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M2006-092
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Part 2 (M2006-092): Additions, 1908-2000
8.4 c.f. (8 record center cartons and 1 flat box) and 1 photograph
: Additions, 1908-2000, consisting of correspondence with colleagues, family, friends, former students; biographical materials including information on Curti's failing health, obituaries, memorials and tributes, eulogies, and funeral; publication files regarding books, textbooks, and articles; speeches; and financial records, including information on his philanthropic trusts; international travel and teaching files. Also included are two scrapbooks: one contains letters of congratulation upon Curti's retirement from the University of Wisconsin in 1968 and the other concerns his election to the presidency of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association in 1952 and includes photographs. Notable correspondents include E. David and Jean Cronon, Vail Motter, Fulmer Mood, Robert Ernst, Mary Beard, G.D. Lillibridge, Louis C. Hunter, and Charles DeBenedetti.
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Series: Correspondence
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1908-1966
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1940-1967
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1975-1981
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To and From
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Cronon, E. David, 1958-1994
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DeNovo, John and Jeanne; Robert Nesbit, 1968-1995
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Ernst, Robert, 1943-1978
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Miller, Howard S. (Dick), 1967-1992
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Posner, Dr. Ernst, 1938-1941, 1978
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Charles J. Wetzel, 1961-1968
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Beard, Mary, 1938
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Wyllie, Irvin, 1956 January 21
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Robert Owen Conference, 1971
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History of Ideas
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Dictionary, 1967-1971
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Philanthropy, 1969-1970
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Huntington, Henry E., 1964-1969
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Peace Research Group, 1969
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Rockefeller Foundation, 1944
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Letters from Prominent Historians about F.J. Turner, 1928-1931
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Box
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About Samuel Williams, 1943-1944, 1969-1970
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Trempealeau: Making of an American Community
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Inquiries, 1954-1971
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Field Enterprise TV, 1960-1961
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Printing, 1968
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UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), 1950-1951
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Harmsworth Professorship, 1954
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McCarthyism and the University of Munich, 1943-1950
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2
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Bruce and Carstenson, 1957-1970, 1992-1994
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Davis, Allen, 1957-1990
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Feinstein, Estelle, 1960-1995
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Howlett, Charles, 1975-1984
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Levy, David, 1961-1996
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Lillibridge, G.D., 1949-1995
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Link, Eugene and Beulah, 1996-1997
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Morrissey, C.T., 1987
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Nesbit, Bob, 1968-1975
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Pease, William, 1996
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Rolnick, Stanley, 1949-1965
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2
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Sklar, Martin, 1994
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2
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Ekirch, Arthur
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1939-1995
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Regarding Curti Festschrift, 1951-1970
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Ernst, Robert, 1975-1996
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Nesbit, Robert and Marie, 1986-1996
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Wittner, Lawrence S., 1964-1995
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Hunter, Louis C., 1981-1984
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To and From DeBenedetti, Charles, 1983-1984
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1982-1984
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1988-1992
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1985-1988, 1993
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A-N, 1924-1978
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N-W, 1920-1981
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Student Correspondents, circa 1949-1992
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Allport, Gordon W., 1920-1967
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Hunter, Louis C., 1930-1980
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Kirkland, Edward C., 1934, 1967-1968
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Merton, Jack, Harvard roommate, 1920-1922
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To and From Mood, Fulmer, 1921-1976
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To and From Motter, Vail, 1924-1968
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Personal and Professional, 1968
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Department, 1951-1966
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Former Students, 1968-1969
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Box
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1969-1974, 1994
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Box
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Loose Letters Removed from Red Volume, 1968, 1977
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Memorabilia and Letters, 1968-1993
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Box
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90th Birthday Notes and Cards, 1987
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Box
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1995
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Series: Biographical
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Box
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Autobiography and Letters to Michael Kammen, 1993-1996
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Box
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Bibliographies and Biographies, 1960-1988
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Curti Prize Fund Campaign, 1995-1997
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Curti Tributes, 1970-1971, 1996-1998
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E. David Cronon Bibliographic Article, 1970-1971
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History Teaching Alliance Seminar, 1997
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Lawrence S. Wittner Article, 1998
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Box
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Margaret Wooster Curti Biography, 2000
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Box
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Merle Curti Memorial, History Department, 1996
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Memorial Service, 1996 March 15
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Failing Health, Funeral, and Tributes, 1989-1998
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Obituaries, 1996
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Oral History Interviews of Curti, Index, 1973, 1992
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Organization of American Historians Session Honoring Curti, 1997
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Organization of American Historians Award to Curti, 1981, 1987
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Box
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Paul Boyer Articles on Legacy of Curti, 1996-1997
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Paul Conkin Tribute to Curti, 1990
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Philosophies of Doctorate and Masters of Arts Directed by Curti, 1968, 1989, and undated
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Research on Samuel Williams, 1967, 1974-1983
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Social Studies Research Council Notes, 1944-1957
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State Historical Society Memorial Resolution, 1996
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University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate Resolution, 1996
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Personal Data, 1916-1989
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Box
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Biographical, 1945-1991
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Box
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Autobiographical, Biographical, 1945-1993
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Honorable Discharge, 1918-1919, 1976
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Passports, 1963-1987
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Box
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Citations, 1950-1978
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Scrapbooks
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Box
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“Merle Curti: a quarter century of service; letters from his colleagues, students, and friends upon the occasion of his retirement from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, April 24, 1968.”
