Marine Leland Papers, 1899-1984
16 boxes (6.7 linear ft.)
Collection number: RG 42
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or quote from the documents must be obtained from the Smith College Archives.
Marine Leland was born on December 2, 1899 in the City of Quebec to American parents of English descent. She was educated in Montreal at the Sacred Heart Convent and in Germany, France, Spain, and the United States. After attending Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she entered Radcliffe College where she received A.B. (1923), A.M. (1925), and PhD (1928). A member of the French Department at Smith College from 1924 until her retirement in June 1965, she pioneered a new course in French Canadian civilization and is responsible for the forming and building of the French Canadian Collection in the William Allan Neilson Library at Smith. Her contributions to a better understanding of the French Canadian culture has been widely recognized and honored. On May 13, 1983, she died at her home in Northampton, Massachusetts.
The papers comprise 6.7 linear feet (16 boxes) and are arranged by category: biographical, correspondence, professional life, miscellaneous and artifacts; chronologically within each folder. Her correspondents include colleagues in the United States, Canada, and Europe and organizations allied to her field.
Photographs can be found in the following folders: 1, 4-6, 8-14, 16, 18, 20-21, 41, 88, 121, 136, 177.
Oversize materials include: Diplomas of B.A. Radcliffe (1923), M.A. Radcliffe (1925), PhD. Radcliffe (1928), L.H.D. honorary Univ. of Laval (1952), and L.H.D. honorary Univ. of Montreal (1962).
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or quote from the documents must be obtained from the Smith College Archives.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Marine Leland Papers, Box #, Smith College Archives.
The materials in the Marine Leland papers, which form part of 42. Faculty Biographical files, came to the College Archives from Marine Leland during her lifetime. After her death the bulk of her papers were assembled by Margaret Storrs Grierson, Archivist Emerita of Smith College, and given to the College Archives in August 1983.
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Northampton, MA 01063
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BIOGRAPHICAL
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Biographical material
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Box 1: folder 1
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Biographical, general
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Box 1: folder 2
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Notes for autobiography
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Box 1: folder 3
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Passports, etc., identification
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Box 1: folder 4
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[no folder]
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Box 2: folder 5
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Biographical
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1899-1903
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Box 2: folder 6
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Samples of school work
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1908-11
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Box 2: folder 7
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L'Institution des Sourdes-Muettes
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1903-13
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Box 2: folder 8
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Sacre-Coeur school in Montreal
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1908-13, 1914-15
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Box 2: folder 9
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Year in Dresden
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1913-14
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Box 2: folder 10
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Montfort
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1914-15
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Box 2: folder 11
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Montreal years, vacations
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1906-
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Box 2: folder 12
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Beauvais
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1912-22
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Box 2: folder 13
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Madrid
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1922
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Box 2: folder 14a
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Diplomas and certificates
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1923-32
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Box 2: folder 14b
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Noting Marine Leland's death
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1983-84
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Box 2: folder 15
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Memorial
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1983
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Box 2: folder 16
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BIOGRAPHICAL HONORS
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Awards, medals
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1949-50, 1955, 1959, 1979
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Box 3: folder 17
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Honors, tributes
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1950, 1959, 1962-66, 1977-84
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Box 3: folder 18
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Honorary degrees, Univ. of Laval
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1952
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Box 3: folder 19
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Honorary degrees, Univ. of Montreal
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1962
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Box 3: folder 20
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Honorary degrees, Univ. of Vermont
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1967
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Box 3: folder 21
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CORRESPONDENCE, A-D
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Box 3
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Aluminum Company of Canada
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1953
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Box 4: folder 22
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Associations
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Box 4: folder 23
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American Council of Learned Societies
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1941, 1944, 1952-53
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Box 4: folder 24
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Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures
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1983
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Box 4: folder 25
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Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S.
