Contents
Collection Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Search Terms
Guide: Biographical material; Correspondence
1963-1968
Correspondence; Calendar and Nomination Papers
1969-1970
Press Releases A-M
1964-1970, n.d.
Press Releases M-Z; Speeches A-F
1953-1970, n.d.
Speeches G-L
1961-1970, n.d.
Speeches M-Z
1957-1973, n.d
Speeches (typescripts)
1961-1970, n.d.
Radio Talks (typescripts)
1964-1970
Conference on Education- Medicaid
1965-1969, n.d.
Tapes and Films
1965-1970, n.d.
Videotapes
1964-1970, n.d.
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Printed Materials
Donahue Courtesy File, List of Supporters and Index to Press Releases
Awards, Memberships, Memorabilia
1953-1970, n.d.
Awards, Memorabilia
1950-1970, n.d.
Scrapbook
1959
Scrapbook
1959 Nov. 4-1960 Mar. 25
Scrapbook
1959 Jan. 15-1959 July 11
Scrapbook
1960 Mar. 23-1961 June 8
Scrapbook
1961 May 8-1962 Aug. 23
Scrapbook
1962 Aug. 23-1964 Mar. 4
Scrapbook
1964 Mar. 4-1964 Apr. 22
Scrapbook
1964 Apr. 22-1964 July 2
Scrapbook
1964 July 3-1964 Nov. 30
Scrapbook
1964 Dec. 1-1965 Jan. 31
Scrapbook
1965 Jan. 31-1965 Mar. 6
Scrapbook
1965 Mar. 6-1965 Apr. 15
Scrapbook
1965 Apr. 15-1965 May 28
Scrapbook
1965 May 28-1965 July 7
Scrapbook
1965 July 7-1965 Aug. 27
Scrapbook
1965 Aug. 27-1965 Oct. 18
Scrapbook
1965 Oct. 19-1965 Dec. 22
Scrapbook
1965 Dec. 23-1966 Feb. 8
Scrapbook
1966 Feb. 8-1966 May 30
Scrapbook
1966 Apr. 7-1966 May 30
Scrapbook
1966 May 31-1966 July 17
Scrapbook
1966 July 18-1966 Sept. 15
Scrapbook
1966 Sept. 15-1966 Dec. 30
Scrapbook
1967 Jan. 10-1967 Dec. 26
Scrapbook
1967 Jan. 2-1967 Sept. 15
Scrapbook
1967 Sept. 16 -1967 Nov. 11
Scrapbook
1967 Nov. 7-1967 Dec. 22
Scrapbook
1967 Dec. 27-1968 Feb. 22
Scrapbook
1968 Feb. 16-1968 Mar. 25
Scrapbook
1968 Apr. 1-1968 May 28
Scrapbook
1968 July 1-1968 July 30
Scrapbook
1968 July-1968 Aug.
Scrapbook
1968 Aug.
Scrapbook
1968 Aug. 27-1968 Oct. 31
Scrapbook
1968 Nov. 1-1968 Dec. 31
Scrapbook
1969 Jan. 1-1969 Jan. 31
Scrapbook
1969 Feb. 1-1969 Mar. 31
Scrapbook
1969 Apr. 1-1969 Apr. 30
Scrapbook
1969 May 1-1969 May 30
Scrapbook
1969 June 1-1969 June 30
Scrapbook
1969 July 1-1969 Aug. 6
Scrapbook
1969 Aug. 7-1969 Sept. 30
Scrapbook
1969 Oct. 1-1969 Nov. 30
Scrapbook
1969 Dec. 1-1969 Jan. 28
Scrapbook
1970 Jan. 27-1970 Feb. 27
Scrapbook
1970 Mar.
Scrapbook
1970 Apr.
Scrapbook
1970 May
Scrapbook
1970 June 1-1970 June 14
Scrapbook
1970 June 14-1970 June 28
Scrapbook
1970 July 1-1970 July 17
Scrapbook
1970 July 17-1970 Aug. 2
Scrapbook
1970 Aug.
Scrapbook
1970 Sept. 1-1970 Oct. 1
Scrapbook
1970 Oct. 1-1971 Jan. 14
Scrapbook (Bellotti)
1969 July 11-1970 July 8
Scrapbook (O'Donnell)
1969 June 19-1970 July 9
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 June 18-1969 July 3
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 July 3-1969 July 30
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 July 30-1969 Aug. 31
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 Nov. 1-1969 Dec. 6
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 Dec. 6-1970 Jan. 12
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Jan. 12-1970 Feb. 5
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Feb.
