Summary Information
Ralph Ginzburg Papers
1848-1964
- Ginzburg, Ralph, 1929-2006
Mss 862; PH Mss 862
9.0 cubic feet (23 archives boxes), 40 photographs, 5
negatives, 2 pieces of ephemera, and 1 lithograph
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1873-1915, of Ginzburg, an author, journalist, and publisher, solely
consisting of material related to research on Anthony Comstock and the New York Society for
the Suppression of Vice. It contains research notes; copies of material gathered for
research, such as newspaper articles, arrest blotters, and bibliographies; and some original
materials, including correspondence, interview transcripts, and photographs. Comstock
(1844-1915) was an anti-vice reformer and the main proponent of the 1873 federal laws,
commonly known as the Comstock Laws, which ban obscene publications from the mails. Included
in the collection are many original files of Theodore Schroeder, a civil liberties lawyer, a
founder of the Free Speech League, and defender of many people prosecuted under the Comstock
laws. The collection also contains the arrest journal, 1940-1942, of Harry Kahan, an agent
for the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. This collection documents the work and
procedures of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice and later anti-vice
societies; the personality and background of Anthony Comstock; and the effect anti-obscenity
laws had on those prosecuted, those doing the prosecuting, and society at large. There is
also some information on John Sumner, who followed Comstock as director of the New York
Society for the Suppression of Vice. Prominent correspondents and persons documented in the
collection include De Robigne M. Bennett, Ida Craddock, Edward Foote, Emma Goldman, Moses
Harman, Ezra Heywood, Ben Reitman, Margaret and William Sanger, George Bernard Shaw, Upton
Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and activists in the Free Thought movement. The papers also
document Comstock's efforts to suppress abortion, contraceptives, gambling, and many works
of art, literature, and theater.
English
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Biography/History
Ralph Ginzburg was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 28, 1929. He received his B.A. in
journalism from the City College of New York and pursued graduate studies in American
literature at Brooklyn College. He served in the United States Army from 1950 to 1951,
during which time he worked for the Public Information Office.
During the 1950s Ginzburg had many different jobs in the field of journalism including:
copyboy, reporter, and rewriteman for the New York Daily
Compass and the Washington Times-Herald;
circulation-promotion chief for Look; editor for Esquire; and freelance writer for Reader's
Digest, Collier's, and Saturday Evening Post.
In the 1960s Ginzburg began working as an independent publisher of several periodicals,
including Eros, Fact, Avant-Garde, Moneysworth, American Business, and Better
Living. He is perhaps most famous for the controversy surrounding Eros, an
expensive, hardcover publication which billed itself as a “quarterly devoted to the
subjects of Love and Sex” for the “American intellectual community.” The
first issue was published in 1962, and only four issues appeared before Ginzburg was forced
to stop publishing due to charges brought against him under various anti-obscenity laws. His
case made its way to the United States Supreme Court, and it is considered one of the
Court's landmark decisions on First Amendment Rights. On March 21, 1966 the Supreme Court
upheld Ginzburg's conviction on obscenity charges for sending three publications through the
mail. These three publications were Eros, The Housewife's Handbook of Selective Promiscuity, and Liaison, a biweekly newsletter. In their opinions, several
justices stated that Ginzburg was convicted not only because of the content of his
publications, but because of the way those publications were produced, sold, and publicized
by appealing to people's “prurient interests.” Ginzburg received a three-year
sentence, which he began serving in 1972. He was released on parole eight months later.
Besides working in the newspaper and magazine industries, Ginzburg wrote several
books. These include An Unhurried View of Erotica, 1958;
100 Years of Lynching, 1962; Eros on Trial: A Portfolio of the Most Beautiful Art from Eros, 1966; Castrated: My Eight Months in Prison, 1973; and I Shot New York, 1999.
In later years Ginzburg worked as a photojournalist. In the middle 1980s he did freelance
work for several New York newspapers and national and foreign magazines, including Time, Newsweek, and People. He also worked as a staff photographer for the New York Post. During the 1990s his photography focused on
birds.
In the 1950s Ginzburg began writing a book on Anthony Comstock which was never completed.
