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Alan Jenkins (AC 1924) Carl Sandburg Collection
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Contents List
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Series 1, CORRESPONDENCE, contains 24 letters of Carl Sandburg and in some cases carbon copies of Alan Jenkins' replies. Also in this series are a group of letters from literary figures to Alan Jenkins concerning Sandburg and a group of partial transcripts of photostatic copies of letters concerning an exhibition in honor of Sandburg.
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Carl Sandburg to Alan Jenkins (includes 1 letter to Tom Starr)
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1938-1962
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Box 1: folder 1
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Alan Jenkins to Carl Sandburg (includes 1 letter from David Wahler to Sandburg)
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1952-1960
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Box 1: folder 2
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Letters to Alan Jenkins (arranged alphabetically by sender's name):
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Box 1
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Angle, Paul M. - 1
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Box 1
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Baker, Nina Brown - 1
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Box 1
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Beach, Atmore - 2
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Box 1
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Bentley, Robert A. - 1
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Box 1
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Black, Fred - 1
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Box 1
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Boehm, Eric H. - 1
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Box 1
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Bombard, Owen - 1
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Box 1
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Brown, Athol - 1
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Box 1
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Butcher, Fanny - 2
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Box 1
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Calkins, Earnest Elmo - 1
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Box 1
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Carrutberg, Olive - 3
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Box 1
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Cash, Arthur W. Jr. - 1
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Box 1
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Cramton, Louis C. - 1
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Box 1
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Crile, Helga Sandburg - 1
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Box 1
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Dennis, Ruth - 3 plus carbon TL Alan Jenkins to R.D.
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Box 1
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Diamant, Nicholas - 1
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Box 1
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Dickinson, Frederick - 2
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Box 1
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Dilliard, Irving, carbon to, from Alan Jenkins - 1
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Box 1
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Durlee, Amy W. - 1
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Box 1
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Ellison, Chester - 1
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Box 1
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Ferril, Thomas Hornsby - 1
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Box 1
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Flad, Margaret - 1
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Box 1
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Ford, Anne - 2
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Box 1
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Francis, Susie Evert - 1
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Box 1
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Golden, Harry - 3 plus carbon Alan Jenkins to H.G. and carbon H.G. to Jerry Freed
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Box 1
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Grônberg, Olaf - 1
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Box 1
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Graffis, Herb - 2
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Box 1
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Hansen, Harry - 3 plus carbon Alan Jenkins to H.H.
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Box 1
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Harrison, H.B. - 1
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Box 1
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Jinishian, Mari - 2
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Box 1
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Johnson, Mrs. Eric - 1
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Box 1
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Johnson, Mary Sandburg - 2
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Box 1
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Ligon, Margaret H. - 2
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Box 1
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Lord, Leroy I. - 1
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Box 1
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Lovitt, Craig E. - 1
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Box 1
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McCarthy, Catherine - 2
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Box 1
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McCoy, George - 1
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Box 1
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McCracken, Donald - 1
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Box 1
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McCracken, Bernice - 1 plus carbon Alan Jenkins to Mrs. McCracken
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Box 1
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Newman, Ralph G. - 4
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Box 1
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Norton, William J. - 1
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Box 1
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Nyman, Lloyd - 1
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Box 1
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Perrine, Owen - 1
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Box 1
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Pratt, Harry E. - 4 plus photostat TLS Lilian Paula Sandburg to H.P. (inc. ANS C.S. to H.P.)
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Box 1
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Pritchard, John W. - 1
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Box 1
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Reader's Digest - 1
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Box 1
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Salivar, Mildred - 1
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Box 1
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Sandburg, Lilian Paula - 2
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Box 1
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Sandburg, Margaret - 1
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Sandburg, Richard - 1
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Box 1
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Seitz, Harold A. - 1
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Shepherd, Jane - 1
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Box 1
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Shutes, Milton H. - 1
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Sickels, Ada H. - 1
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Smith, Arthur - 1
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Smith, Harrison - 1
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Smith, Shelby -1
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Smith, Walter - 1
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Springer, William - 1
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Starr, Thomas - 2 plus carbon to Daily Tribune, plus AMS by T.S. concerning Acanthus Club (10 pp.)
