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Stuart Symington Papers, 1953-1976 (C3562)
292 rolls of microfilm

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Carbon copies of letters sent from Stuart Symington's office while he was a Democratic senator from Missouri. The files are arranged alphabetically by year.

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Stuart Symington Scrapbooks, 1945-1976 (C3637)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 6 rolls of microfilm (37 volumes)

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Primarily newspaper clippings documenting Symington's years as a Democratic senator from Missouri, 1953-1976. Early volumes cover his activities while heading the Surplus Property Board, the Air Force, the National Security Resources Board, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

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W. Stuart Symington Papers, 1954-1976 (CA6176)
0.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize audio disc, 94 negatives, 1 color slide

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Addition of miscellaneous political material, including position papers, correspondence, notebooks, and Young Democratic Club of Missouri material. Also included are photographic negatives relating to Symington's campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1960.

W. Stuart Symington Papers, 1918-1995 (C3874)
316.25 cubic feet (6937 folders, 321 boxes), 86 ephemera items, 41 audio discs, 11 audio cassettes, 64 audio tapes, 32 reels of 16mm film, 2 reels of 35mm film, 3 video tapes, 2 video cassettes, 2 CDs, 2 DVDs

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The papers of William Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator from Missouri (1953-1976), include constituent correspondence, family and personal correspondence, limited genealogical and family materials, appointment books and calendars, audio and video recordings, campaign materials, editorial cartoons, select invitations and itineraries, limited pre-senatorial materials, photographs, photographic negatives and slides, press files, scrapbooks, selected Congressional testimonies, speeches, staff memoranda, voting records, and miscellaneous ephemera.

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Natalie Tackett Papers, 1967-1992 (C4444)
3.0 cubic feet (171 folders, 2 oversize items)

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Papers of an educator and legislative research director relating to her work as the Missouri coordinator for the Religious Committee for the E.R.A. and as the Missouri A.A.U.W. Legislative Chairman and Missouri Division vice president.

Irene B. Taeuber Papers, 1912-1981 (C2158)
63 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm

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Irene B. Taeuber, a research demographer, was best known for her work on the population of Asia, especially Japan and China. Collection includes correspondence with leading demographers, sociologists, and Asian specialists; publications and manuscripts; research notes and data; bibliographic card files; and photographs and slides of her travels.

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William Howard Taft Papers, 1930s-2000s (CA6103)
11 cubic feet, 1 oversize item

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Research notes and miscellaneous papers from a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism compiled for his book "Show Me Journalists: The First 200 Years." The work is one of a series of monographs published under the auspices of the Missouri Press Association. Also includes publications, research material, scrapbooks, genealogical material, and miscellaneous material.

Taille de Noyer (Mullanphy House, St. Louis County, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1961 (C3216)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Measured drawings by the Historic American Buildings Survey including plans, elevations, and details. Original portion of house was built c. 1780. After 1790 the house was owned by John Mullanphy and his descendants. OVERSIZE.

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Talking Tapes/Textbooks on Tape, 1947-1995 (S0997)
4 cubic feet

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The Talk Tapes/Textbooks on Tapes Records contain photographs, compact discs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the organization's mission to provide books to individuals with learning disabilities and visual impairments.

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Peter Tamony Collection, 1890-1985 (C3939)
877.6 cubic feet (798 folders, 865 boxes, 6 card files), 14 audio discs, 89 audio tapes, 2 audio cassettes

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Correspondence, articles, research files, personal papers, audio tapes, and word files of a noted etymologist and neologist of San Francisco. The collection primarily relates to the study of American colloquial language and neologisms but also includes rare jazz journals and materials on sports.

John P. Tandarich Collection, 1880s-1990s (CA6051)
6 cubic feet, 6 video cassettes, 4 films

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Photographs, biographies, and select collected works of several noted soil scientists. Also some University of Missouri bulletins and reports from the early 1900s. Includes abstracts and articles, correspondence, field tour logs, photographs [primarily soil scientists, Universities of Illinois, Missouri], maps, newsletters, notebook by soils scientist James Thorp of Australia, posters, symposium and conference proceedings, reports, and related materials, and miscellaneous papers. Also includes limited family photographs [C.C. Logan].

