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A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory and the Spanish-American Conflict
AN EXHIBITION AT:

The New York Public Library
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
The Edna Barnes Salomon Room
March 28–August 29, 1998

Monday, Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
(closed Saturday, May 23; Monday, May 25;

and Saturday, July 4)
Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Closed Sundays

  This exhibition has been made possible by Pinewood Foundation
and Violy, Byorum & Partners.

Special thanks to the Consulate General of Spain in New York for financial assistance with research and planning for this exhibition.

A War in Perspective was curated by Professor Alfonso W. Quiroz, Department of History, Baruch College and the Graduate School and University Center,
City University of New York.

"A War in Perspective"
is part of
"1898–1998: A War Becomes History,"

a series of exhibitions and programs at eight cultural and academic institutions in the metropolitan New York area, organized--with the endorsement of the Consulate General of Spain in New York--to mark the centenary of the Spanish-American War.

Introduction
Chronology
Part I: Antecedents 1895-1898
Part II: Public Appeals, 1898
Part III: Popular Participation, 1898-1899
Part IV: Public Memories
Part V: Historical Perspectives
Audiovisual Components
Exhibition Checklist
Acknowledgments

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