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Princeton Alumni Weekly Highlights Moe Berg Papers
The current edition of the Princeton Alumni Weekly features an article on the papers of Moe Berg: In Moe Berg’s Papers, Glimpses of a Puzzling Figure. To find out more about the Berg papers, see Moe Berg, Class of 1923. … Continue reading
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Western Americana in the Classroom and Beyond
During the fall term of 2011, Professor Martha Sandweiss, History Department, and Brian Just, Art Museum Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas, co-taught a course entitled “Artifacts, Images, and History: The American Southwest.” The course explored Native arts … Continue reading
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Newsies!
Two items in our Peter J. Eckel Newsboy collection are featured in a just-released New York Times interactive –http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/02/theater/20120302-newsboys.html?ref=theater “Newsboys Still Standing Firm” (article in NY Herald, July 30, 1899) [Box 8d] Newsboy’s … Continue reading
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Milberg Exhibition Gallery: Capping Liberty
When the founders of the American Republic declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, one of the major tasks they took on was the creation of a coinage for the new nation. “Capping Liberty: The Invention of a … Continue reading
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Main Gallery Exhibition: A Fine Addition
“A Fine Addition: New & Notable Acquisitions in Princeton’s Special Collections” highlights recent additions to the holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, including the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, as well as the Marquand Library of … Continue reading
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