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Starr, Mrs. Thomas - carbon to and from Alan Jenkins - 1
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Steichen, Edward - 1
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Box 1
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Stevenson, Adlai E. with carbon TL Alan Jenkins to A.S.-1
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Stinger, Gilbert - carbon to and from Alan Jenkins - 1
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Box 1
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Temple, Wayne C. - 4 plus 4 carbons Alan Jenkins to W.T Thomas, Benjamin P. - 1
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Toman, Helga Sandburg - 1
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Box 1
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Wachs, Ester - copy of letter from
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Wakefield, Olive Lindsay - 1
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Walter, Claire - 1
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Weirick, Bruce - carbon TL to Mr. Reynall
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Wetzler, Josephine - 1
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Box 1
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Wiegel, John C. - 3
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White, Patricia - 1
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Box 1
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Wood, Harry - 1
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Box 1
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Wright, Quincy - 2
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Box 1
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Typescripts of photostatic copies of letters concerning an exhibition in honor of Carl Sandburg at Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, North Carolina.
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Box 1: folder 4
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List of photostats - 3 pp.
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Box 1
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Allen, Robert S.
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Atkinson, Brooks
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Benton, Thomas H.
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Block, Herbert
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Bowen, Catherine D.
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Brooks, Van Wyck
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Conant, James
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Cousins, Norman
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Dabney, Virginius
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Daniels, Jonathan
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Dobie, J. Frank
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Douglas, William O.
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Ferber, Edna
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Farrell, James T.
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Frankfurter, Felix
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Frost, Robert
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Hersey, John
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Holt, Hamilton
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Hutchins, Robert M.
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Ives, Burl
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Kieran, John
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Lewis, John L.
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Lilienthal, David E.
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McCormick, Robert R.
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Mumford, Lewis
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Murrow, Edward R.
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Nevins, Allan
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Overstreet, Harry R.
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Rockwell, Norman
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Shoemaker, Don
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Street, James
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Stuart, Jesse
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Thomas, Norman
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Thurber, James
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Van Doren, Mark
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Box 1
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Wallace, H.A.
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Box 1
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Wilder, Thornton
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Box 1
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Series 2: PROSE AND POETRY OF CARL SANDBURG
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Series 2, PROSE AND POETRY OF CARL SANDBURG, contains only four items (2 typescript, two printed items).
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"Moonlight and Maggots" - carbon typescript, 2 pp., plus ANS from Sandburg to Alan Jenkins
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1950 Aug 8
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Box 1: folder 5
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"Memorandum" (from The Letters of Lincoln Steffens), [1938];
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Box 1: folder 6
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"Meditation at Arlington" (broadside), 1943;
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Box 1
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"An Address by CS to Illinois State Historical Society...", multilith copy (11 pp.), 1949 Oct 8
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Box 1
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Series 3: ARTICLES ON SANDBURG BY ALAN JENKINS
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Series 3, ARTICLES ON SANDBURG BY ALAN JENKINS, contains typescripts clippings and reprints of 21 articles on Sandburg
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"Carolina Dinner with CS" - typescript 6 pp. reprint 2 pp.
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Box 1: folder 7
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"Home-Town Evening with CS" - mag. clipping 3 pp.
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Box 1
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"The Religious Message of CS's 'Remembrance Rock'" - pamphlet 7 pp. plus news clipping on sermon
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Box 1
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"Lincoln and Sandburg - Prairie Prophets" - reprint 4 pp.
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"CS - Right Kind of Septuagenarian" - typescript 4 pp.
