New York State Writers' Project papers, 1942, Apr. 29 and May 5.

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New York State Writers' Project papers, 1942, Apr. 29 and May 5.

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Includes "Labor in Buffalo and Along the Frontier," by John P. Boland, 21 pp.; and "When Clemens Wrote in Buffalo, " by Olin Lyman, 6 pp. Papers are enclosed in letters, 29 Apr. and 5 May 1942, to Buffalo Historical Society Director Robert W. Bingham from Olin Lyman, Assistant State Supervisor of the New York State Writers' Project, discussing details of their publication.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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