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1977-79
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Box 4: folder 26
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Barbeau, Marine
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1950, 1955, 1957, 1958
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Box 4: folder 27
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Beard, Mary
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1951
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Box 4: folder 28
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Beaulieu, Burghley
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1949, 1950, 1954, 1959-60, 1976-77, 1979
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Box 4: folder 29
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from Bourassa, Anne
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1968, 1970, 1980-81
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Box 4: folder 30a
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to Bourassa, Anne
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1952-70, except 1965
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Box 4: folder 30b
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to Bourassa, Anne
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1971-81
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Box 4: folder 30c
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Bourassa, Henri
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1930, 1950-52
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Box 4: folder 31
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Bureau, Marguerite-Bourgeoys
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1954
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Box 4: folder 32
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Cambridge Historical Society/Evangeline Centennial
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1947
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Box 4: folder 33
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Canadian Bar Association
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1970
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Box 4: folder 34
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation I
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1951, 1954, 1955
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Box 4: folder 35
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation II
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1956-57
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Box 4: folder 36
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Canadian Embassy/Washington
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1977, 1979
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Box 4: folder 37
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Canadian Historical Association
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1950, 1951
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Box 4: folder 38
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Canadian Humanities Research Council
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1948
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Box 4: folder 39
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Canadian Senate
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1945, 1959
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Box 4: folder 40
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Canadian Tour
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1945
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Box 4: folder 41
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Association Canado-Americaine, Corr. I
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1941, 1943-48
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Box 4: folder 42
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Association Canado-Americaine
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1949-52, 1955-56, 1958, 1962
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Box 4: folder 43
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Carleton College
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1946-48
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Box 4: folder 44
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Carnegie Corporation of New York
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1954
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Box 4: folder 45
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Canadian Consulate/Boston
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1950-51
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Box 4: folder 46
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Clark, Annetta I., Admirers of Society
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1941, 1951, 1960
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Box 4: folder 47
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Le Comite Permanent de la Survivance Francaise en Amerique
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1946-48
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Box 4: folder 48
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C, miscellaneous correspondence
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1946, 1953-54, 1978, 1980-81
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Box 4: folder 49
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Donner Foundation
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1978
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Box 4: folder 50
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1941, 1944-45, 1951, 1953-54, 1961, 1965
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Box 4: folder 51
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CORRESPONDENCE, F-M
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F, miscellaneous
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1976, 1979
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Box 5: folder 52
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Fitzpatrick, Marjorie
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1958-59, 1972, 1978
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Box 5: folder 53
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G, miscellaneous
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1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1977, 1982
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Box 5: folder 54
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Garrison, Eleanor and Frank
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1951, 1957, 1970
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Box 5: folder 55
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Groulx, Lionel corr. and Lionel Groulx Foundation
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1946-51, 1966, 1982
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Box 5: folder 56
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Guevremont, Germaine
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1948, 1950-51, 1967
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Box 5: folder 57
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Guggenheim Foundation
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1946
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Box 5: folder 58
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H, miscellaneous
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1942, 1945, 1948, 1955
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Box 5: folder 59
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Ham, Edward
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1941-42, 1944-45, 1947-51
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Box 5: folder 60
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Humor/Outrage
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1952, 1954, 1956, 1970-74
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Box 5: folder 61
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Huntington, Chapin and Frances
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1947, 1951
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Box 5: folder 62
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Inglis
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1951
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Box 5: folder 63
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J, miscellaneous
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1945
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Box 5: folder 64
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Johnson, Lyndon b.
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1965
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Box 5: folder 65
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K, miscellaneous
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1945, 1956, 1969, 1974, 1981
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Box 5: folder 66
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Lambert, Adelard
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1943
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Box 5: folder 67
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Lanclot, Gustav
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1942-43, 1950, 1955
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Box 5: folder 68
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La Pointe, Renaude
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1976
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Box 5: folder 69
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Lebel, Maurice
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1980, 1982
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Box 5: folder 70
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Lefevbre, Jean-Jacques
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1945
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Box 5: folder 71
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Levesque, Sr. M. Antoinette
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1956, 1978
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Box 5: folder 72
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Lortie, Giselle
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1980
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Box 5: folder 73
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Lortie, Leon
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1972, 1979
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Box 5: folder 74
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Lotbiniere
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1954
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Box 5: folder 75
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Low, Solon
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1948, 1952
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Box 5: folder 76
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Lower, A.R.M.
