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U.S. Mss 21A/Micro 925
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 21A, PH 3757, Micro 925): Original Collection, 1859-19676.2 c.f. (17 archives boxes), 24 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 351 photographs (1 archives box) The papers are divided into eight series: CORRESPONDENCE, CHICAGO CLOTHING MARKET UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE MATERIALS, RESEARCH FILES, SPEECHES AND ARTICLES, BOOKS AND ARTICLES, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, UNIVERSITY FILES, and VISUAL MATERIALS. The papers document not only Commons' involvement in the field of economics, specifically industrial and labor relations, but also the development of Commons' numerous publications which have had a valuable influence on modern economic thought. The CORRESPONDENCE series, 1859-1967 (bulk 1894-1938), is arranged chronologically. Among the correspondents are Richard T. Ely, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, and later at the University of Wisconsin; J.B. Andrews, member of the American Bureau of Industrial Research; U.B. Phillips, professor at Tulane University and associate editor of Documentary History of American Industrial Society; H.W. Furnam, member of the Carnegie Institution, professor at Yale and member of the American Economic Association; R.M. Easley, secretary of the National Civic Federation; Robert F. Hooey, professor at the University of Chicago; V. Evert Macy, president of the National Civic Foundation and foremost in civic work in New York; Helen Sumner (later Mrs. Robert Morse Woodbury), researcher for the Documentary History of American Industrial Society; R.M. La Follette; Norman Lombard, president of the Stable Money Association; Clara Commons, John R. Commons' sister, secretary, and research assistant; and Selig Perlman, graduate student under Commons and later faculty member in the economics department at the University of Wisconsin. An index to the correspondents can be found at the beginning of the series. The CHICAGO CLOTHING MARKET UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE MATERIALS series, 1920-1928, relate to a plan conceived by Commons and tested in one Chicago industry. Commons began to expand his ideas concerning unemployment in 1921. His plan would make employers responsible for their own unemployed workers, instead of placing the burden on society. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers called for a market “fund” wherein contributions of all establishments and all employees would be merged in a common fund and paid to all unemployed clothing workers. Employers contended that separate establishment funds ought to be created so they would not be responsible for unemployment funds that would go to their competitors' employees. Finally, the union agreed to management's position and Commons' plan provided for “establishment funds” with separate boards of administration. After the plan was administered in the Chicago clothing market, Commons brought all of the proceedings, agreements and records (the material in this series) to Madison where he and his students worked on drafting and devising the first state unemployment insurance bill, adopted by Wisconsin in 1932. The materials in the RESEARCH FILES series, 1904-1937, are the result of Commons' research on projects for state and federal government agencies. These projects cover a multitude of economic subjects which are presented in a variety of written forms such as notes, newspaper clippings, leaflets and pamphlets, government and committee reports, mailing lists, minutes and financial accounts of various economic organizations, bills and other legislative drafts, legal decisions concerning economic issues, statistical charts and surveys, correspondence, telegrams, government bulletins and publications. The material is organized alphabetically, and includes files on topics ranging from the American Bureau of Industrial Research to the Wisconsin Bureau of Economic Research. The SPEECHES AND ARTICLES series, 1908-1933, include those presented at formal gatherings relating to topics such as labor problems, industrial relations, child labor, and price stabilization. The BOOKS AND ARTICLES series, circa 1905-circa 1933, includes manuscript copies of Reasonable Value by Commons (1925), chapters 1, 3, 6, and 8-13. This book presents ideas concerning the concept that “reasonable value” is purely objective. Many applications of the ideas set down in this book are found in two of Commons' other works, Legal Foundations of Capitalism (1924) and Institutional Economics (1934). This material also contains various versions of Reasonable Value annotated by E.W. Morehouse; Morehouse's analysis of “Cost and Surplus Elements in Wages,” developed on the basis of “Methods of Analysis in Reasonable Value;” and correspondence, 1925-1926, relating to Reasonable Value. Extracts from cases cited in Legal Foundations of Capitalism, are found among the manuscripts. There are also articles by Commons relating to topics such as “Farm Price and the Value of Gold,” and “Efficiency and the Value of Gold.” There is an outline, notes and correspondence on American labor history concerning the collection of materials for a Documentary History of Labor Movements in the United States. The NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS series, 1887-1943, relate to Commons' work and writing, his unemployment insurance plan and his life in general. Also includes scrapbooks of articles arranged chronologically and topically. The UNIVERSITY FILE series, 1908-1967 (bulk 1920-1938), includes a variety of correspondence, records, and special studies relating to intramural activities of Commons at the University of Wisconsin, 1919-1936. In addition, there is post-Commons material, 1945-1967, relating to special funds, the Labor Research Library and other matters. Also included are student papers, 1908-1929, consisting of term papers, seminar papers, theses and reports submitted to Commons by his students. The papers are arranged alphabetically by the students' last names. Most of the papers were submitted for Commons' courses “Public Value” and “Value and Valuation.” These courses dealt with a comparison of legal and economic theories of value. Other student papers written for course work dealt with such topics as labor unions, labor legislation, labor management, and immigration. The VISUAL MATERIALS series, circa 1881-1934, consists of photographs including portraits and snapshots in an album assembled by Commons' son. Photographs include images from throughout the early life of the son, of family homes and from family events.
