Category Archives: Exhibition

Original Art for The Great Gatsby Dust Jacket on Display

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Beginning Friday, May 17, and continuing through Saturday, June 1, 2013, the public is invited to the Firestone Library to view the original art for the dust jacket of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first edition of The Great Gatsby. The gouache … Continue reading →

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True Treasures: Princeton Alumni Weekly Highlights “A Republic in the Wilderness”

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections

  The March 20th issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly highlights the current Main Gallery exhibition, “A Republic in the Wilderness: Trea­sures of Amer­i­can His­tory from Jamestown to Appo­mat­tox.” “True Treasures: Two and A Half Centuries of American History Are On Display … Continue reading →

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The Poetry of Debussy and Mahler

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Today’s edition of the Trenton Times highlights an upcoming performance by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde: Margaret Mezzacappa to perform Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ with Princeton Symphony Orchestra The … Continue reading →

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Join us for the Princeton ArtWalk, Thursday, March 7, 5-8 p.m.

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Our latest exhibition, “A Republic in the Wilderness: Treasures of American History from Jamestown to Appomattox,” is a featured destination on this Thursday’s ArtWalk.  Please join us tomorrow in the Main Gallery of the Firestone Library from 5 p.m. to … Continue reading →

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Join Us on March 5 for James McPherson’s Lecture on the Civil War for “A Republic in the Wilderness”

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Join us at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, March 5, in McCormick Hall Room 101, for a lecture on the Civil War by James McPher­son, the George Henry Davis 1886 Pro­fes­sor of Amer­i­can His­tory, Emer­i­tus. Professor McPherson’s lecture will be followed … Continue reading →

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