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1960
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Box 5: folder 77
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M, miscellaneous
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1946, 1950, 1955, 1975-76, 1979
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Box 5: folder 78
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Modern Language Association (1) - Announcements, etc. (North American French Language and Literature Group)
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1941-42, 1944, 1947-48
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Box 5: folder 79
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Modern Language Association (2) - Correspondence; Divers hands
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1940-41; 1941
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Box 5: folder 80
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Modern Language Association (3) - Correspondence; Divers hands
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1942-43
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Box 5: folder 81
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Modern Language Association (4) - Correspondence; Divers hands
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1944-45
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Box 5: folder 82
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Modern Language Association (5) - Correspondence; Divers hands
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1947, 1949, 1951-52; 1947-52
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Box 5: folder 83
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McPherson, Harriet, S.C. Librarian
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1940, 1944, 1947-48
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Box 5: folder 84
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Monastere des Augustines, Dieppe, France
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1961, 1963
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Box 5: folder 85
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Monastere des Ursulines, Quebec
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1952, 1955-57
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Box 5: folder 86
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Montreal, City of
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1950-51
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Box 5: folder 87
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Morin, Victor
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Box 5: folder 88
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CORRESPONDENCE, N-Z
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Nolet, Charles and Claire
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1957, 1977-78
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Box 5: folder 89
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Nolte, Richard
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1967, 1969, 1975-78, 1980
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Box 5: folder 90
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Northeast Conference on the teaching of French
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1954-55
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Box 5: folder 91
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Box 5: folder 92
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P
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1948-72
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Box 5: folder 93
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Parkin, Louise
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1977, 1981-82
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Box 5: folder 94
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Quebec, Province of
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1951, 1957
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Box 5: folder 95
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R
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1941-42, 1954, 1976
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Box 5: folder 96
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Rockefeller Foundation, letters/conferences
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1942, 1953
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Box 5: folder 97
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S, miscellaneous
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1947, 1954, 1957-58, 1964, 1966, 1977-78, 1980
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Box 5: folder 98
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Sherbrooke, P.Q.
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1949-50
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Box 5: folder 99
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La Societe Historique de Saguenay
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1952
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Box 5: folder 100
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Societe Historique Franco-Americaine
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1941, 1945-46
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Box 5: folder 101
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Surveyor, Fabre
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1940, 1957
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Box 5: folder 102
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T, miscellaneous
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1982
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Box 5: folder 103
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Union Saint Jean-Baptiste d'Amerique
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1950
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Box 5: folder 104
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Universities and Colleges, I - Colleges
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1941-42, 1949-51, 1953, 1979-81
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Box 5: folder 105
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Universite Laval
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1951-52, 1980
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Box 5: folder 106
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Universities, Miscellaneous, I
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1949-52, 1971, 1973, 1980-81, 1983
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Box 5: folder 107
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Universities, Miscellaneous, II
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1947, 1949-1952, 1954
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Box 5: folder 108
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University of Toronto, Women's War Service Committee
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1940
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Box 5: folder 109
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V, miscellaneous
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1979, 1981
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Box 5: folder 110
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W, miscellaneous
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1951-52, 1955, 1979-80, 1982
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Box 5: folder 111
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Y, miscellaneous
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1961
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Box 5: folder 112
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Unidentified corr.
