David M. Rubenstein introduces our exhibition The People Count: The Census in the Making of America, on view through November 8, 2020.
Representative government depends on keeping an accurate count.
As the 2020 Census kicks off, this exhibition from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection provides an in-depth look at the origins and story of the U. S. Census from 1790 through the 1800s, using 30 books and manuscripts that reveal the critical role the Census played in the development of the country. Among the highlights: the first U.S. Census from 1790, a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation from 1863, and a Census of American Indians from 1894.
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An Introduction to "The People Count: The Census in the Making of America" from David M. Rubenstein
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