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"Sandburg: A Poet Who Keeps on Learning and Growing" - news clipping 1 p. (2 copies)
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"Portrait of a Poet at College" - reprint 6 pp. plus news clipping on Jenkins
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"CS - Lusty American Psalmist" - news clipping 2 pp., plus news article on Jenkins
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Box 1
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"CS's Mentor and First Publisher" - mag. clipping 5 pp., plus 2 reprints
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Box 1
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"Review of Always The Young Strangers" - mag. clipping 4 pp.
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Box 1
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"Sandburg's Private Printings" - mag. clipping 6 pp.
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Box 1
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"CS: The Lincoln Years" - mag. clipping 2 pp.
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Box 1
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"Portraits of CS" - 3 reprints
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Box 1
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"CS Meditates at 87" - mag. clipping 1 p.
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Box 1
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"Anecdotes about CS" - mag. clipping 5 pp.
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Box 1
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"CS 1878-1967" - mag. clipping 3 pp.
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Box 1
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"Memorial Lines for CS Suggest by His Poem 'Finish'" - mag. clipping - 1 p.
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Box 1
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"Fraternal Night Owl" - mag. clipping - 4 pp.
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Box 1
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"The Prayers of CS" - pamphlet 7 pp.
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"The Long Thoughts of CS" - typescript (unpub.), 9 pp.
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Box 1
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"Carl Sandburg" - typescript 5 pp.
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Box 1
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Chapters from Sandburg biography planned by Alan Jenkins
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Box 1: folder 8
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"Lincoln Biographer" - typescript 12 pp.
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Box 1
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"Political Liberal" - typescript 8 pp.
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"Fraternal Night Owl" - typescript 12 pp.
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"Seeker-Believer" - typescript 13 pp.
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"Creator of Children's Tales" - typescript 7 pp.
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Box 1
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"Platform Artist" - typescript 10 pp.
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Box 1
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"Anecdotes About Sandburg" - typescript 11 pp.
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Box 1
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Series 4: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL ON CARL SANDBURG
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Series 4, MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL ON CARL SANDBURG, contains notes on Sandburg by Alan Jenkins from conversations with Sandburg, biographical sketches, criticism and bibliographic information.
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Notes by Alan Jenkins from conversations with CS
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1951-1953
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Box 1: folder 9
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Notes from Tom Starr's files on CS
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Box 1
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Notes from Mrs. A.C. Wachs scrapbooks on CS
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Box 1
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Notes on comment by Louis J. Alber
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Box 1
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Biographical information:
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1948-1952
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Box 1: folder 10
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"A Selective Checklist of CS's Writings," - reprint;
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Box 1
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Library of Congress bibliography compiled by Thomas S. Shaw, typescript
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Box 1
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Index of CS tape recordings owned by Leo Orso - Xerox copy - 10 pp.
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1966
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Box 1: folder 11
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Background information on style of CS - typescript clippings - 34 pp.
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Box 1: folder 12
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Biographical sketches of CS - typescript, clippings 64 pp.
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Box 1: folder 13
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General Criticism on CS's writing - typescript, news clipping 56 pp.
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Box 1: folder 14
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Criticism of Golden biography of CS - typescript, ms. notes, news clippings 18 pp.
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Box 1: folder 15
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CS's 75th Birthday Dinner - 2 programs, typescript of program 12 pp.
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[1953]
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Box 1: folder 16
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Information on Sandburg Contemporaries
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Box 1: folder 17
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Thomas Hornsby Ferril - notes - 2 pp.
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Box 1
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William Carlos Williams - clippings - 2 pp.
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Vachel Lindsay - clipping - 1 p.
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Box 1
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Ben Hect - new clipping - 3 pp.
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Box 1
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Josephine Wetzler - broadside poem, signed
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Edwin Ford Piper - typescript poem - 1 p.
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Catherine Drinker Bowen - new clippings - 7 pp.
