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Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Texas Bluebonnet Girls State Records,
1942-2008
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Creator: |
Texas Bluebonnet Girls
State |
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Title: |
Texas Bluebonnet Girls
State Records |
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Dates: |
1942-2008 |
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Abstract: |
Publications,
photographs, scrapbooks, operating records, videocassettes and a documentary
film trace the history of Bluebonnet Girls State, a program sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary that aims to educate high-school age girls in the
rights and responsibilities of American citizenship. |
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Accession No.: |
AR 95-097; 95-172; 96-373; 97-214; 98-229;
2008-184; 2009-182 |
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Extent: |
8 feet |
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Language: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin |
Sponsored by the American Legion
Auxiliary, Department of Texas, Bluebonnet Girls State aims to educate
high-school age girls in the rights and responsibilities of American
citizenship. In annual week-long sessions, participants, or “citizens,”
organize their own city, county, and state governments, conducting elections,
introducing and debating bills in a mock legislature, and learning the duties
of government offices. Two girls are selected annually to attend Girls Nation
in Washington, D. C. Instituted by the American Legion Auxiliary in 1940, the
program was held at Baylor University in 1941 and 1942. Meetings were suspended
during World War II, but recommenced in 1946. One of the most influential
figures in Bluebonnet Girls State history was Frances Goff, who began working
with the program in 1947 and served as Director from 1952 to 1994. Connie
Bridges, a former Girls State citizen and 1974 Girls State governor, has served
as Executive Director since 1994.
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Publications, photographs, scrapbooks,
operating records, videocassettes and a documentary film trace the history of
Bluebonnet Girls State. Publications in the collection include annual Girls
State manuals, the summer Bluebonnet newsletter, counselor and staff
guidebooks, brochures, and sheet music. Black and white photographic prints
document the Bluebonnet Girls State sessions of the 1940’s and 1950’s, while
scrapbooks record participants’ activities from the late 1950’s to 2002. The
organization’s operating records consist of schedules, programs, participant
rosters, correspondence, memoranda, applications, minutes, financial reports,
invoices, and clippings. The collection also contains a set of records donated
by Connie Bridges documenting the 1974 Girls State session. Additionally, a
body of photographic material documents the annual gift shop and hospital
volunteer work of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary in Texas in the 1940’s
to 1950’s.
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Access Restrictions
Access to a portion of this collection
is restricted. Contact repository for further information.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Goff, Frances, 1916-1994. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Girls State. Texas. |
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Subjects |
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Girls -- Societies and clubs. |
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Women -- Education --
Texas. |
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Texas Bluebonnet Girls State Records,
1942-2008, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Subsequent
revisions were made by Megan Mummey, July 2009.
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Inventory |
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Girls State publications: |
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Bluebonnet Girls State Manual, published annually,
1964, 1966-1975, 1978-1979, 1981-1983, 1986-1990,
1992-1993, 1997, 1998, 2002 |
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Counselor and Staff Guidebook,
1969, 1997, 1998 |
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“Training Leaders for a Free Future: A History of
Girls State, 1937-1957” |
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“Guide for American Legion Auxiliary Girls State,”
1970, 1975 |
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Brochures,
1970, 1979, 1981, 1984 |
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Sheet music, “To the Auxiliary,” “For God and for
Country,” “Here’s to Girls State” |
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“The Bluebonnet,” newsletter |
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1967, 1979-1985 |
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1986, 1989-1990, 1996-2000,
2002-2003 |
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Operating records: Programs, correspondence, memoranda,
rosters, applications, minutes, financial reports and clippings |
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1965 |
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1966-1967 |
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1967-1968 |
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1968-1969 |
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1969-1970 |
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Clippings,
1970 |
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1970-1971 |
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1971-1972 |
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1972-1973 |
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1973-1974 |
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1974-1975 |
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1975-1976 |
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1976-1977 |
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1977-1978 |
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1978-1979 |
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Invoices, financial records,
1979 |
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1979-1980 |
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Invoices, financial records,
1980 |
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1980-1981 |
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1981-1982 |
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Girls State transportation fee,
1982 |
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Waiting list,
1982 |
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Correspondence and form letters,
1982 and undated |
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1982-1983 |
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1983-1984 |
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Program and rosters,
1984 |
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Waiting lists,
1984 |
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1984-1985 |
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1985-1986 |
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Arliss Treybig, Chairman, letters received,
1986 |
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Correspondence re. registration and waiting list,
1986 |
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Expense account forms,
1986 |
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Supplies received,
1986 |
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1986-1987 |
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Financial reports and accounts,
1986-1987 |
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1988-1989 |
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1989-1990 |
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1990-1991 |
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1994 |
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Schedule and roster,
1997 |
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Schedule and roster,
1998 |
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Legislation proposed in Girls State, 2004-2005 |
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Governor’s Proclamation, House and Senate Daily Floor
