Series 1: GENERAL RECORDS,
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1879-1968
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Series 1, GENERAL RECORDS, 1879-1968, is divided into three sub-series:
- A: Administrative
- B: Course Information
- C: Examinations
Administrative (sub-series A) contains miscellaneous administrative material, including general information about department history, newsclippings and reports to trustees.
Course Information (sub-series B) consists of course descriptions, reading lists and related material, arranged by course.
Examinations (sub-series C) contains examinations in English, arranged chronologically.
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Sub-series A: Administrative
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General information re: development and history
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 1
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News clippings re department activities
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1938, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 2
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New England College English Association: readings
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1960 May 7
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Box 1: folder 3
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"A Proposal for a Reading Course" for the Institute for Springfield High School Teachers
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1969
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Box 1: folder 4
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Report to Trustees by Joseph K. Chickering '69
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1879
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Box 1: folder 5
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Reports to Trustees by H. Humphrey Neill '66
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1883-1898
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Box 1: folder 6
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Miscellaneous administrative material
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 7
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Sub-series B: Course Information
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Collateral course in English literature
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 8
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Staff and class assignments
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1945-1965
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Box 1: folder 9
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Course descriptions and related material (Baird)
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1932-1933
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Box 1: folder 10
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English A Reading lists
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1936-38, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 11
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English 0 Reading lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 12
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English 1-2 Reading lists
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1935-1937
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Box 1: folder 13
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English 3 Reading lists, examinations
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1939, 1940
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Box 1: folder 14
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English 4 Reading lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 15
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English 5/5C Reading lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 16
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English 6 Reading lists, assignments, examinations
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1927, 1930, 1931
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Box 1: folder 17
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English 7-8 Victorian Literature: Reading lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 18
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English 9 Reading lists
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1937/38, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 19
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English 10 Reading lists, quizzes, examinations
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1935/36-1941/42(with gaps)
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Box 1: folder 20
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English 13-14 Reading lists, poems
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1936, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 21
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English 13 News clippings
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1938 Jan.
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Box 1: folder 22
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English 13 Ballad series: Rhyme sheet Nos. 1-3
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1938
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Box 1: folder 23
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English 16 Course descriptions
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1973, 1974, 1975
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Box 1: folder 24
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English 19 Exam, reading lists
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1946 Jan 29, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 25
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[English 21-22] "Description of a Sophomore Course in English"
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 26
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English 21 American Literature: Reading lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 27
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English 22 Recent Authors, American and English: Reading Lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 28
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English 43 1949/50
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1949 Fall
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Box 1: folder 29
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English 61 Exercise
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1969
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Box 1: folder 30
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English 70 Exercises
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 31
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Public Speaking 7: Schedule for senior debates
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1911-1913
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Box 1: folder 32
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Victorian Literature: Reading
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 33
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Sub-series C: Examinations
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Admission Prize Examinations
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1897-1898
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Box 1: folder 34
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English Entrance Examinations
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1897-1899
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Box 1: folder 35
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English Entrance Examinations
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1900-1901
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Box 1: folder 36
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Porter Prize Examinations
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1900, 1932-1938
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Box 1: folder 37
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Examinations
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1873-1918
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Box 1: folder 38
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Examinations: Semester and final
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1923-1932
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Box 1: folder 39
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Examinations
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1933-1935
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Box 1: folder 40
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Examinations
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1936-1938
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Box 1: folder 41
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Examinations
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1939-1941
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Box 1: folder 42
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Examinations
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1942-1944
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Box 1: folder 43
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Examinations
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1945-1948
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Box 1: folder 44
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Examinations
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1949-1950
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Box 1: folder 45
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Examinations
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1950-1951
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Box 1: folder 46
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Examinations
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1954, 1956
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Box 1: folder 47
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Examinations
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1959/60-1961/62
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Box 1: folder 48
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Examinations
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1962/63-1963/64
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Box 1: folder 49
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Examinations
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1964/65-1965/66
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Box 1: folder 50
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Examinations
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1966/67-1967/68
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Box 1: folder 51
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Examinations: miscellaneous
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 52
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Comprehensive Examination
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[1961/62?]
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Box 1: folder 53
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Comprehensive Examination
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1963/64
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Box 1: folder 54
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Comprehensive Examination
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1966 Jan 25-26
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Box 1: folder 55
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Series 2: ENGLISH 1-2 (Composition),
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1939-1966
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Series 2, ENGLISH 1-2 (COMPOSITION), 1939-1966, contains assignments, section notes, and other course materials for English 1 and/or English 2, the freshman courses in English composition.
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Course material for department
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1942
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Box 1: folder 1A
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Excerpts from description of English 1-2, usually read aloud on second day of class
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 1B
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Administrative and practical matters
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[1950's], 1951
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Box 1: folder 1C
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Boundaries: working paper for developing an assignment on.