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Box
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Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1952
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PH Box
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Photograph of Curti in later life, undated
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Series: Publication Files
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Box
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Copyright Renewals, 1992
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Harcourt Brace Renewals, 1989-1994
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Royalties Summary, 1981-1992
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Textbook Supplement, 1989
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Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Contract, 1991-1992
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Letters regarding Book Copyrights, 1969-1980
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American Philanthropy Abroad
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2
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Correspondence, 1964-1969
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Report, 1957-1965
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Higher education, 1963
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Shaping of Higher Education - reviews, 1965
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Project, 1958-1965
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Nash-Curti, Philanthropy in Higher Education, 1963-1966
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Philosophical Lectures on the Constitution, Duty, and Religion of Man, by Samuel Williams, LL.D., edited by Tillman and Curti
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Tillman - Curti, Introduction, 1968-1970
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Box
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Typescript of manuscript, 1969-1971
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A Proposed Inquiry - “Where is the Study of US History Heading,” 1968-1970
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The Social Ideas of American Educators, Correspondence and draft chapters, 1933-1960
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American Scholarship in the 20th Century
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Correspondence and contracts, 1944-1954
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Harvard University Press, 1952-1960
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Library of Congress - Contributors, 1946-1960
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Peace or War, Correspondence and reviews, 1936
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College Text Books, Problems of cooperative undertakings, 1942-1943
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Probing Our Past, Correspondence and reviews, 1954-1956
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6
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Roots of American Loyalty, Correspondence, 1942-1967
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American Issues
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6
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Permissions, 1957-1960
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6
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Correspondence from Willard Thorp and Carlos Baker, 1938-1954, 1975
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Social Record, 1960-1966
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6
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The Learned Blacksmith, 1935-1938
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6
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American Paradox, Comments and reviews, 1956-1963
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An American History
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6
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Correspondence to and from Cochran, Shryock, and Harrington, 1944-1960
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Post-publication, 1944-1960
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Plans for a High School Text, 1933-1945
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6
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Rand-McNally, Dr. Ethel Ewing correspondence, 1951-1957
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Spiller, Robert, 1947
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The Growth of American Thought
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Harper, 1960-1963
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Correspondence, 1932-1945, 1949-1960
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Correspondence and reviews, 1944-1948, 1963-1974
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Japanese and Spanish editions, 1953-1958
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Illustrations, 1943
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Reviews of The Roots of American Loyalty, 1946-1947
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America's History
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Correspondence, 1950-1953
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Comments, 1952-1979
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Harcourt Brace, 1960-1961
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Rise of the American Nation
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Comments, 1962-1969, 1983
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Letters from readers, 1961-1962
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2 volume edition, Todd, Stewart & Nash, 1965-1966
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Suggestions, Harcourt Brace, 1966-1968
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Revision - 1971, 1963-1971
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Correspondence to Paul Todd, 1969-1984
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Liberty edition, 1982-1983
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Todd-Curti brochure, 1968-1983
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The Growth of American Thought
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Background, circa 1938
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7
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Reviews, 1943-1986
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Rutgers Transaction, 1980-1989
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Human Nature in American Thought, University of Wisconsin Press
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7
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Correspondence, 1977-1984
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Evaluations, 1978
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Comments, 1956-1977
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7
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Letters, 1970-1983
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Errata, undated
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7
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Articles, et cetera, 1971-1980
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Box
7
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Lynn review, 1980
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7
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Book reviews, 1980-1984
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7
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American Philanthropy Abroad, 1987-1992
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“Reflections on Peace History,” 1919, 1983-1992
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Box
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Bulletin 54: American Historical Association Panel 1971, 1971-1972
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Box
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Criticisms of Merle Curti's Writings, 1930-1983
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Box
7
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Arthur A. Ekirch Festschrift, 1982
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7
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Book Reviews, circa 1930-1972
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Box
7
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Articles, 1932-1984
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Box
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Articles, 1926-1984
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Series: International Travel and Teaching
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Box
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India, 1946-1949, 1988
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Box
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Lectures for India, 1946-1947, 1975
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Box
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Passport Problems et al., 1949-1981
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Box
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Merle Curti Lectures, 1976-1986
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Brazil, 1968-1970
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Advisory Graduate Program in American Civilization, Brandeis, 1973-1975
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Students, 1986-1993
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Trempealeau Study, 1988-1993
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Wingspread, 1978 December 1-3
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Ford Grant, 1956-1963
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Series: Speeches
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“Foreign Images of the United States,” Honors Day address, Oberlin College, 1950 May 4
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“A New Golden Age for Social Studies at Wisconsin,” Dedicating new Wisconsin Center, circa 1951
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“Our Golden Age,” 75th anniversary dinner, First Unitarian Society, 1954 May 14
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“Reflections on the Historical Progress Over a Half-Century”, not delivered but prepared for the Organization of American Historians Detroit session, 1981 April 1-4
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Address at State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1985 April 4
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Box
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Comments on Papers at Ethnic History Session, Organization of American Historians, 1985 April 9
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Box
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“Oneida's Choice of Values” Symposium at Woodrow Wilson Center, 1984 May 24
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Box
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Rider Address, undated
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Box
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“Human Nature & National Character,” Rider College, undated
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“On Human Nature and the National Character,” undated
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Box
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Wyllie Memorial, 1974
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Box
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Lecture on the 100th Birthday of the History Department: William F. Allen, 1968
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Series: Financial
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Box
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Susan C. Nelson, Firstar Bank, 1994-1995
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Box
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University of Wisconsin Foundation Life Interest - Renunciation, 1993 April 12
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Gifts - Educational, family, 1979-1993
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Royalties, 1970-1981
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Lippincott Social Record, 1969-1976
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Jovanovich, Hilton, Robert Clark, Harcourt Brace and World, 1968-1975
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Publishers, 1935-1985
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