Parker (Edith H.) Papers 1922-1984

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Parker (Edith H.) Papers 1922-1984

The Edith H. Parker Papers,1922-1984, contain personal, professional, and political correspondence, literaryproductions, education and employment records, photographs, other pictorialmaterial, and a map.

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