Papers, 1913-1946.

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Papers, 1913-1946.

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Correspondence, clippings, programs, reports, and memoranda concerning the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and her governmental career, including correspondence with the Civil Service Commission, 1936-1941, and with Sveinbjorn Johnson, State Director for the Office of Government Reports in Illinois, 1940-1941.

ca. .3 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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