Comstock, born in 1844, was a reformer based in New York. He was the main proponent of the
1873 federal laws, commonly known as the Comstock Laws, which ban obscene publications from
the mails. The federal laws also inspired similar state laws in 22 states. The laws
originally were aimed not only at pornography, but at literature, abortion and sex education
information, and gambling. After passage of the laws, Comstock served as an unpaid postal
inspector and was a founder and secretary of the private New York Society for the
Suppression of Vice. In these roles he and the agents employed by the Society raided homes
and businesses, confiscated and destroyed tons of material, and sent hundreds of people to
jail. The people prosecuted included publishers, authors, gamblers, and abortion providers.
Comstock also travelled to other states to help organize anti-vice societies. When Comstock
died in 1915, John Sumner took over as secretary of the Society. In 1947 the name of the
Society was changed to the Society to Maintain Public Decency. It folded in the
mid-1950s.
Comstock and the Society generated a great deal of opposition. This opposition became
especially fierce when Comstock began targeting art and literature. Many of these opponents
were in the radical Free Thought movement, which tended to advocate atheism, secularism,
free love, women's rights, and labor rights. Comstock tried to prosecute many Free Thought
activists, including D.M. Bennett, Moses Harman, Ezra Heywood, and Emma Goldman. Several of
these activists hired Theodore Schroeder to represent them. Schroeder was a lawyer and
author who promoted freedom of expression. He was also a founder and attorney for the Free
Speech League, an organization whose work included speaking on behalf of free speech issues
and funding appeals in free speech cases.
Ralph Ginzburg died in New York on July 6, 2006.
Scope and Content Note
The Ralph Ginzburg Papers, 1848-1964, consist of three series: THEODORE SCHROEDER FILES,
WRITINGS, and RESEARCH FILES. The bulk of the collection consists of material Ginzburg
collected while researching a never published book on Anthony Comstock, an anti-vice
crusader. Much of the material consists of copies, not original source material. Ginzburg
collected the copies and the original material from a variety of sources. It is often not
noted where items came from, but it is likely that Ginzburg was the first researcher to have
access to much of the original material. The bulk of the material dates from 1873 to 1915,
and documents the activities and cases of people brought to trial under the federal
anti-obscenity laws (”Comstock laws”) of 1873.
The THEODORE SCHROEDER FILES were originally collected by Schroeder, a civil liberties
lawyer and a founder of the Free Speech League. It appears that Arnold Maddaloni, a friend
of Schroeder's, gave this material to Ginzburg. The series consists of correspondence,
photographs, newspaper clippings, and near-print material about and by people and
publications in which Schroeder was interested. The vast majority of these people were
brought to court under anti-obscenity laws, but there are also files for people who merely
wanted Schroeder's advice on how to avoid prosecution, and on people who were active in the
anti-obscenity movement. These files document well the effect that arrest under obscenity
charges had on people, especially the harassment they received from their neighbors and the
press. They also discuss the manner in which anti-vice workers dealt with suspected
violators of the law and their families. The series also provides researchers with an idea
of the wide variety of publications and other works targeted by anti-vice societies. Several
of the folders contain examples or excerpts of these works. The activities of and
communication between members of the turn-of-the-century radical movement, including Emma
Goldman, Moses Harman, Ezra Heywood, and Margaret and William Sanger, are also well
documented in this series.
The series is arranged alphabetically by name of person or publication. A few folders
contain information on two or more people. In these instances, all the material is filed
under the person whose name comes first alphabetically, although all parties are listed in
the folder title. Several folders at the end of the series contain information on
miscellaneous and unidentified cases, and one folder appears to be a draft of an article or
speech by Schroeder in which he denounces the Comstock Laws.
The WRITINGS series contains very early drafts of Ginzburg's never-published book on
Anthony Comstock. There are drafts for the first three chapters of the book and several
unidentified pages. In the drafts, Ginzburg mainly discusses early convictions under the
Comstock Laws, and Comstock's personality and psychology.
The RESEARCH FILES contain material Ginzburg collected for background information when
researching his book. It includes his correspondence, original and photocopied articles from
newspapers and magazines, citations, Ginzburg's notes, photographs, copies of portions of
the arrest blotters of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and partial
transcripts of interviews Ginzburg conducted. Many of the citations are handwritten on note
cards. Most of these probably were created by Theodore Schroeder. The folders listed under
“Targets of Comstock laws” complement the THEODORE SCHROEDER FILES, as the two
series contain information on many of the same people and events.
