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Resident urges library commission to press for Princess Sophia exhibit after shipment, policy hurdles
Summary
A longtime library volunteer told the Fairbanks North Star Borough Library and Literacy Commission she secured funding commitments to bring the Alaska State Museum’s Princess Sophia traveling exhibit to Fairbanks but encountered staff scheduling and contract/policy barriers that prevented the show from appearing in time for schools.
Eldene Kilburn, a longtime library volunteer and former member of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Libraries, told the Fairbanks North Star Borough Library and Literacy Commission on Dec. 10 that she had pursued the Alaska State Museum’s traveling Princess Sophia exhibit and secured local funding commitments but the exhibit did not come to Fairbanks because of scheduling and policy restrictions.
Kilburn said she obtained pledges of $1,000 each from the Fairbanks Genealogical Society, the Pioneer Foundation and the Doi An Foundation to cover shipping and logistical costs. "The Princess Sophia…
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