Reports,
2008 |
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Rental of Girls State film,
1979-1983 |
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Supplies ordered,
1980-1983 |
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Expense accounts,
1983-1985 |
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Blank certificates: |
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1989 |
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1991 |
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1992 |
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Collected publications: |
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Boys State Manual, The American Legion, Department of
Texas,
1977 |
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“Know Your America: Suggested Study Course in
Americanism,”
1977 |
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“The American Way: Stories… that rekindle pride in our
country,”
1975 |
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“Proudly We Hail: The Story of Our National Anthem,”
1965 |
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“Americanism Manual,” The American Legion,
undated |
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“The Key to the Constitution of the United States,”
1972 |
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“How to Display and Respect the Flag of the United
States,”
1976 |
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“American Documents of Freedom,” American Revolution
Bicentennial,
circa 1976 |
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“Bicentennial Times,” Vol. 1, No. 5,
circa 1974 |
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Photographs – Girls State sessions: |
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1942 |
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1947-1948 and undated |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952 |
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1953 |
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circa 1953-1956 |
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1957-1958 |
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1976 and circa 1960’s-1970’s |
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Ann Richards, Frances Goff, at Girls State,
1990, 1993 |
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1996 |
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Guest speaker file photographs and biographical
information,
1990-1999 |
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Connie Grusendorf Bridges, records: |
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Lloyd Bentsen internship: Photographs, letters
received (2 folders),
1974-1975 |
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Photographs, Girls State sessions,
1974, 1975 |
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Girls State, 1974: Letters received,
schedules |
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Girls State session, 1975: Letters received,
schedules, rosters, staff guide |
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Clippings,
1974 |
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Department of Defense information packet,
circa 1974-1975 |
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Girls State song lyrics,
circa 1970s |
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| 2.325/AA13c |
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The Washington Post,
July 12 and 13, 1974 |
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VHS videocassettes: |
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American Legion Mid-Winter Conference, 1993; Maryana
Iskander – Governor of Texas Girls State |
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Inauguration 1991 |
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American Legion Auxiliary, “Citizens of Tomorrow,”
Texas Bluebonnet Girls State,
1989 |
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Texas Bluebonnet Girls State, “The Fiftieth Session,”
1994 |
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Girls State,
1992 |
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Scrapbooks: |
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1959 |
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1958-1961 |
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| 2.325/F283 |
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1963-1967 |
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| 2.325/F285a |
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Federalist Party,
1965 |
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1958-1963 |
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Girls Nation, 1958; Bluebonnet Girls State,
1964-1966 |
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| 2.325/F286 |
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1968-1973 |
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| 2.325/F287 |
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1974-1977 |
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| 2.325/F288 |
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1978-1985 |
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| 2.325/F289 |
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1989 |
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1990 |
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| 2.325/F290 |
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1991 |
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| 2.325/F291a |
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1992 |
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| 2.325/F291b |
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1993 |
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| 2.325/F291c |
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1994-1996 |
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1997-1999 |
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2000 |
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2001-2002 |
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16mm film: Girls State documentary film, produced by the
American Legion Auxiliary Unit,
undated |
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Oversize material: |
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“The Bluebonnet,” Special 50th Session Edition,
June 14, 1994 |
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Photograph, session participants,
1993 |
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| 2.325/OD5 |
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Photographic collage, Girls State participants,
circa 1974 |
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| 2.325/H11 |
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American Legion Women’s Auxiliary Records: |
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Annual Gift Shop and hospital volunteer
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Veterans Administration (V.A.) Hospital, Amarillo,
1947-1955 |
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V.A. Hospital, Big Spring, Texas,
1952-1954 |
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U. S. Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi,
1951-1952 |
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V.A. Hospital, Dallas, Texas,
1948-1959 |
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Houston,
1950-1955 |
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Legion Hospital, Kerrville,
1949-1954 |
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V.A. Hospital, McKinney, Texas,
1948-1955 |
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V.A. Hospital, Marlin, Texas,
1952-1954 |
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San Antonio,
1949-1956 |
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Temple, Texas,
1948-1954 |
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Waco, Texas,
1948-1959 |
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M.D. Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research, Houston,
undated, and The Cancer Bulletin,
1950 and 1951 |
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RESTRICTED: Bank statements,
canceled checks, financial records,
1977-1986 |
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