Student notes for courses in economics, English, and history, 1948-1951.

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Student notes for courses in economics, English, and history, 1948-1951.

These notebooks document the studies of Wilcomb E. Washburn while a graduate student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. They include lecture and reading notes relating to courses in economics, English, history, and philosophy.

10 v. in 3 containers.

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