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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William J. Ghent papers, 1876-1942 (bulk 1902-1942)</title>
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    <namePart>Ghent, William J. (William James)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1866-1942</namePart>
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    <extent>48</extent>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, notes, book reviews, subject files, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Ghent's writings on the West and the socialist movement in the U.S.  Reflects his views on economic conditions in the U.S. and socialism.  Includes biographical sketches appearing in the Dictionary of American Biography and articles and book reviews appearing in trade journals.  Also includes diaries of Edward Settle Godfrey and Holmes O. Paulding, participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Mont., 1876.  Correspondents include J. Neilson Barry, Charles Francis Bates, Charles A. Beard, E.A. Brininstool, P.E. Byrne, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, Stella Madeleine Drumm, Fred Dustin, Grant Foreman, Edward S. Godfrey, Mary J. Pocock Godfrey, W.A. Graham, LeRoy R. Hafen, Grace Raymond Hebard, J. Franklin Jameson, Charles Kelly, Dumas Malone, Gustavus Myers, William W. Neifert, Allan Nevins, Don Russell, Edwin L. Sabin, Frederick A. Sims, Upton Sinclair, John Spargo, Mark Sullivan, George W. Webb, Maurice Williams, and Longmans, Green and Co.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Author and journalist.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1870-1961</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Bates, Charles Francis</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1862-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1874-1948</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Brininstool, E. A. (Earl Alonzo)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1870-1957</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Byrne, P. E. (Patrick Edward)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1869-</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Custer, Elizabeth Bacon</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1842-1933</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1853-1935</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Drumm, Stella Madeleine</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Dustin, Fred</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1866-</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Foreman, Grant</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1869-1953</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Godfrey, Edward Settle</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1843-1932</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Godfrey, Mary J. Pocock</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1883</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Graham, W. A. (William Alexander)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1875-1954</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Hafen, LeRoy R. (LeRoy Reuben)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1893-1985</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Hebard, Grace Raymond</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1861-1936</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1859-1937</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Kelly, Charles</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1889-1971</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Malone, Dumas</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1892-1986</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Myers, Gustavus</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1872-1942</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Neifert, William W</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Nevins, Allan</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1890-1971</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Russell, Don</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1899-1986</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1870-1952</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Sims, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1867-1947</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Sinclair, Upton</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1878-1968</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Spargo, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1876-1966</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Sullivan, Mark</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1874-1952</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Webb, George Washington</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1856-1938</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>William, Maurice</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1881-1973</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Longmans, Green, and Co.</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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      <title>Dictionary of American biography</title>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Indians of North America</topic>
    <topic>Wars</topic>
    <temporal>1866-1895</temporal>
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    <topic>Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876</topic>
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    <topic>Socialism</topic>
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    <topic>Socialism</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>West (U.S.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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    <topic>Economic conditions</topic>
    <temporal>1865-1918</temporal>
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    <temporal>1918-1945</temporal>
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      <title>Holmes O. Paulding diary. 1876</title>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Paulding, Holmes O. (Holmes Offley),</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1853-1883</namePart>
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