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Box 1
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Series 5, NEWS CLIPPINGS, includes general news clippings about Sandburg for the years 1945-1970 and some clippings on Sandburg's publications.
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Criticism on Always The Young Stranger
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Box 2: folder 1
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Criticism on Remembrance Rock
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Box 2
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Criticism on Abraham Lincoln
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Box 2: folder 2
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Criticism on Lincoln Collector
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Box 2
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Criticism on Complete Poems, plus notes on In Reckless Ecstasy
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Box 2: folder 3
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Mounted general news clippings
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1945-1951
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Box 2: folder 4
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Mounted general news clippings
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1952
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Box 2: folder 5
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Mounted general news clippings
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1953
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Box 2: folder 6
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Mounted general news clippings
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1954-1957
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Box 2: folder 7
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Mounted general news clippings
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1958-1959
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Box 2: folder 8
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Mounted general news clippings
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1960-1970
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Box 2: folder 9
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Series 6: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
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Series 6, MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL, contains photographs of Sandburg, information on Edward Steichen, Thomas Starr and Philip Green Wright.
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Material on Abraham Lincoln / George A. Dondero
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Box 3: folder 1
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"Congressman Abraham Lincoln" by G.A. Dondero - pamphlet - 6 pp.
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Box 3
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"Lincoln Lore" - pamphlet - 4 pp.
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Box 3
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"...Girl That Made Lincoln Grow a Beard" - typescript of news article - 5 pp.
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Box 3
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Notes on G.A. Dondero - typescript - 4 pp. plus Photostat of letter to Dondero
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Box 3
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News clipping on Lincoln letter - 1 p.
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Box 3
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Material by Thomas Starr:
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Box 3: folder 2
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List of writings to TS - typescript - 2 pp.
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Box 3
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letter to editor - typescript - 3 pp.
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Box 3
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"The Will of Katherine Burke Has Been Probated" - reprint - 6 pp., typescript - 6 pp.
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Box 3
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".. I Bid You An Affectionate Farewell" - mag. article - 3 pp., reprint - 3 pp. (2 copies)
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Box 3
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"Lincoln and the Methodists" - mag. article 3 pp.
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Box 3
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"At The Crossroad of Decision" - reprint 4 pp.
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Box 3
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"Beaver Built Where We Now Labor ..." - mag clipping - 2 pp., typescript - 3 pp.
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Box 3
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"The Frank Howard Collection" - reprint 5 pp.
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Box 3
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"Abraham Lincoln and the Detroit River" - reprint 3 pp. (3 copies)
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Box 3
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"When 'Mike' Drew Lincoln" - typescript - 2 pp.
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Box 3
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Material on Thomas Starr by Alan Jenkins - typescript - 51 pp., reprint - 5 pp., news clipping - 1 p.
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Box 3: folder 3
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Material on Thomas Starr - news clippings, mag. article - approximately 75 pp.
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Box 3: folder 4
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Material on Edward Steichen - magazine clippings - approximately 20 pp.
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Box 3: folder 5
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Material on Philip Green Wright - typescript 17 pp., mag. clippings 2 pp.
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Box 3: folder 6
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Photographs of and concerning CS - 84 pieces
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Box 3: folder 7
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Engravings of Lincoln by Lloyd Ostendorf - 8 pieces
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Box 3: folder 8
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Magazines concerning CS: Journal of Illinois State Historical Society, Spring 1950; Winter 1952; Winter 1953
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1950-1953
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Box 3: folder 9
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Magazine concerning CS: Lincoln Herald, 1946 Dec
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1946
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Box 3: folder 10
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Lincoln Herald, 1949 Oct
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1949
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1954 Winter
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1954
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1961 Summer
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1961
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1963 Summer
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1963
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1964 Winter
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1964
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1966 Winter
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1966
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1967 Winter (2 copies)
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1967
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Box 3
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Lincoln Herald, 1968 Spring
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1968
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Box 3
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