Papers of Wilbur Kitchener Jordan [unprocessed accessions], 1957.

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Papers of Wilbur Kitchener Jordan [unprocessed accessions], 1957.

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Accession 17729 : includes resource materials for Jordan's studies of Great Britain's early political, economic, and social institutions from 1400 to 1600. Material consists chiefly of Jordan's annotations and extracts from bibliographic sources, 1957 (4.56 cubic feet, 1 record carton, 2 document boxes, 17 index card files).

4.56 cubic feet (1 record carton, 2 document boxes, 17 index card files)

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