Fall 2014 Curator's Choice - Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind

Event Details

For Donors $250 or more.

Drawing from collections across The New York Public Library, Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind explores the manner in which public relations, propaganda, and mass media in its many forms were used to shape and control public opinion about the war. Michael Inman, head of the Rare Books Division and curator of Over Here will discuss the creation of this exhibition that commemorates the 100th anniversary of The Great War. 

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Support
Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman. Additional support for this exhibition has been provided by the Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation, Inc., in memory of Ruth and Seymour Klein.