Dell Upton papers, 1973-1999.

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Dell Upton papers, 1973-1999.

The papers, a part of the 20th Century Collections, are arranged in four subseries: Churches, Houses, Assorted, and Notebooks. The Churches subseries is arranged by topic, with the majority of the information pertaining to church buildings in Virginia. Those are listed alphabetically by location. The Houses subseries is also arranged alphabetically by location. Assorted contains a variety of information, arranged by topic. Upton's notes can be found in the Notebooks series, arranged by size and chronologically.

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