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ACLU Collection and Mudd Library are highlighted in the recent Princeton Alumni Weekly

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

A few years ago, University archivist Dan Linke was leading an undergraduate history seminar through Princeton’s collection of papers of the American Civil Liberties Union, housed in Mudd Library. After showing the students documents relating to Brown v. Board of … Continue reading →

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A more welcoming feeling for a renovated Firestone

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

A 10-year renovation is sweeping through Firestone Library — one so ambitious, it amounts to a thorough interior redesign of the 430,000-square-foot landmark at the heart of Princeton’s campus. The University has hired Fred Fisher, a Los Angeles architect who … Continue reading →

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Cool stuff happening within technical services at the Mudd Library

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Maureen Callahan:  Maureen has been supervising the final inventory work for the Bill Bradley papers, working with Dan Linke on an exhibit about Woodrow Wilson and the 1912 election, and writing help text for the new finding aids site (along … Continue reading →

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Congrats to the winners of the Special Performance Recognition Awards!!!!!

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

We are delighted to announce that a group of staff from the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections has been given one of the University’s new Special Performance Recognition Awards. Charles Greene, Miriam Jankiewicz, Jennifer Meyer, Aaron Pickett, Vicki … Continue reading →

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Paine Books, Pamphlets Digitized

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

More than 235 years after Thomas Paine challenged the American colonists to free themselves from British rule in his treatise “Common Sense,” history buffs around the world can study Paine’s rousing words and other Revolutionary-era texts through the Princeton University … Continue reading →

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