Collecting the Constitution
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In honor of Constitution Day, take a close look at some of the documents behind our nation’s founding. Join H. Richard Dietrich III ’92, a Director of the Dietrich American Foundation, and Suzy Taraba ’77 MALS ’10, Wesleyan’s Director of Special Collections & Archives, for a virtual viewing of several editions of the Constitution and other early texts, letters by the founding fathers, and related materials held by the Dietrich American Foundation and Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives. Learn about the stories behind collecting these documents and how they enrich Wesleyan students’ engagement with primary sources today.
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