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Louis M. Lyons Papers
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Contents List
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Articles
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1949-1970
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2 folders
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Box 1
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Largely on journalism, journalist ethics
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Broadcasts
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1954-1970
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2 folders
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Box 1
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Broadcasts
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1954-1959
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Folder 1
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Broadcasts
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1960-1961
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Folder 2
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Broadcasts
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1962
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Folder 3
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Broadcasts
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1963-1964
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Folder 4
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Broadcasts
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1965-1970
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Folder 5
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Broadcasts
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1972-1974
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Folder 6
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Broadcasts
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Undated
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Folder 7
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Broadcasts: Commentaries
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1963-1974
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3 folders
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Box 2
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WGBH broadcasts, mostly labeled "commentaries."
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Broadcasts: Commentaries
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1956-1963
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Folder 1
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Broadcasts: Commentaries
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1964-1973
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Folder 2
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Broadcasts: Commentaries
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1974, undated
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Folder 3
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Club -- Talks
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1965-1976
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Box 2
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Ephemera relating to the Club of Odd Volumes meetings, speeches given by Lyons at the Club on the Supreme Court decisions and the political assault on the press, the inauguration of Jimmy Carter.
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Coolidge, Calvin
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ca.1925-1972
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Box 2
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Re: WGBH broadcast on Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1971); Nieman Report article on Coolidge (1964); two real photo postcards of Calvin Coolidge.
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Correspondence
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1919-1976
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9 folders
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Box 1-2
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Correspondence
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1919-1959
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Box 2:1
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Correspondence
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1960-1962
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Box 2:2
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Correspondence
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1963-1964
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Box 2:2
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Correspondence
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1965
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Box 2:3
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Correspondence
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1966
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Box 2:3
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Correspondence
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1967
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Box 2:3
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Correspondence
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1968
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Box 3:4
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Correspondence
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1969
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Box 3:5
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Correspondence
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1970
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Box 3:6
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Correspondence
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1971
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Box 3:7
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Correspondence
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1972
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Box 3:8
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Correspondence
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1973-1980, undated
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Box 3:8
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Dinner (Louis Lyons Testimonial)
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1960
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Box 2
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Frost, Robert
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1963
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Box 2
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Thoughts on the death of Robert Frost.
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Honorary Degree
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1964
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Box 2
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Kennedy, John F.
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1963
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Box 2
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Broadcast notes and writing on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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King, Martin Luther
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1968
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Box 2
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Public responses, pro and con, to Lyons' broadcast on the assassination of Martin Luther King.
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Lectures and Talks
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1948-1980
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3 folders
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Box 4-5
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Topics: Freedom of the press; the press and television; Lovejoy Fellowship; Massachusetts Agricultural College; discrimination; role of the press
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Lectures and talks
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1948-1955
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Box 4:1
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Lectures and talks
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1956-1959
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Box 4:2
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Lectures and talks
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1960-1962
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Box 4:3
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Lectures and talks
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1963
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Box 4:4
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Lectures and talks
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1964-1965
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Box 5:5
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Lectures and talks
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1966
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Box 5:6
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Lectures and talks
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1967-1970
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Box 5:7
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Lectures and talks
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1971-1980
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Box 5:8
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Lectures and talks
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Undated
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Box 5:9
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Massachusetts Historical Society
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1971
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Box 5
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Lecture on Press and politics before television.
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Merger of programs
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1973
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Box 5
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Re: WGBH realignment of broadcasts, ending broadcast of The Reporters and Louis Lyons News and Comment and replacement with new show including Lyons.
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Newspaper clippings
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1957-1967
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Box 6
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Nieman Fellowship
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1938-1960
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Box 6
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Letters of support for Lyons' application for a Nieman fellowship and related letters from Arthur M. Schlesinger, Archibald MacLeish, James B. Conant, Felix Frankfurter.
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Nieman Report
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3 folders
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Box 6
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Paste-ups of articles appearing in Nieman Reports.
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Nieman Report (printed)
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1951-1980
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Box 6-7
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Nieman Report (printed)
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1951-1966
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Box 6:1
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Nieman Report (printed)
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1967-1970
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Box 6:2
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Nieman Report (printed)
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1972-1980
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Box 7:1
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Obituaries
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1957-1975
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Box 7
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Obituaries, mostly written for the Nieman Reporter or broadcast in WGBH, of Arthur Compton, Walt Disney, Merle Fainsod, Elizabeth Hall, Robert F. Kennedy, Edwin A. Lahey, Walter Lippmann, Charles Morton, John C. Page, Arthur Schlesinger, Edmund Wilson, Laurence L. Winship, et al.
Materials on Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King are filed separately under those names.
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One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe
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1971-1972
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Box 7
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Personal: Early days
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1918-1946
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Box 7
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Includes materials relating to service in First World War.
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Personal: Ephemera
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1929-1975
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Box 7
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Includes invitation to inauguration of Herbert Hoover, 1929; American Newspaper Guild membership card; press pass to senate and to inauguration of FDR, 1937; air raid pass from World War II; invitation to birthday dinner for John F. Kennedy,1961; invitation to memorial service for Robert Frost.
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Personal: Miscellaneous
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1929-1976
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Box 7
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Biographical piece on Lyons, election to organizations, and other miscellaneous items.
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Portraits of George and Martha Washington
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1981
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Box 7
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Press and the People (transcripts of television show)
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Undated
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Box 8
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Prime Time
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1971-1980
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Box 8
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Retirement
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1963-1964
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Box 8
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Letters on Lyons' retirement.
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Reviews
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1951-1967
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2 folders
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Box 8
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Special Projects
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1959-1974
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Box 9
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White House Conference on Aging (1971); Press and the Race Issue (1963); Press and the Public (1964), etc.
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WGBH
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1954-1964
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Box 9
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Talks and lectures, ephemera, some letters.
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WGBH Fire (burned fragments)
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Box 9
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