Papers, 1850s-1992 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1850s-1992 (inclusive).

Collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, and published and unpublished writings of Anna Seward Pruitt; correspondence, diaries, notebooks, published and unpublished writings of Ida Pruitt, social work case notes, speeches, minutes and correspondence from Indusco; writings of Rewi Alley; and photographs of family, friends, and life in China.

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Lewis, Roger C.

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Bodde, Derk, 1909-2003

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Jameson, Rosemary

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Cannon, Ida M. (Ida Maud), 1877-

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Gollobin, Ira, 1911-

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Buckle, Douglas.

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Herman, Theodore, 1913-

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