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 1
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Printed material: publications, history
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various
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Box 1: folder 2
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Printed material: "English 1-2: The Freshman English Course at Amherst College" by T. Baird: reprint from Amherst Alumni News
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1952 May
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Box 1: folder 3
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"English 1-2 at Amherst College: A Definition" by Katz, John Stuart (graduate thesis, Harvard University Graduate School of Education)
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1962 May 2
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Box 1: folder 4
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Wilking, S. Vincent to T. Baird re-reading of College freshmen
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1941 Dec 4
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Box 1: folder 5
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"Statement for Publicizing the New Curriculum" by T. Baird
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1946-47
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Box 1: folder 6
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"The English Department, the New Curriculum, and the Next Four Years" compiled by T. Baird
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1947 Jul 4
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Box 1: folder 7
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["Material used for Visiting Committee"-folder label]. An examination and selected assignments.
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1949 Oct 21
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Box 1: folder 8
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"Statement" by T. Baird
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1959 Feb
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Box 1: folder 9
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Correspondence to T. Baird re course and adaptations
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1965
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Box 1: folder 10
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Memo to the instructors
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1960 Jul 19
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Box 1: folder 11
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Memos to the students
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 12
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"GAC's blank century"
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[1950's]
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Box 1: folder 13
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Undated assignments
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 14
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Student papers
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[1944-45], n.d.
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Box 1: folder 15
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Eng 1 Sec 5 "The Perfect Theme"
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 16
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"ABC: What Do We Do in English 1?" by T. Baird
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1950 Dec 12
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Box 1: folder 17
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"The Perfect Freshman Sees Stearns Church"
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 18
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"When I See I Say. Oh Say Can You See?" by T. Baird
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1954 Nov 9
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Box 1: folder 19
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Excerpts "The Art of Note-Taking" by S. & B. Webb in The Art of Social Study
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1932
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Box 1: folder 20
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Excerpts "Articles of Faith" and "The Covenant"
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 21
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Excerpts "The Craft of the Social Investigator" by S. & B. Webb in Methods of Social Study
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1932
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Box 1: folder 22
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"Contra Anglican I"
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 23
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Excerpts "A good teacher..." by J.J. Chapman in Memories and Milestones
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[195?]
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Box 1: folder 24
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Excerpts "Tools" in The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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1913
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Box 1: folder 25
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Excerpts "The Relativity of History" by C.W. Cole
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1963
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Box 1: folder 26
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"Rules for Theme Writing"
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 27
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Themes "My Day"
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1942-43
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Box 1: folder 28
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Themes "Grandparents"
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[1950's]
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Box 1: folder 29
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Themes "Grandparents"
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1951
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Box 1: folder 30
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Themes "Grandparents": manuscripts, Class of 1955
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[1951-52]
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Box 1: folder 31
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Themes "Some Grandparents of Amherst '55"
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[1951-52]
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Box 1: folder 32
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Themes "Some More Grandparents of Amherst '55"
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[1951-52]
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Box 1: folder 33
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Themes "Early Recollections by 1956 Amherst Freshmen and Others"
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[1952-53?]
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Box 1: folder 34
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Folger Prize, 1936, '41-42, '47
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1936-1947
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Box 1: folder 35
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"Influence of Theodore Baird" by Walker Gibson
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1986 Fall
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Box 1: folder 36
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"Thirty-Three Assignments per Semester: Theodore Baird and the Mystique of English 1-2 at Amherst College 1938-1966." Speech by Robin R. Varmin
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1992
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Box 1: folder 36A
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Interview with Walker Gibson on teaching English 1-2
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 36B
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Journal of Advanced Composition Writer 1992 references to Theodore Baird and English 1-2
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1992
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Box 1: folder 36C
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Eng 2 Baird Working papers
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1939-40
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Box 1: folder 37
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Eng 1 1942/43 Baird
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1942-1943
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Box 1: folder 38
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Eng 2 1942/43 Sec 2a [Baird]
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1943 Jan-May
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Box 1: folder 39
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Eng 1-2 Baird working papers for assignment development and class meetings
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1943-45
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Box 1: folder 40
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Eng 1-2 1943/44
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1943-1944
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Box 1: folder 41
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Eng 1-2 1943/44 "How to Study History from Hints Supplied by Members of English 2"
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[1944 Spring]
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Box 1: folder 42
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Eng 2 1943/44 Final exam
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1944 Feb 4
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Box 1: folder 43
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Eng 2 1943/44 Final exam
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1944 May 26
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Box 1: folder 44
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Eng 1-2 1944/45-45/46 Assignments and working papers [Baird]
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1945
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Box 1: folder 45
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Eng 1 1945/46 Assignments "Brower and Castle"
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1946 Spring
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Box 1: folder 46
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Eng 2 1945/46 Sec 2a [Baird]
