Margaret C. Berry Papers 1883-1993

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Margaret C. Berry Papers 1883-1993

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Articles, clippings, reports,studies, correspondence, student materials, printed materials, manuscripts, andphotographs comprise the Margaret C. Berry Papers, 1883-1998, which document manyfacets of life at the University of Texas at Austin written, collected, and used byBerry during her career as an University administrator and unofficial historian ofUT

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