Charlton H. Tandy Papers, 1868-1967 (S0135)
0.15 cubic foot, 7 folders

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The Charlton H. Tandy Papers contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials on Charlton H. Tandy, a prominent African-American Civil Rights leader. During his life, Tandy served as a captain in the 13th Regiment of the Missouri State Militia, helped establish Lincoln University, organized the St. Louis Streetcar Boycott of 1870, and assisted southern African-Americans who migrated to St. Louis.

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Charles C. Tapp Papers, 1887-1975 (K0017)
1 c.f.

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Correspondence, news clippings, land deeds, diaries, notes, and memorabilia of Tapp, a photographer, mine operator, etc. in Clay County, MO., his wife Lizzie, and his family. Also included is material about Mosby, Missouri, the Booth Coal Mine Company, and the Clay County School Districts #8 and #37

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Andrew Tau Photographs, 1928-1968 (P0143)
31 photographs, 1 oversize photograph

Photos by Andrew Tau, ca. 1965, including several of the University of Missouri, Columbia and Boone County.

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Irene S. Taylor Papers, 1891-1986 (C1220)
1.4 cubic feet (72 folders)

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The papers of Irene S. Taylor, a journalist from St. Joseph, Missouri, who worked for several news organizations in Paris, France, in the 1930s, consist of correspondence, photographs, and articles, and records from her service in the U.S. Army in the 1940s and 1950s.

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John N. Taylor Family Papers, 1860-1988 (C4457)
4.7 cubic feet (62 folders, 17 oversize items)

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This collection includes business records from three former mid-Missouri businesses and personal papers and photographs from thirteen members of the Taylor family of Huntsville and Columbia, Missouri. Also included are documents pertaining to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

John C.F. Tedrow Papers, 1941-2010 (CA6296)
2 cubic feet

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The John C. F. Tedrow Papers includes his research, writings, and correspondence regarding the history of soil sciences in America while working as a professor in the Soils Department at Rutgers University. The bulk of the papers include information on the soils of New Jersey and the arctic region.

Joseph Herbert Tedrow Transportation Collection, 1850-1987 (K0754)
9 c.f.

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Collected data on transportation, particularly railroads operating in the Mid-west. Includes photographs, time-tables, notes, and other items.

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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1935-2016 (CA6474)
0.3 cubic feet

Addition of annual meeting minutes, 1986-2015; board of trustee minutes, 2010-2016; sisterhood minutes, 1935-1986; and miscellaneous material. See also C3914.

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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1868-1984 (C3914)
0.2 cubic feet

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The records of Temple Beth El, a synagogue in Jefferson City, MO, include legal papers, by-laws, minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence that document the temple's history from its origination as the Jefferson City Hebrew Cemetery Association to its 100th Anniversary in 1983.

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Teresa Gallagher Papers, 1927-1988 (S0871)
5 cubic feet

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This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, and audio recordings. The materials in this collection document Teresa Gallagher’s involvement with the Thomas A. Dooley Foundation, the Tom Dooley Heritage, Inc., and other organizations and people who worked to continue Dr. Tom Dooley’s mission to provide medical care to developing nations. The collection also includes information regarding Gallagher’s book Give Joy to My Youth: A Memoir of Dr. Tom Dooley.

James and Hope Edwards Terrell Papers, (CG0054)
2.0

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This collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, schoolwork, and other materials from James Terrell and Hope Edwards Terrell, in addition to letters, drawings, and other materials from members of the Edwards family. The collection also contains playbills, programs, tickets, photographs, correspondence, articles, and newspaper clippings related to the Sikeston Little Theater, as well as its cast and crew. 

Ben Terte Papers, 1921-1977 (K0758)
1.92 c.f.

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The Benjamin Terte Papers contains correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, and a published biography by Benjamin Terte's daughter, Carol Terte Gill.

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Leland Tharp Photograph Collection, 1963, no date (P0158)
26 photographs

Portrait of Martha Ellen (May) Woods (1856-1941) and a crayon portrait of her son, Granville Columbus "Shorty" Woods (1882-1986), African-American residents of Grundy, Linn, and Livingston counties. Twenty-four photographs by Tharp of Meadville, Missouri, businesspeople, 1963.

