Transcript of oral history, 1986.

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Transcript of oral history, 1986.

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Interview of Susan Morse Hilles, art collector and philanthropist, by Jane S. Knowles, Radcliffe College Archivist, 1986. Hilles was the wife of Frederick Whiley Hilles, a professor of English who served with U.S. intelligence during World War II. Sponsored by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College.

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