Exhibition records, 1909-[ongoing].

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Exhibition records, 1909-[ongoing].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28322325

Includes scrapbooks of mounted labels, loose labels, printed catalogues, and exhibitions working papers, primarily from the period after 1920.

13 cubic ft. (1 box, 9 cartons, and 104 volumes)

Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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