Jefferson R. and Lota M. Spell Papers 1844-1972 1920-1970

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Jefferson R. and Lota M. Spell Papers 1844-1972 1920-1970

Correspondence, research materials, literary manuscripts and notes, family papers, and photographs from the careers and lives of Jefferson R. Spell, Ph.D., professor of Latin American literature at The University of Texas, and his wife, Lota M. Spell, Ph.D., musician and Librarian (1922-27) of the Latin American Collection at The University of Texas

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