Some of the most valuable material in the series is the interview transcripts and
correspondence scattered throughout the files. These often document the feelings and
attitudes of people who worked for or were active in the New York Society for the
Suppression of Vice. They also contain the views and reflections of relatives of Society
employees that document how the Society affected their lives. Interviewees and
correspondents often comment on how their views have changed since the days when they worked
for the Society.
Of special note in this series is the material related to Harry Kahan, an agent for the
Society. These folders contain Kahan's arrest journals for the years 1940 through 1942. In
these journals he meticulously recorded the time, date, and place of every arrest, and
biographical information about the person arrested. This journal also documents the way
Society agents performed their daily work because Kahan often recorded his activities before
and after each arrest.
Related Material
Researchers may also want to consult the Truth Seeker, a
free thought newspaper which also reported on many of these cases, available on microfilm in
the State Historical Society's library.
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin holds two collections closely related to this
one: the Theodore Schroeder Papers, which document Schroeder's Utah law practice and his
research on Mormonism; and the John Sumner Papers, which contain correspondence, reports,
diaries, writings and other material related to his work with the New York Society for the
Suppression of Vice.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Ralph Ginzburg, New York, New York, 1995. Accession Number: M95-004
Processed by Susan D'Entremont, 1996.
Contents List
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Mss 862
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Series: Theodore Schroeder Files
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Adams, Govan and Larkin, 1901
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Allen, Charles, 1895
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Allen, O.P., 1901
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Allison, Van Kleek, 1916-1917, undated
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Appeal to Reason,
1911-1913
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Barnes, C.M., 1913
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Bauer, George, 1910-1911, undated
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PH Mss 862
Oversize Folder
1
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Color lithograph, circa 1910-1920
: “Montjuich: La Vision Ultime” / by F. Fagrista; annotations on reverse: “Schroeder files, Bauer, George.”
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Mss 862
Box
1
Folder
8
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Bates, George, 1909
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Baylinson, A.S., 1923
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Box
1
Folder
10-11
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Bennett, De Robigne M., 1876-1882, undated
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Berrier, LeRoy, 1895-1906, undated
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Besant, Anne and Charles Bradlaugh, 1878,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Billman, Irwin, 1910
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Birth Control League, 1912-1922, undated
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Brainard, Clinton, 1919-1920
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Brainerd, Cephas, 1901
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Bruno, Giordano, 1916, undated
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Caldwell, J.B., 1891-1913
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Campbell, E.J., 1911
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Chicago Vice Commission, 1911-1913
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Clapp, Clinton W., 1892-1913, undated
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Clark, Samuel and C.H. Crockard, 1913-1916
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Box
1
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24
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Clark, William Lloyd, 1899-1917, undated
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Cleary, William, 1920, undated
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Box
1
Folder
26
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Clifford, J.R., 1899-1913, undated
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Colgate, Samuel, 1887-1919, undated
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Conroy, Charles, 1884-1886, undated
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Coomer, Hobart, 1913-1914, undated
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Craddock, Ida, 1893-1913, undated
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Davis, Richard, 1909-1913
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Box
2
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4
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Dennett, Mary Ware, 1918-1929
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Dingwall, Adam, 1930
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Dyer, C.M., 1907, undated
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Elliot, G. Alfred, 1910-1913
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Eureka Productions, undated
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Farmer, C.E., 1913, undated
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Fay, John, 1911
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Fellerman, Maurice, undated
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Box
2
Folder
12
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The Firebrand,
1897-1898
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Flower, B.O., 1905
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Foote, Edward B., 1878-1911, undated
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Fox, Jay, 1912
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Box
2
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16
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Frazer, Dr. John F., 1913, undated
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Box
2
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17
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Gautereaux, Standley, 1905-1949, undated
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Box
2
Folder
18-21
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Glasgow, J. Wesley, 1893-1914
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Gordon, Robert, 1910
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Hanisch, ?, 1919
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Harman, Moses
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Box
3
Folder
3-5
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General, 1888-1907, undated
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PH Mss 862
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Photograph, 1906
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Mss 862
Box
3
Folder
6
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Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1894-1896, undated
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Hawley, Joseph, 1893
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Box
3
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8
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Hearst's Magazine,
1916
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Henderson, William C., 1898, undated
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Henning, E.J., 1911-1918
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Box
3
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11
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Henry, E.C., 1906
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Box
3
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12
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Heywood, Ezra, 1877-1883
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Box
3
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13
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Holman, Thomas, 1854-1888
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Box
3
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14
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Holmes, J.R., 1912
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Box
3
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15
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Holz, Robert A., 1911
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Box
3
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16
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House of Gowrie Publishers, 1909-1911,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
17
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Hubbard, Elbert, 1908-1913
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Box
3
Folder
18
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Hull, Elvira and Moses, 1874-1877
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Box
3
Folder
19
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Hurt, Walter, 1899-1913, undated
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Box
3
Folder
20
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Jack, George N., 1909-1913
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Box
3
Folder
21
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Jenkins, Arthur, 1908-1913, undated
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Box
3
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22
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Kennerley, Mitchell, 1913-1918
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Box
