Papers, 1967-1976.

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Papers, 1967-1976.

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The Van Voris Papers consist of tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted with Mildred Adams Kenyon, Mary Gray Peck Koehler, Mildred Scott Olmstead, Alice Loomis Clayton, and Louisa K. Fast, some with related correspondence. Some interviews were conducted with the help of Eleanor Flexner. There are also photographs of suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt and her homes; and Van Voris's typed, unpublished manuscript Quiet Victory: The Waves in World War II with accompanying notes and correspondence.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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