Papers, 1864-1947.

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Papers, 1864-1947.

Correspondence, writings, printed materials, photographs, legal papers, clippings, and miscellaneous items document Kaine's work chiefly at the Tuskegee Institute but also her service on the board of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and the State Board of Control and her employment as a public school teacher in Springfield, Ill. Letters and photographs depict Kaine's travels during the 1880s to New England, particularly Dixfield, Maine, and to her ancestral home in Nelson County, Ca. Letters to Kaine from her brother during the 1940s detail life in Milwaukee during World War II.

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