3
Folder
23
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Kerekes Brothers, 1920-1926, undated
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Box
3
Folder
24
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Kime, John W., undated
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Box
3
Folder
25
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King, J. Campbell, 1909-1913, undated
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Box
3
Folder
26
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Knoedler, Edward L., 1887, undated
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Box
3
Folder
27
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Knowles, Freeman, 1908-1909, undated
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Box
3
Folder
28
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Konda, Martin, 1907-1908
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Box
3
Folder
29
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Labadie Collection, University of Michigan,
1944-1948
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Box
3
Folder
30
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Landis, Simon, 1913
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Box
3
Folder
31
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Larkin, James, 1901-1902, undated
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Box
3
Folder
32
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Lawton, Robert M., 1897
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Box
3
Folder
33
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Lebenstein, Joseph, 1915
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Box
3
Folder
34
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Leverson, Montague, 1905
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Box
3
Folder
35
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Lewis, Denslow, 1906-1907
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Box
3
Folder
36
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Liber, B., 1918
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Box
3
Folder
37
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Lippincott, Oliver, 1911, undated
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Box
3
Folder
38
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Livesey, Francis B., 1898
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Box
4
Folder
1
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MacFadden, Bernarr, 1907-1909
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Malchow, C.W., 1922
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Martin Tudordale Corporation, 1952
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Box
4
Folder
4
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The Menace, 1911-1915,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
5
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The Mirror,
1909-1912
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Mlynarcyk, Father A., 1912-1914, undated
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Moens, Herman M. Bernelot, 1918-1919
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Moore, Charles C., 1895-1907, undated
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Muller, August, 1884
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Oakford, C.R.D.S., 1911, undated
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Box
4
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11
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Parke, J. Richardson, 1909-1911
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Box
4
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12
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Partridge, Horace, 1886
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Polish People's Publishing Company,
1910-1911
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Pratt, Charles S., 1911
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Rapier, John L., undated
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Box
4
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16
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Rebhuhn, Ben, 1937-1940, undated
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Reitman, Ben, 1916-1918, undated
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Box
4
Folder
18
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Richardson, Delmar D., 1906-1911
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Richmond Evening Journal,
1912
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Richmond, George, 1897
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Box
4
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21
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Robinson, Mary, 1884, undated
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Box
4
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22
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Robinson, Dr. William J., 1907-1920, undated
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Box
4
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23
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Ross, Edwin James, 1916, undated
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Box
4
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24
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Ruedebusch, Emil, 1897-1898, undated
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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Sanger Margaret, William Sanger & Emma Goldman, 1914-1942,
undated
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Saunders, W.O., 1911-1916, undated
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Box
5
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4
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Scott, Temple, 1912
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Box
5
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5-6
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Shepard, Richard B., 1906
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Box
5
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7
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Shimkin, Victor, 1922
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Box
5
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8
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Shufeldt, R.W., 1907-1920
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Box
5
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9
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Slattery, Joseph, 1891
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Slenker, Elmina
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Box
5
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10
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General, 1887-1894, undated
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Photograph, undated
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Mss 862
Box
5
Folder
11
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Sturgis, Frederick, 1908
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Box
5
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12
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Spencer, S. Reid, 1909-1926
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Box
5
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13
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Stall, Sylvanus, 1906-1911
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Box
5
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14
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Steadwell, B.S., 1906-1921
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Box
5
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15
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Steffens, Lincoln, 1911, undated
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Box
5
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16
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Stillman, James W., 1911
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Box
5
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17
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Stockham, Alice B., 1906
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Box
5
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18
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Train, George Francis, 1868-1973, undated
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Box
5
Folder
19
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The Truth Seeker,
1918
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Box
5
Folder
20
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Tyomes, Finnish Socialist newspaper,
1913
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Box
5
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21
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Up the Divide,
1911
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Box
5
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22
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Vanni, Charles, 1908
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Vir Publishing Company, 1903, undated
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Waisbrooker, Lois, 1873-1896, undated
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Box
6
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3-4
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Walker, Edwin C., 1888-1913, undated
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Box
6
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5
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Wallace, Daniel H., 1917, undated
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Warren, Fred, 1909-1913, undated
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Box
6
