellent resources not only for older books, but a variety of other historical documents about the early history of the university. You must make use of them!
Useful Websites
Brown's Planning, Design, and Construction Office
Brown University Archives (with section on the history of Brown University at the bottom of the page)
Note: Many of these links can be followed to the library records, which links to full versions of these works on Google Books.
Rhode Island Historical Society
Brown University Wikipedia Page
State of Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
Greene Farm Archaeology Project
Historical Documents
Link to historical images [link]
Previous Archaeology of College Hill Projects
Geophysics report from first survey of John Brown House landscape, May 2008 - 
John Brown Prelim Geophysics.pdf
Geophysics inset image of area excavated in the 1960s, from May 2008 survey data - JBH_inset.pdf
Archaeological Reports from Previous Seasons:
John Brown House Archaeological Report 2008.pdf
