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    <title>Velma West Sykes papers, 1820-1975 (1963-1975)</title>
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    <namePart>Sykes, Velma West</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1892-</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, literary manuscripts, research material, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to an unpublished work by Mrs. Sykes entitled "Widowed by the Gallows, a Biography of Mrs. John Brown" concerning Mary Ann Day Brown.  Correspondents include Clarence S. Gee, Boyd B. Stutler, and descendants of John Brown and Mary Ann Day Brown.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>In part, photocopies and transcripts. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>Author.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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      <namePart>Brown, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1800-1859</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Brown, Mary Ann Day</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1816-1884</namePart>
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      <namePart>Gee, Clarence S</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Stutler, Boyd B. (Boyd Blynn)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1889-1970</namePart>
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