Additional records, 1938-1973 (inclusive).

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Additional records, 1938-1973 (inclusive).

The collection consists of correspondence about the Van Waters case and among LaRue Brown as Chairman of FOF, Dorothy Kirchwey Brown, and Van Waters. There are also Executive Board minutes, publications, articles, and clippings about Van Waters, FOF, women at Framingham, and prison conditions in general.

0.63 linear ft. (1 + 1/2 file boxes)

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League of Women Voters of Massachusetts

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Dever, Paul A. (Paul Andrew), 1903-1958

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Brown, Herman LaRue, 1883-1969.

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Attorney in Boston, Assistant Attorney of the U.S.; Gen. Solicitor for U.S. Railroad Administration, 1919-1921; Special Counsel, 1921-1925; Consultant, Office of Defense Transportation, 1942; Special Ass't. to the U.S. Ambassador, London, England, 1942-1946. From the description of Papers, 1890-1969. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047251 Brown, [Herman] LaRue, lawyer and public servant. Decembe...