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- Emancipation Proclamation Display
Draft in Lincoln's hand on view starting Jan. 3 - Library Acquires Sports Recordings
Radio collection includes interviews with Mantle, Russell - Afghan Treasures Digitized
Karzai accepts gift via WDL - Poet Laureate Event Jan. 30
Trethewey to read Civil War poems - Danny Kaye Exhibition
Overview of careers of entertainer & wife opens Feb. 14
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