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Mar. 1-1970 Mar. 21
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Mar. 21-1970 Apr. 12
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Apr. 13-1970 Apr. 29
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Apr. 30
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 May 16-1970 June 4
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 June 4-1970 June 24
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 June 25-1970 June 30
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 June 30-1970 July 11
Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Oct.-1970 Nov.
Scrapbook (White)
1969 June 18-1969 Sept. 17
Scrapbook (White)
1969 Sept. 17-1969 Nov. 30
Scrapbook (White)
1969 Dec. 1-1970 Jan. 16
Scrapbook (White)
1970 Jan. 16-1970 Mar. 8
Scrapbook (White)
1970 Mar. 12-1970 May 6
Scrapbook (White)
1970 May 7-1970 June 12
Scrapbook (White)
1970 June 13-1970 July
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Maurice A. Donahue Papers, 1960-1971
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by SCUA staff.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
2003
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Creator:
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Donahue, Maurice A. |
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Title:
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Maurice A. Donahue Papers |
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Dates:
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1960-1971 |
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Abstract:
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Massachusetts State Representative, Massachusetts State Senator, Senate Majority Leader, Senate President, and Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts. Papers include scrapbooks of clippings, correspondence, speeches, press releases, photographs, and memorabilia. |
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Extent:
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19 boxes, 89 volumes (scrapbooks)(29 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English. |
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Identification:
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MS 311 |
Gift of Maurice Donahue, July 1974.
Processed by SCUA staff.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: Maurice A. Donahue Papers (MS 311). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The collection is open for research.
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Maurice A. Donahue was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1948 as part of its first Democratic majority. In 1950, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, became Senate Majority Leader in 1958, and in 1964, became Senate President, a position he held until 1971 when he took the position of Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts. Legislation he sponsored while in the Senate established the Willis-Harrington Commission on Education, the University of Massachusetts Boston campus and Medical School, state scholarships for needy students, commissions to improve vocational education, study problems of urban school systems, and extend educational facilities in Massachusetts.
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The papers reveal Donahue's shaping of his political career, his leadership of the Massachusetts Democratic party organization, and his interactions with and affect on state events and government in the 1960s. The papers include 80 scrapbooks of clippings, most relating to Donahue's Presidency of the Massachusetts Senate 1964-1970 with some dating from 1960; cards on courtesy actions for constituents; appointment calendars 1964-1971; correspondence 1964-1970; tapes of radio talks; typescript texts and recordings of speeches; films; photographs of Donahue and other Massachusetts leaders; press releases; awards, citations, plaques, memorabilia; a charcoal sketch of Donahue; and a billboard-sized poster.
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Guide: Biographical material; Correspondence
1963-1968
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Correspondence; Calendar and Nomination Papers
1969-1970
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Press Releases A-M
1964-1970, n.d.
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Press Releases M-Z; Speeches A-F
1953-1970, n.d.
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Speeches G-L
1961-1970, n.d.
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Speeches M-Z
1957-1973, n.d
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Speeches (typescripts)
1961-1970, n.d.
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Radio Talks (typescripts)
1964-1970
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Conference on Education- Medicaid
1965-1969, n.d.
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Tapes and Films
1965-1970, n.d.
See Appendices B and C for item lists.
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Videotapes
1964-1970, n.d.
See Appendix C for item list.
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Donahue Courtesy File, List of Supporters and Index to Press Releases
See Appendix A.
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Awards, Memberships, Memorabilia
1953-1970, n.d.
See Appendices D for item list.
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Awards, Memorabilia
1950-1970, n.d.
See Appendix E for item list.
