Arthur S. Aiton papers, 1922-1959.

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Arthur S. Aiton papers, 1922-1959.

Correspondence concerning his professional and personal activities, including his association with the Office of Strategic Services in World War II; also class outlines, bibliographies, term papers, and examinations; minutes, 1937-1942, of the Senate Advisory Committee [fragmentary]; and manuscripts of books and articles, notes and transcribed documents relating to colonial Latin America. Correspondents include: Walter Barnes, Arthur C. Bining, Herbert E. Bolton, Woodrow W. Borah, Gray C. Boyce, Nels A. N. Cleven, Mortimer E. Cooley, William J. Donovan, Lewis U. Hanke, Clarence H. Haring, Joseph R. Hayden, James F. King, John B. Martin, Roger B. Merriman, Allan Nevins, Charles E. Nowell, John H. Parry, Herbert I. Priestley, James F. Rippy, James A. Robertson, Rev. William E. Shiels, Robert A. Taft, Henry R. Wagner, Arthur P. Whitaker, Alva C. Wilgus, Irene Wright, and Silvio A. Zavala.

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King, James Ferguson, 1913-1983

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Donovan, William Joseph, 1883-1959

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Hanke, Lewis.

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Robertson, James Alexander, 1873-1939

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Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953

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Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957

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Aiton, Arthur Scott, 1894-1955

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Nowell, Charles E.

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Wilgus, A. Curtis (Alva Curtis), 1897-1981

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University of Michigan. Senate.

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Zavala, Silvio Arturo, 1909-....

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Parry, J.H. (John Horace), 1914-1982

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