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1946 Spring
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Box 1: folder 47
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Eng 1-2 1946/47 Sec 1g [Baird] Assignments
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1946-1947
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Box 1: folder 48
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Eng 1 1946/47 Sec E Gibson
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1946-1947
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Box 1: folder 49
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Eng 2 1946/47 Sec E [Gibson]
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1947 Feb-Jun
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Box 1: folder 50
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Eng 1-2 1947/48 Sec 101-5, Sec 102-5 [Baird]
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1947-1948
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Box 1: folder 51
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Eng 1 1947/48 Sec 9 [Gibson]
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1947-1948
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Box 1: folder 52
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Eng 2 1947/48 Sec 9 [Gibson]
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1948 Jan-Jun
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Box 1: folder 53
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Eng 2 1947/48 Long paper assignment
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1948 May 26-27
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Box 1: folder 54
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Eng 1-2 "Assignments as actually used"
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1948-49
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Box 1: folder 55
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Eng 1 1948/49 Sec 1 [Gibson]
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1948-1949
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Box 1: folder 56
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Eng 1 1948/49 Sec 5 Baird
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1948-1949
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Box 1: folder 57
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Eng 2 1948/49 Sec 1 [Gibson]
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1949 Jan-Jun
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Box 1: folder 58
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Eng 2 1948/49 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1949 Feb-Jun
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Box 1: folder 59
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Eng 1 1949/50
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1949-1950
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Box 1: folder 60
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Eng 1 1949/50 Sec 6 [Gibson]
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1949-1950
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Box 1: folder 61
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Eng 2 1949/50 [Sec 5] [Baird]
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1950 Feb-Jun
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Box 1: folder 62
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Eng 2 1949/50 Sec 6 Gibson
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1950 Jan-Jun
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Box 1: folder 63
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Eng 1 1950/51 Sec 2 [Gibson]
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1950-1951
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Box 2: folder 1
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Eng 1 1950/51 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1950-1951
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Box 2: folder 2
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Eng 2 1950/51 Sec 2 [Gibson]
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1951 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 3
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Eng 2 1950/51 [Sec 10?] [Baird]
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1951 Jan-May
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Box 2: folder 4
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Eng 1 1951/52 "Revised list of assignments as used" --
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1951-1952
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Box 2: folder 5
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Eng 1 1951/52 Sec 6 [Gibson]
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1951-1952
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Box 2: folder 6
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Eng 1 1951/52 Sec 10 [Baird]
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1951 Sep-Dec
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Box 2: folder 7
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Eng 2 1951/52 "History assignments as used"
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1952 Jan-Mar
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Box 2: folder 8
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Eng 2 1951/52 Sec 6 [Gibson]
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1952 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 9
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Eng 2 1951/52 [Sec 10?] [Baird]
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1952 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 10
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Eng 1 1952/53 Sec 1 [Gibson]
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1952-1953
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Box 2: folder 11
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Eng 1 1952/53 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1952-1953
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Box 2: folder 12
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Eng 2 1952/53 Assignments
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1953 Feb-Jun
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Box 2: folder 13
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Eng 2 1952/53 Final
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1953 Jun
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Box 2: folder 14
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Eng 2 1952/53 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1953 Feb-May
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Box 2: folder 15
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Eng 1 1953/54 "Assignments as used"
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1953-1954
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Box 2: folder 16
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Eng 1 1953/54 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1953-1954
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Box 2: folder 17
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Eng 1 1953/54 Sec 10 [Gibson]
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1953-1954
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Box 2: folder 18
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Eng 2 1953/54 Final
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1954 Jan
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Box 2: folder 19
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Eng 2 1953/54 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1954 Feb-Jun
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Box 2: folder 20
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Eng 2 1953/54 Sec 10 [Gibson]
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1954 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 21
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Eng 1 1954/55 "Assignments as used"
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1954-1955
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Box 2: folder 22
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Eng 1 1954/55 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1954-1955
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Box 2: folder 23
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Eng 1-2 1954/55 [Gibson](?)
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1954-1955
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Box 2: folder 24
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Eng 2 1954/55 "History assignments"
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1955 Feb-Mar
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Box 2: folder 25
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Eng 2 1954/55 "A draft of science assignments"
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1955 Apr-May
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Box 2: folder 26
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Eng 2 1954/55 Final
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1955 [Jun]
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Box 2: folder 27
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Eng 2 1954/55 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1955 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 28
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Eng 1 1955/56 "A possible sequence"
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1955 Sep
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Box 2: folder 29
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Eng 1 1955/56 "Assignments as used"
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1955-1956
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Box 2: folder 30
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Eng 1 1955/56 Sec 5 [Baird]
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1955-1956
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Box 2: folder 31
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[Eng 2 1955/56] "Proposed history assignments"
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1956 Feb-Mar
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Box 2: folder 32
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[Eng 2 1955/56] "Proposed science assignments"
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1956 Apr-May
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Box 2: folder 33
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Eng 1 1956/57 "Assignments as used"
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1956-1957
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Box 2: folder 34
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Eng 1 1956/57 [Sec 4?] [Baird?]