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Scrapbook
1959 Nov. 4-1960 Mar. 25
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Scrapbook
1959 Jan. 15-1959 July 11
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Scrapbook
1960 Mar. 23-1961 June 8
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Scrapbook
1961 May 8-1962 Aug. 23
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Scrapbook
1962 Aug. 23-1964 Mar. 4
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Scrapbook
1964 Mar. 4-1964 Apr. 22
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Scrapbook
1964 Apr. 22-1964 July 2
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Scrapbook
1964 July 3-1964 Nov. 30
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Scrapbook
1964 Dec. 1-1965 Jan. 31
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Scrapbook
1965 Jan. 31-1965 Mar. 6
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Scrapbook
1965 Mar. 6-1965 Apr. 15
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Scrapbook
1965 Apr. 15-1965 May 28
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Scrapbook
1965 May 28-1965 July 7
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Scrapbook
1965 July 7-1965 Aug. 27
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Scrapbook
1965 Aug. 27-1965 Oct. 18
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Scrapbook
1965 Oct. 19-1965 Dec. 22
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Scrapbook
1965 Dec. 23-1966 Feb. 8
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Scrapbook
1966 Feb. 8-1966 May 30
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Scrapbook
1966 Apr. 7-1966 May 30
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Scrapbook
1966 May 31-1966 July 17
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Scrapbook
1966 July 18-1966 Sept. 15
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Scrapbook
1966 Sept. 15-1966 Dec. 30
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Scrapbook
1967 Jan. 10-1967 Dec. 26
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Scrapbook
1967 Jan. 2-1967 Sept. 15
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Scrapbook
1967 Sept. 16 -1967 Nov. 11
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Scrapbook
1967 Nov. 7-1967 Dec. 22
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Scrapbook
1967 Dec. 27-1968 Feb. 22
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Scrapbook
1968 Feb. 16-1968 Mar. 25
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Box
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Scrapbook
1968 Apr. 1-1968 May 28
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Box
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Scrapbook
1968 July 1-1968 July 30
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Box
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Scrapbook
1968 July-1968 Aug.
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Box
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Scrapbook
1968 Aug.
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Scrapbook
1968 Aug. 27-1968 Oct. 31
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Box
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Scrapbook
1968 Nov. 1-1968 Dec. 31
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Scrapbook
1969 Jan. 1-1969 Jan. 31
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 Feb. 1-1969 Mar. 31
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 Apr. 1-1969 Apr. 30
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 May 1-1969 May 30
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 June 1-1969 June 30
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 July 1-1969 Aug. 6
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 Aug. 7-1969 Sept. 30
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Box
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Scrapbook
1969 Oct. 1-1969 Nov. 30
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Scrapbook
1969 Dec. 1-1969 Jan. 28
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 Jan. 27-1970 Feb. 27
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 Mar.
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 Apr.
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 May
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 June 1-1970 June 14
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 June 14-1970 June 28
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 July 1-1970 July 17
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 July 17-1970 Aug. 2
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 Aug.
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 Sept. 1-1970 Oct. 1
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Box
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Scrapbook
1970 Oct. 1-1971 Jan. 14
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Scrapbook (Bellotti)
1969 July 11-1970 July 8
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Box
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Scrapbook (O'Donnell)
1969 June 19-1970 July 9
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 June 18-1969 July 3
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Box
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 July 3-1969 July 30
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Box
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 July 30-1969 Aug. 31
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 Nov. 1-1969 Dec. 6
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1969 Dec. 6-1970 Jan. 12
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Box
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Jan. 12-1970 Feb. 5
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Feb.
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Mar. 1-1970 Mar. 21
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Mar. 21-1970 Apr. 12
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Apr. 13-1970 Apr. 29
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Apr. 30
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 May 16-1970 June 4
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 June 4-1970 June 24
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Box
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 June 25-1970 June 30
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 June 30-1970 July 11
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Box
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Scrapbook (Sargent)
1970 Oct.-1970 Nov.
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Scrapbook (White)
1969 June 18-1969 Sept. 17
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Box
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Scrapbook (White)
1969 Sept. 17-1969 Nov. 30
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Box
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Scrapbook (White)
1969 Dec. 1-1970 Jan. 16
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Box
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Scrapbook (White)
1970 Jan. 16-1970 Mar. 8
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Box
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Scrapbook (White)
1970 Mar. 12-1970 May 6
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Box
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Scrapbook (White)
1970 May 7-1970 June 12
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Box
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Scrapbook (White)
1970 June 13-1970 July
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