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Harry E. Thaxton Letter, 1961 (C0962)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Lewis Atherton, Columbia, MO.

Recollections of lumbering activities in the Doniphan, MO, area.

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The Legal Aid Society of the City and County of St. Louis, 1956-1970 (S0458)
0.4 cubic foot

The Legal Aid Society of the City and County of St. Louis was formed in 1956 to provide indigents with legal representation in civil cases. The Society began representing community organizations in 1969 and lost its affiliation with the United Fund for defending non-indigents and militant groups. The collection includes newspaper clippings, a report of the Bar Association's investigating committee, independent contributions, correspondence, and committee memorandum.

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The Southwest Missouri Tourism Collection, 1950-1990 (SP0043)
1 cubic foot (2 folders, 1 oversize box)

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The Southwest Missouri Tourism Collection contains brochures, pamphlets, advertisements, and restaurant menus from locations across southwest Missouri. Material continues to be added to the collection.

"The Story of Dunmoor," Clair V. Mann, 1963 (C0985)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Speech delivered at the reenactment of the marriage of Lucy James and William A. Rucker, held at the Federal Soldiers' Home in St. James, MO, which was formerly the James family mansion, Dunmoor. Refers to the James family, the Maramec Iron Works, and the establishment of Dunmoor as the Federal Soldiers' Home.

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Theatrical Mutual Association (TMA) Lodge 13 Records, 1910-1995 (K1217)
0.31 c.f. (1 folder 1 volume)

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Includes scrapbook containing minutes of the TMA club, and a history of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)-Local 31 by Ray Maier.

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Edward J. Thias Papers, 1954-2002 (S0742)
0.4 cubic foot, 11 folders

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The papers of Edward J. Thias Papers contain books written and/or illustrated by Thias, including works about his participation in World War II, Missouri architecture, Thias family genealogy, and collected pencil sketches. In addition, this collection contains many unbound, original pencil sketches of various St. Louis and Missouri landmarks and attractions.

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Sidney J. Thierjung Papers, 1966-2010 (C4678)
1 cubic foot (1 oversize volume, 8 oversize items)

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The papers of Sidney John Thierjung,  a Vietnam War veteran, include photographs, a scrapbook, and military service documents, certificates, and medals. 

Thixton Family Papers, 1860s-2007 (C4726)
0.4 cubic foot (7 folders)

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Photographs and miscellaneous family papers pertaining to Burton Ellsworth Thixton, Deliah Comer Thixton and their descendants in Moniteau, Morgan, and Benton Counties, Missouri.

Thomas M. Binger Collection, 1888-2025 (CA5812)
31.8 cubic feet, 1 audio disc, 4 video cassettes, 20 oversize items

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Collection of U.S. railroad timetables, publications, promotional material, photographs and miscellaneous material, and newsletters of Missouri railroad enthusiast organizations, Mid-Missouri Railfans and the St. Louis chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Also includes some personal and family material.

Alexander Napier Thomas Papers, 1862-1971 (K0169)
0.20 c.f. (18 folders)

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Letters and documents related to Thomas' service in the Civil War including a significant number written while a prisoner-of-war in Libby Prison. Also included are membership certificates and notices of election to public office and speeches Thomas delivered as part of his public career as mayor of Aurora, NE, state representative from Hamilton County, NE.

David E. and Horace E. Thomas Papers, 1904-1985 (C4002)
2.0 cubic feet (114 folders), 4 oversize items

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The papers of David E. Thomas, Congregational minister and professor of religion, and his son, Horace E. Thomas, a Columbia, Missouri, surgeon who spent World War II in military hospitals in the South Pacific consist of correspondence, manuscripts, class notes, research notes, photographs, printed articles and pamphlets, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials related to their careers, including research for Horace’s medical school thesis, Chronic Radiation Poisoning in Rats.

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Dorothy Brown Thompson Papers, 1860-1994 (K0695)
52 c.f.

