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Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Writing Desk Goes On Display
Peter N. Heydon ’62 Gift of Browning Artifacts Firestone Library Eighteenth-Century Window Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00-5:00; Saturday – Sunday, 12:00-5:00 The Princeton University Library is pleased to announce that Peter N. Heydon, Princeton Class of 1962, has made several important … Continue reading
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From a Thankful Nation: Latin American Medals & Orders in the Robert L. Ross Collection
In celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of Latin America’s wars of independence, the Princeton University Library has mounted a dramatic display of medals and orders that illustrate the recognitions awarded to soldiers and civilians in the form of wearable insignia. … Continue reading
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Nova Caesarea & the 350th Anniversary of the Naming of New Jersey
To commemorate the 350th anniversary (1664-2014) of the naming of New Jersey, Princeton University Library will publish Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State, 1666–1888 in the summer of 2014. An order form with pre-publications discounts for both the trade and … Continue reading
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RBSC Statement Regarding Recent J. D. Salinger News Story
J. D. Salinger’s unpublished short story “The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls” has been in the news since November 27, 2013, when a copy of Three Stories (London, 1999) was sold on eBay and then scanned and uploaded without the authorization of … Continue reading
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Princeton Acquires Landmark Medieval Egyptian Coin Collection
Princeton University has just acquired the Richard Undeland Collection of Mamluk coins as part of its goal of building a comprehensive study collection of the coinage of the medieval Mediterranean. The Undeland Collection was purchased for the University’s Numismatic Collection, … Continue reading
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