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1945, 1966
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Box 5: folder 113
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - TEACHING
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Courses
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1940-57
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Box 7: folder 114
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McGill University
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1963, 1966-68
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Box 7: folder 115
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Graduate seminar on French Canada, McGill University
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1967-68
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Box 7: folder 116
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University of Michigan
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1948-49, 1958
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Box 7: folder 117
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Shady Hill School, Cambridge
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1923-1924
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Box 7: folder 118
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Smith College, miscellany of the year
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1947, 1951, 1965
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Box 7: folder 119
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Smith College
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1924-1926, 1928-65, 1965-83
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Box 7: folder 120
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Western Reserve, Summer School - Photographs and Clippings
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Box 7: folder 121
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - BUILDING THE LIBRARY COLLECTION
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Correspondence re: Archives; Correspondence re: bibliography
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1942-65; 1942-43, 1945, 1950-52, 1965, 1967
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Box 8: folder 122
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Bibliographical correspondence
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1971-74
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Box 8: folder 123
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Bibliographical correspondence
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1975-1978
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Box 8: folder 124
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Smith College Library (Neilson) - Building the French Canadian Collection, I
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Box 8: folder 125
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Building the French Canadian Collection, II
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1962, 1972, 1977-78
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Box 8: folder 126
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Building the French Canadian Collection, III
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Box 8: folder 127
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Building the French Canadian Collection, IV
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1922, 1927, 1948, 1974
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Box 8: folder 128
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Building the French Canadian Collection, V
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1922, 1963, 1970, 1974
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Box 8: folder 129
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Lortie, Leon text, seminar
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1962
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Box 8: folder 130
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS
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Institute of Current World Affairs
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1947, 1952, 1965, 1977-80, 1982
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Box 9: folder 131
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Lecture, Institute of Current World Affairs
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1973
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Box 9: folder 132
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[Bound] Newsletters, M. Leland Institute of Current Affairs
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1943-47
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Box 9: folder 0
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - MANUSCRIPTS I, MARINE LELAND
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Francois-Joseph Cugnet, Bibliotheque, working papers I
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Box 9: folder 133
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Cugnet, working papers II
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1963
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Box 9: folder 134
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Cugnet, working papers III
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Box 9: folder 135
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Jacques Cartier and the Saint Lawrence River
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Box 9: folder 136
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Famille Guy, working papers
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Box 9: folder 137
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Princeton Guy, working papers
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Box 9: folder 138
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Madame Lebeau and Captain Baker
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Box 9: folder 139
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Marine Leland Bibliography
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Box 9: folder 140
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - MANUSCRIPTS II, MARINE LELAND
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Working Papers on Lotbiniere, Perraults, Guy, Cugnet
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Box 11: folder 141
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Cornet Parsons, Mary Bliss Parsons
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Box 11: folder 142
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Junior Bazaar article
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1946
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Box 11: folder 143
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Amis d'enfance, publication; F.F.M.A., ms.
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Box 11: folder 144
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Dos Culturas Canadienses, Introduction Buenos Aires, ms.
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1945-46
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Box 11: folder 145
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Book Review (French Review), ms.; Klinck, G.A. (Modern Language Journal)
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1945-1947
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Box 11: folder 146
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Adrienne Monier, rough draft ms.
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Box 11: folder 147
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Book Review (Political Science Quarterly), ms. - Wade, M., author
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1956
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Box 11: folder 148
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Raymond Vezina on Bourassa and Leland with M.L. revision
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1977
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Box 11: folder 149
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - PUBLICATIONS I
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French Canada: An Example of What America is Learning and Modern Language Journal
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Dec. 1945
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Box 12: folder 150
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Les Linguistes Etatsuniens et la Tradition Francaise en Amerique, Relations
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1942
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Box 12: folder 151
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Modern French Canada
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Box 12: folder 152
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La Modern Language Association et Le Canada Francais, Relations
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1942
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Box 12: folder 153
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Modern Language Journal
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May 1945
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Box 12: folder 154
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Northeast Conference Report: Quebec, French Canada
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1972
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Box 12: folder 155
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Joseph-Francois Perrault
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1958-59
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Box 12: folder 156
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Quelques Observations - de Henri Bourassa, Canadian Historical Association, Report
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1951
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Box 12: folder 157
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Madame de Repentigny
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1954
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Box 12: folder 158
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Review by M.L., Romanic Review
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1956
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Box 12: folder 159
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The Smith College Group
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1930
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Box 12: folder 160
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Canadians Invent Words, Sophian
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1954
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Box 12: folder 161
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Le Travailleur, ms.
