Ann Charters Papers. 1966-1982.

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Ann Charters Papers. 1966-1982.

Ann Charters was born 10 November 1936, in Bridgeport, CT, the daughter of Nathan (a contractor) and Kate (Schultz) Danberg. She attended the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1957) and Columbia University (M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1965).

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