Inside the Milberg Gallery: Public Policy Papers

Photo of John Doar, Class of 1944, (right) near where the FBI unearthed three slain civil rights workers' bodies
This series highlights collections included in the inaugural exhibition, "Welcome Additions: Selected Acquisitions 2012-2018," now open through June 23 (daily, noon to 6 p.m.) in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery. To follow is a note from Dan Linke, Interim Associate University Librarian for Special Collections:
The Public Policy Papers grew out of the Manuscripts collection starting in the 1950s, as the library acquired the papers of many prominent alumni and other individuals and organizations involved in national politics, economics, and diplomacy. In 1974, the Seeley G. Mudd Foundation awarded the University $1.125 million toward building a dedicated library for the Policy Papers, which today totals over 300 collections.

Folder cover of the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
Kristen Timothy, Deputy Director, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women coordinated the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), where Hillary Clinton proclaimed, "Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." Women's World Banking (WWB), whose records are found within the Public Policy Papers, also contributed to the Beijing conference's planning. WWB developed from the 1975 United Nations World Conference on Women; today, it continues its work in microfinance, providing loans to women's small businesses around the world. Both collections are growing parts of the Public Policy Papers related to women working in politics and economic development.
Note: The Welcome Additions exhibition is featured online at dpul.princeton.edu.
Media contact: Barbara Valenza, Library Communications Manager
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