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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

I just think it's easier to raise money for research collections than it is to raise money...

I just think it's easier to raise money for research collections than it is to raise money for city collections

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I just think it's easier
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to raise money for research collections
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than it is to raise money for city collections.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
02:51:48
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
We're just talking about one piece - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
We're just talking about one piece
And, you know, the great dilemma - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
And, you know, the great dilemma
We recommend, or that, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
We recommend, or that, you know,
And, in fact, on the best sellers, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
And, in fact, on the best sellers,
Yeah, yeah. It's not totally socially - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Yeah, yeah. It's not totally socially
Whereas, I do think - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Whereas, I do think
Tomorrow morning before we open, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Tomorrow morning before we open,
Guys, all, you also have a chair, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Guys, all, you also have a chair,
Let's do that whole table down there, everybody. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Let's do that whole table down there, everybody.
Whose white jackets were these? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Whose white jackets were these?
So please make sure you're taking yours, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So please make sure you're taking yours,
This is here, that's the other one, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
This is here, that's the other one,
Double check if everybody has a sponsor card - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Double check if everybody has a sponsor card
Do this table, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Do this table,
And Anthony Appiah has volunteered - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And Anthony Appiah has volunteered
Phillis Wheatley became - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Phillis Wheatley became
But she was born in West Africa - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
But she was born in West Africa
She arrived in Boston on the 11th of July 1761 - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
She arrived in Boston on the 11th of July 1761
When the Wheatleys died, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
When the Wheatleys died,
Peters was imprisoned for debt - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Peters was imprisoned for debt