Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1940-1951.

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Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1940-1951.

Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser from Charles W. David, Director of Libraries, and Sculley Bradley, for the library, Univ. of Penn.

9 items (12 leaves).

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