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7
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Watson, Thomas E., 1911-1916, undated
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Box
6
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8
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Weinberger, Harry, 1925, undated
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Box
6
Folder
9
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White, C.C., 1916
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Whitman, Walt, 1882-1923
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Box
6
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11
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Wilgus, William, 1910-1912
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Box
6
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12
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Williams, E.K., 1921
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Box
6
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13
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Wilson, George E., 1892
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Box
6
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14
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Wilson, James Alexander, 1887-1894, undated
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15
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Wise, Jacob, 1894-1915, undated
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Box
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Folder
16
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Wright, Charles, circa 1906
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Miscellaneous and unidentified cases
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Box
6
Folder
17
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1887-1899
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Box
7
Folder
1-4
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1900-1952, undated
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Schroeder manuscript?, undated
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Series: Writings
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Box
7
Folder
6-9
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Draft of book on Anthony Comstock, undated
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Series: Research Files
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Anti-vice societies outside of New York
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Box
7
Folder
10-12
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General, 1868-1960, undated
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Chicago Vice Commission, 1899-1912,
undated
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Box
8
Folder
2
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New England Watch and Ward Society, 1884-1944,
undated
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Catholics, 1911-1960, undated
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Censorship legislation
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General
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Box
8
Folder
4-11
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1885-1949
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Box
9
Folder
1-4
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1950-1961, undated
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Repeal attempts, 1876-1960, undated
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Box
9
Folder
6-8
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Citations and notes, miscellaneous, 1853-1960,
undated
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Comstock, Anthony
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Articles about, 1884-1961
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Biographical information, 1910-1915,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Cases lost, 1888-1909, undated
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Death and estate, 1915-1957, undated
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Foreign influence, 1886-1957, undated
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Grand Army, Brooklyn, membership,
1887-1894
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Box
10
Folder
3-6
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Heyday, 1874-1960, undated
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Home life, 1898-1960, undated
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Injuries, 1899-1913, undated
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Last successes
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Articles, 1895-1950, undated
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Box
10
Folder
10-11
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Blotters, 1890-1923, undated
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Correspondence and notes, 1907-1915,
undated
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Box
11
Folder
2-5
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Legacy, 1950-1964, undated
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Litigation against Dr. Montague Leverson,
1896-1901
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Military records, 1863
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Ministers, relations with, 1888-1926,
undated
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Opponents
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Box
11
Folder
9
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General, 1887-1920, undated
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Box
11
Folder
10-12
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Liberals, 1868-1960, undated
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Box
11
Folder
13
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Murphy, Senator, 1887
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Liberty newspaper,
1882-1884
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PH Mss 862
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Photographs, undated
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Mss 862
Box
12
Folder
2
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Press, relations with, 1849-1960, undated
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Psychology, 1873-1959, undated
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Rebukes
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Court, 1888-1905, undated
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Press, 1888-1958, undated
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Satire of, 1888-1912, undated
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Scandals, 1873-1906, undated
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Schroeder, Theodore, correspondence with,
1906
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Writings, 1880-1914, undated
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Correspondence of Ralph Ginzburg
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Box
12
Folder
10-12
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1955-1960
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Box
13
Folder
1
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1960-1962, undated
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Foster, Judge, on Kansas prohibition laws,
1890
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Free love, 1876-1895, undated
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Graphics and illustrations, 1873-1946,
undated
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Box
13
Folder
5
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McKinley, William, pardons, 1898-1959,
undated
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|
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New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
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Box
13
Folder
6-9
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Annual reports, 1875-1948
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Box
13
Folder
10-11
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Articles on, 1857-1937, undated
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Box
13
Folder
12
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Benefactors, 1883-1960, undated
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Blotters, 1872-1906, undated
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Destruction of seized matter, 1882-1907,
undated
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Finances, 1878-1956, undated
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Notes on, undated
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Offices, 1895-1904, undated
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Police powers, undated
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Box
14
Folder
7
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President, 1877-1961, undated
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Publications, 1873-1932, undated
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Staff
|
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Box
14
Folder
9
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General, 1881-1960, undated
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Bamberger, Charles, 1909-1960, undated
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Britton, Joseph, 1886-1913, undated
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Box
14
Folder
12
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Court testimony, 1881-1885
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|
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Kahan, Harry
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Box
14
Folder
13
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1940-1942
|
