Papers of Tom Foerster, 1948-1999.

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Papers of Tom Foerster, 1948-1999.

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This collection of Tom Foerster's papers contains correspondence, reports, photographs, and published booklets relating to Allegheny County surveys and projects, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection also contains newspaper clippings about various elections in which Foerster participated and projects on which he worked while in office.

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