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1941
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Box 12: folder 162
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La Vie Intellectuelle au Canada Francais, French Review
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1942
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Box 12: folder 163
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Publications, Correspondence
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1941-42, 1945, 1965, 1981
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Box 12: folder 164
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[Bound] The Canadian Imagination, David Staines, editor
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1977
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Box 12: folder 0
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - PUBLICATIONS II
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American Undergraduates Aboard, Radcliffe Quarterly
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1930
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Box 13: folder 165
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Approach to Proust
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Box 13: folder 166
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A Canadian Explorer in Deerfield, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
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1955
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Box 13: folder 167
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Bourassa vu par une Americaine
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1952
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Box 13: folder 168
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Contribution of Modern Languages in the Present Conflict, National Association of Principals of School for Girls
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1942
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Box 13: folder 169
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Francois-Joseph Cugnet XXII. La Revue de L'Universite Lavel
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1996
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Box 13: folder 170
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Francois-Joseph Cugnet, La Revue de L'Universite Laval
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1961-66
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Box 13: folder 171
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Jean-Baptiste Cugnet, traitre? Revue L' Universite d' Ottowa
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1961
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Box 13: folder 172
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Historie d'une tradition "Jean-Baptiste Cugnet, traitre a son roi et a son pays," Revue de L'Universite d'Ottowa
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1961
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Box 13: folder 173
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Fort Ticonderoga
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1955
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Box 13: folder 174
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE - SPEECHES, TALKS, LECTURES
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Fort Ticonderoga Quebec: Poesie Vivante, speech, Smith College
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Box 14: folder 175
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Carleton College
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1947
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Box 14: folder 176
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Centennial of Evangeline, speeches, photographs, Cambridge Historical Society
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1947
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Box 14: folder 177
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John Stoddard, lecture, Northampton Historical Society
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1954
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Box 14: folder 178
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New England captives who were taken to Canada, Deerfield Massacre, speeches
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1955
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Box 14: folder 179
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Broadcasts, CBC, series of 8, Changing Patters, I
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1957
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Box 14: folder 180
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Broadcasts, CBC, II
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1954-55, 1962
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Box 14: folder 181
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Broadcasts, CBC--Mrs. Johnson's Narrative of her Captivity, III
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1955-57
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Box 14: folder 182
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"Quebec Literature in its American Context"
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1976
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Box 14: folder 183
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Speeches, miscellaneous
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1932-33, 1935, 1938, 194, 1950, 1955-62, 1964
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Box 14: folder 184
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MISCELLANY
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Marine Leland (Grierson notes)
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Box 15: folder 185
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French Canadian Art, museum exhibit
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1941
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Box 15: folder 186
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Inscribed to M.L. by Louis-Phillipe Cormier journal article
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1963
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Box 15: folder 187
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Fabre Surveyor on Jean-Antoine Panet
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Box 15: folder 188
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Women, miscellaneous
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1937, 1950, 1958
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Box 15: folder 189
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Miscellaneous
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Box 15: folder 190
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ARTIFACTS
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"Guirlande de Marine"
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1929
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Box 16: folder 191
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Republique Francaise certificate and medal
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1950
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Box 16: folder 192
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Elizabeth D. Hanslonis Phi Beta Kappa key
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Box 16: folder 193
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Donner Medal
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Box 16: folder 194
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Fort Ticonderoga Bicentennial Medal
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Box 16: folder 195
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Radcliffe Alumnae Association Graduate Society Medal
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Box 16: folder 196
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