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1956-1957
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Box 2: folder 35
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Eng 1 1956/57 Sec 10 [Gibson]
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1956-1957
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Box 2: folder 36
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Eng 2 1956/57 "Assignments as used"
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1957 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 37
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Eng 2 1956/57 [Sec 4] [Baird]
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1957 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 38
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Eng 2 1956/57 Sec 10 [Gibson]
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1957 Jan-Jun
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Box 2: folder 39
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Eng 1 1957/58 "A set of proposed assignments"
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1957 Aug
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Box 3: folder 1
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Eng 1 1957/58 Sec 4 [Baird]
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1957-1958
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Box 3: folder 2
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Eng 2 1957/58 "A possible sequence"
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1957-58
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Box 3: folder 3
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Eng 2 1957/58 "Assignments as used"
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1958 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 4
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Eng 2 1957/58 Sec 4 Baird
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1958 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 5
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Eng 1 1958/59 Proposed assignments
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1958 Sep
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Box 3: folder 6
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Eng 1 1958/59 "Assignments as used"
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1958-1959
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Box 3: folder 7
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Eng 1 1958/59 Sec 4 Baird
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1958-1959
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Box 3: folder 8
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Eng 2 1958/59 "Assignments as used"
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1959 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 9
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Eng 2 1958/59 Sec 7 Baird
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1959 Feb-Jun
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Box 3: folder 10
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Eng 1-2 1959/60 Proposed assignments: working papers of T. Baird
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1959 Sep 8
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Box 3: folder 11
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Eng 1 1959/60 "Assignments as used"
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1959-1960
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Box 3: folder 12
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Eng 1 1959/60 Assignments
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1959-1960
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Box 3: folder 13
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Eng 1-2 1959/60 [McKeon] Assignments
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1959-1960
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Box 3: folder 14
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Eng 2 1959/60 Proposed assignments
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1960 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 15
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Eng 2 1959/60 "Assignments as used"
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1960 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 16
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Eng 1 1960/61 "Assignments as used"
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1960-1961
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Box 3: folder 17
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Eng 1 1960/61 Assignments
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1960-1961
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Box 3: folder 18
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Eng 2 1960/61 "Assignments as used"
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1961 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 19
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Eng 2 1960/61 Sec 9
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1961 Jan-May
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Box 3: folder 20
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Eng 2 [1960/61] [Assignments]
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[1961 Jan-May]
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Box 3: folder 21
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Eng 1 1961/62 "Assignments as used"
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1961-1962
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Box 3: folder 22
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Eng 1 1961/62 Sec 4 or 7? [Sale?]
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1961-1962
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Box 3: folder 23
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Eng 2 1961/61 "Assignments as used"
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1962 Jan-Jun
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Box 3: folder 24
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Eng 2 1961/62 Assignments
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1962 Feb-Jun
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Box 3: folder 25
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Eng 1 1962/63 "Assignments as used"
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1962-1963
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Box 3: folder 26
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Eng 1 1962/63 Sec 4 [Baird?]
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1962-1963
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Box 3: folder 27
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Eng 2 1962/63 "Assignments as used" (3 folders)
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1963 Feb-Jun
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Box 3: folder 28-30
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Eng 1 1963/64 [Baird?] Assignments
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1963-1964
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Box 3: folder 31
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Eng 2 1963/64 "Assignments as used"
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1964 Jan-Jun
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Box 4: folder 1
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Eng 2 1963/64 [Baird?] Assignments
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1964 Jan-Jun
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Box 4: folder 2
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Eng 1 1964/65 "Assignments as used"
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1964-1965
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Box 4: folder 3
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Eng 1 1964/65 [Baird] Assignments
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1964 Sep-1965
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Box 4: folder 4
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Eng 1 1964/65 Jere Mead student papers written for the assignments in Professor Baird's class
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1964 fall
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Box 4: folder 5
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Eng 2 1964/65 "Assignments as used"
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1965 Jan-May
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Box 4: folder 6
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Eng 2 1964/65 Assignments
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1965 Jan-Jun
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Box 4: folder 7
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Eng 2 1965/66 [Craig?] "Assignments as used"
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1966 Jan-May
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Box 5: folder 1
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Eng 2 1965/66 [Cody?] Assignments
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1966 Jan-May
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Box 5: folder 2
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Eng 1 1965/66 "Assignments as used"
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1965-1966
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Box 5: folder 3
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Eng 1 1965/66 [Baird ?]
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1965-1966
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Box 5: folder 4
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