Oral history interview with Helen Henton, Nov.-Dec. 1978.

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Oral history interview with Helen Henton, Nov.-Dec. 1978.

Henton discusses her family and childhood in Manchester, Iowa, her husband Robert B. Henton and his family, her experiences as a student at Hamline University and the University of Minnesota Law School, practicing law in Franklin, Minn. and working for Legal Aid in St. Paul.

Sound recordings : 11 sound cassettes (60 min. each)Transcript : 102 p. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7679771

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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University of Minnesota. Law School.

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