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Alumni Weekend 2023

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May 14, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor, and Henry Charles Lea Library

Hosted by: Kislak Center

Four hand-colored engravings of Italian dress, ca. 1840

Join Sean Quimby, Associate University Librarian & Director of the Jay I. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Jim Duffin, Acting University Archivist/Senior Archivist, for a presentation and viewing of new and notable acquisitions and University of Pennsylvania founding documents from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Book and Manuscripts and the University of Pennsylvania Archives.

Alumni Weekend

This program is presented as part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Weekend, May 12-14, 2023. In-person registration is open only to alumni and their guests. Register to attend in person.

Virtual registration for this event is open to the public. Register to attend virtually.

Featured image: Leporello with 32 hand-colored engravings of Italian dress [Italy ca. 1840] (RBC GT967 L47 1840)

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