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Papers, 1894-1971 (inclusive).

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Series I, Personal, includes photographs of family and friends, information about family history, some medical and financial records, and letters from co-workers in the YWCA, ALES, and the workers' education movement here and abroad. The letters from friends demonstrate the close personal ties that developed among the women involved in the YWCA and labor education movement. Series II, Professional, provides information about Coit's early career in the YWCA, includes tributes from colleagues worldwide at the time of her retirement from ALES (1962), and documents Coit's post-retirement activities.

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