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Box
15
Folder
1-2
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1942-1956
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Box
15
Folder
3
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Sullivan, Michael, 1886-1890, undated
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Box
15
Folder
4
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World War II era, 1942-1959, undated
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Post Office inspectors, 1872-1960, undated
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Purity conferences, 1906-1922, undated
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Roosevelt, Theodore and the anti-vice movement,
1884-1956
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|
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Box
15
Folder
8-9
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Schroeder, Theodore, 1906-1955, undated
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Box
16
Folder
1-4
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Societal values, 1872-1961, undated
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|
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Sumner, John
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Box
16
Folder
5-7
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General, 1914-1960, undated
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Box
16
Folder
8
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Autobiography, 1958
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Box
16
Folder
9-10
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Clean books campaign, 1919-1960, undated
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Box
16
Folder
11
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Correspondence with Ginzburg, 1955-1957
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Box
16
Folder
12
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Lawsuits, 1920-1957, undated
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|
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PH Mss 862
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Photographs, 1956, undated
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|
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Mss 862
Box
17
Folder
1
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World War I military duty, 1918, undated
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Targets of Comstock laws
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General
|
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Abortion, 1873-1900, undated
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|
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Art
|
|
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Box
17
Folder
3
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General, 1908-1957, undated
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|
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Box
17
Folder
4
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New York Evening Telegram case,
1887-1888, undated
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|
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Art dealers
|
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Box
17
Folder
5-6
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General, 1867-1955, undated
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|
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Box
17
Folder
7-8
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Knoedler and Pfeiffer, 1885-1904,
undated
|
|
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Box
17
Folder
9-10
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Burlesque, 1881-1960, undated
|
|
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Box
17
Folder
11
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Catalogs, Montgomery-Ward, 1944
|
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Box
17
Folder
12
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Comic books, undated
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Box
17
Folder
13
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Contraceptives, 1885-1960, undated
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Box
17
Folder
14
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Correspondence, private, 1904-1914
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Box
17
Folder
15
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Crime novels and magazines, 1883-1956,
undated
|
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Box
17
Folder
16
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Crime reporting, 1906-1908, undated
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Box
17
Folder
17
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Dance halls, 1911
|
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Box
17
Folder
18
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Films, 1929
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|
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Gambling
|
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Box
17
Folder
19
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Blotters, 1877-1914
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Catalog cards and citations, 1880-1955,
undated
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
2-3
|
Clippings, 1867-1959, undated
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|
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Legislation, 1888-1911, undated
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|
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Notes, undated
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|
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Box
18
Folder
6
|
Help wanted and personal ads, 1906-1929,
undated
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Homosexuals, 1916-1938, undated
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Box
18
Folder
8
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Knives, 1917
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
9
|
Matchbook covers, 1948
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
10-12
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Medical literature and physicians, 1873-1889,
undated
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
13
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Men's magazines, 1940-1946
|
|
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Novels
|
|
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Box
18
Folder
14-16
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General, 1876-1961, undated
|
|
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Box
19
Folder
1
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The Genius, 1916-1918,
undated
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|
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Hagar Revelly,
1910-1917
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Box
19
Folder
3
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Kreutzer Sonata, 1885-1961,
undated
|
|
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Lady Chatterley's Lover,
1944-1960
|
|
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Ulysses,
1921-1959
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|
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Box
19
Folder
6
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The Well of Loneliness,
1928-1934, undated
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Box
19
Folder
7
|
Periodicals, 1912-1957, undated
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|
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Postcards
|
|
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Box
19
Folder
8
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General, 1883-1913, undated
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|
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PH Mss 862
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Examples, undated
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|
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Mss 862
Box
19
Folder
9
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Posters, 1886-1915, undated
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|
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Publishers
|
|
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Box
19
Folder
10-11
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General, 1885-1960, undated
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|
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Box
19
Folder
12
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Worthington Company, 1885-1894,
undated
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|
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Box
19
Folder
13
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Sex education literature, 1905-1939,
undated
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Box
19
Folder
14
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Short stories, 1946-1960
|
|
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Stage productions
|
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Box
19
Folder
15
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1898-1919
|
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Box
20
Folder
1-2
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1920-1960, undated
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Statues, 1912-1959, undated
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|
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Box
20
Folder
4
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Toy stores, 1913-1915
|
|
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Individuals
|
|
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Bennett, De Robigne M.
