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Private Tour: A Republic in the Wilderness


PA3 members are invited to a private curatorial tour of the upcoming exhibit at Firestone Library, on Tuesday 16 April 2013, from 5:45 to 7:00 PM at the Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library. 

Tour, hosted by Assistant Curator of Manuscripts Anna Chen, begins at 6; wine will be served.  Cost:  Free to PA3 members. 
RSVP to PrincetonAreaAlumni@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

February 22, 2013 through August 4, 2013

 A Republic in the Wilderness:
 Treasures of American History from Jamestown to Appomattox

Celebrates the people and events that created an enduring political union and shaped the American experience, beginning with early English settlement and contact with the native peoples, and then tracing the growth of the American nation to the end of the Civil War, against the background of evolving natural and built environments. The exhibition features some of Princeton's finest holdings of American historical manuscripts, autograph letters, rare books, maps, broadsides, prints, photographs, and other original materials preserved in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Scheide Library.


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Private Curatorial Tour: "A Republic in the Wilderness" @ Firestone Library ( Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 5:45 PM to 7:00 PM )

PA3 members are invited to a private curatorial tour of the upcoming exhibit at Firestone Library, on Tuesday 16 April 2013, from 5:45 to 7:00 PM at the Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library.

Tour, hosted by Assistant Curator of Manuscripts Anna Chen, begins at 6; wine will be served. Cost: Free to PA3 members.
RSVP to PrincetonAreaAlumni@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

February 22, 2013 through August 4, 2013

A Republic in the Wilderness:
Treasures of American History from Jamestown to Appomattox

Celebrates the people and events that created an enduring political union and shaped the American experience, beginning with early English settlement and contact with the native peoples, and then tracing the growth of the American nation to the end of the Civil War, against the background of evolving natural and built environments. The exhibition features some of Princeton's finest holdings of American historical manuscripts, autograph letters, rare books, maps, broadsides, prints, photographs, and other original materials preserved in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Scheide Library.

Location: First Floor, Harvey S. Firestone Library, Princeton University, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ.
Cost: Free to members
Organized by: PA3 and Friends of the Princeton University Library

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