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Personal papers, writings, and research materials of Thompson, a poet and genealogist. Includes personal and professional materials: poetry manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. Secondly, her extensive genealogical research includes specific family lines, correspondence, and historical publications. Also materials of her husband and son.

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Henry C. Thompson Papers, 1884-1970 (R0047)
2.25 cubic feet (89 folders, 4 rolls of microfilm)

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The Henry C. Thompson Papers contain the original and microfilm copy of papers of a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri, genealogist, and a historian of mining in St. Francois County and the operations of the St. Joseph Lead Company. The collection includes research notes and correspondence, and a group of lead company records, 1884-1902.

Nell G. Thornburg Papers, 1960-1962 (K1103)
0.01 c.f. (1 folder)

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Travel diary, "A World Tour", written by Nell Thornburg on trips to Asia and Eastern Europe.

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Alvin J. Thornton Papers, 1940-2001 (C4041)
2.0 cubic feet (72 folders), 1 audio disc

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The papers of Alvin "Jack" Thornton, a former World War II B-24 pilot and POW, include photographs, correspondence, diaries, and miscellaneous materials relating to his military service and family.

Hester I. Thurston Papers, 1955-1989 (K1250)
2 c.f.

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Subject files concerning seminars and workshops that Thurston, Director of Continuing Nursing Education at the University of Kansas Medical Center, either attended or taught. Includes correspondence, course outlines, lectures, and other supplemental educational materials. Also correspondence concerning nursing school accreditation committees.

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Tibbe-Cuthbertson Family Papers, 1846-1986 (C3711)
1.2 cubic feet (59 folders), 2 oversize items

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The papers of a Washington, Missouri, family whose patriarch, Henry Tibbe, and his son, Anton, founded the Missouri Meerschaum Company, include family and business correspondence, genealogy, property deeds, an early history of the Missouri Meerschaum Company, material on a patent infringement dispute, pipe catalogs, clippings, and photographs.

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Cordell Wayland Tindall Papers, 1961-1978 (C4308)
0.9 cubic feet (23 folders)

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The papers of Cordell W. Tindall contain materials regarding the University of Missouri Extension Program, including publications, reports, budgets, correspondence, and newspaper articles. The bulk of the papers relate to the 1977 evaluation of the extension program, for which Tindall served as Commission Chairman.

Virginia P. Tindall Papers, 1931-1990 (C4258)
0.45 cubic feet (9 folders, 1 oversize volume)

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The papers of Virginia P. Tindall contain information about the Women’s International Auxiliary to the International Typographical Union, photographs, convention materials, and other information pertaining to Tindall’s activities working in labor rights.

William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.

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Ruth Brent Tofle Papers, 1930-2008 (C4188)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Campus Planning Committee for Facilities and Grounds. The material includes correspondence and reports. There are also two folders containing both personal and professional correspondence of the Belcher and Troxell families.

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Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)

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The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.

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Fannie Marie Tolson Papers, 1890s-2005 (C1704)
2.3 cubic feet (63 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes, 1 DVD

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Fannie Marie Tolson was the first African-American educator to teach in the desegregated schools of Fayette, Missouri. Her papers include family correspondence and photographs, memorabilia from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, teaching aids, documents concerning St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fayette, and recordings of two interviews conducted with Tolson.

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Tom D. Rote Papers, 1968-2004 (C4625)
0.4 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Papers of an aeronautical engineer and hot air balloon designer and enthusiast from Boone County, Missouri, include scrapbooks of clippings, correspondence, photographs, designs, and miscellaneous material concerning hot air ballooning. Also included are hot air balloon trading cards.

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Henry Tomas Papers, 1950-1985 (S0810)
5 cubic feet, 32 folders, 90 photographs, 43 volumes

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The Henry Tomas Papers include correspondence, sheet music, collections of stamps and postcards, and photographs. It also contains a series of newspaper clippings in Lithuanian. Henry Justine Tomas was born in Russia in 1918 and grew up in Lithuania. He worked as a translator for the United States intelligence services. He published Lietusviskasis Pamarys: Pakalnes ir Labguvos apskritys (“The Lithuanian Seashore: with local names and map”) in 1975.

 

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Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.

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Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.

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