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Nineteenth century photograph collection of Auburn alumnus on exhibition at Jule Collins Smith Museum at Auburn University

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AUBURN –The first museum exhibition to highlight Victorian-era American and European photographs from the collection of Auburn University alumnus William Wiese is on view now through April 4 at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.   “Uniform Proof: 19th Century Photography in the Collection of William Wiese” features photographic images of [...]


Posted in News on January 31st, 2009

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Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a state university located in Auburn, Alabama, USA. With more than 23,000 students and 1,200 faculty, it is the largest university in the state, and according to U.S. News & World Report, has a selectivity rating of "more selective." Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The college was donated to the state of Alabama in 1872, when it became the state's public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899. In 1960, its name was officially changed to Auburn University, as it had long been popularly known. Auburn is one of only 13 American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.

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