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|
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Box
20
Folder
5
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Blotters, 1873-1878, undated
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|
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Box
20
Folder
6-8
|
Clippings, 1868-1957, undated
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|
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Correspondence and handbills, 1878-1886,
undated
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
10
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Court transcripts, 1878
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
11
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Notes, undated
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
12
|
Blood, James; Tennie Claflin and Victoria Woodhull,
1873-1961
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
13
|
Bruno, Guido, 1916-1919, undated
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
14
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Conroy, Charles, 1884-1885, undated
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|
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Craddock, Ida
|
|
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Box
20
Folder
15-16
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Research material, 1891-1922, undated
|
|
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PH Mss 862
|
Photographs, undated
|
|
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Mss 862
Box
21
Folder
1
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Dennett, Mary Ware, 1929-1947
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
2
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Devine, Edward, 1889
|
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Box
21
Folder
3
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Foote, Edward B., 1876-1959, undated
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|
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Box
21
Folder
4
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Gautereaux, Standley, 1905-1958
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
5
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Gitter, Fannie and Joseph Lewis,
1927-1957
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
6
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Goldman, Emma, 1916-1917, undated
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Gordon, David, 1921-1928
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Box
21
Folder
8-9
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Harman, Moses, 1886-1910, undated
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Box
21
Folder
10
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Harris, Frank, 1925-1935
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|
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Heywood, Ezra
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|
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Box
21
Folder
11
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Blotters and correspondence, 1875-1885,
undated
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
12-13
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Clippings, 1873-1958, undated
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|
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Box
21
Folder
14-15
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Court proceedings, 1878-1890
|
|
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Box
21
Folder
16
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Notes, undated
|
|
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PH Mss 862
|
Photograph, undated
|
|
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Mss 862
Box
21
Folder
17
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Krueger, Oscar, 1911-1912, undated
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|
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Box
21
Folder
18
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Lant, John, 1875-1892, undated
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Box
22
Folder
1
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Lippincott, Oliver, 1911, undated
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Box
22
Folder
2
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MacFadden, Bernarr, 1900-1956, undated
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Box
22
Folder
3
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Moore, Charles, 1899-1957, undated
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Box
22
Folder
4
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Restell, Madam (Ann Lohman), 1848-1871,
undated
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Box
22
Folder
5
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Richmond, George, 1897, undated
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Box
22
Folder
6
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Robinson, Anna and Art Students League,
1906-1915
|
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Box
22
Folder
7
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Roth, Samuel, 1928-1957, undated
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|
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Box
22
Folder
8-10
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Sanger, Margaret and William, 1895-1960,
undated
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Box
22
Folder
11
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Shaw, George Bernard, 1905-1962
|
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Box
22
Folder
12
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Simpson, William, 1871-1893, undated
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Box
22
Folder
13
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Slenker, Elmina and Lois Waisbrooker, 1884-1957,
undated
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Box
22
Folder
14
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Smith, Lum, 1877-1960, undated
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Box
22
Folder
15
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Springer, Josie, 1875-1911
|
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Box
22
Folder
16
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Stockham, Dr. Alic B., 1905, undated
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Box
22
Folder
17
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Vanni, Charles J., 1908-1915, undated
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Box
23
Folder
1
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Watson, Thomas, 1911-1954, undated
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Box
23
Folder
2
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West, Mae, 1927-1959
|
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Box
23
Folder
3
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Whitman, Walt, 1881-1960, undated
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|
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Box
23
Folder
4
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Wilson, John A., 1886-1898
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Box
23
Folder
5
|
Miscellaneous and unidentified cases, 1892-1912,
undated
|
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Box
23
Folder
6
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1886-1958,
undated
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