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Series: Correspondence
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1-5
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Index to correspondents
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1/2-7
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1-5
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1859, 1894 September 22-1911 December
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2/1-5
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1-5
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1912 January-1916 December
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3/1-6
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1-5
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1917 January-1927 June 1
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4/1-7
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1-5
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1927 June 2-1936 December
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1-5
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1937 January-December
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1938-1944, 1957, 1959-1962, 1967, undated
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Series: Chicago Clothing Market Unemployment Insurance Materials
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Accounts
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6/1
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6
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Benefits paid, 1924 June-1925 February
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6
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Expenditures, 1924 January-1925 May
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Financial Statements
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6/3
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6
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Daily, 1924 October-1925 September
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Monthly
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6/4-5
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6
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Board #1, 1924-1928 February
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6/6-7
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6
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Independent firms, 1924 October-1928 February
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7
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Tailor Contractors, 1924 October-1928 February
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7/3
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7
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Miscellaneous, 1923 November-1925 March
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7/4
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7
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Articles and statements made by Commons relating to unemployment insurance, 1924-1925
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7/5
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7
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Audit of insurance funds, 1923 May-1924 November
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7
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Bibliographies of unemployment insurance materials, 1924, undated
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7/7
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7
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Board of Trustees meeting minutes, 1923 October-1925 April
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Correspondence
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7
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Hart, Shaffner and Marx, 1923-1925
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7
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Squires, B.M., Treasurer of the insurance board, 1920-1925
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7
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Employment in the Chicago market, 1924 May-December
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8/2
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7
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Heck and Huber Laws
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8/3
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8
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Rules, agreements, and procedures, 1922-1924
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8/4-9
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8
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Trade Board and Board of Arbitration decisions, circa 1922-1925
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Series: Research Files
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9/1
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9
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American Bureau of Industrial Research, 1904-1919 : Work reports, pamphlets, and accounts.
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9/2
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9
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American Economic Association mailing list, 1921
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9/3
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9
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Bank Crisis of 1907 and 1937 : Drafts of suggested proclamations and recommendations for changes.
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9/4
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9
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Bank laws, 1931 : Suggestions for changing Wisconsin bank law.
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9/5
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9
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Board of Trade, 1931 : Legislation relating to creation and dissolution of a board of trade.
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9/6
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9
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British strike of 1926, circa 1926 : Notes.
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9/7
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9
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Bureau of Social Science, 1917-1918 : Notes.
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9/8
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9
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Collective Bargaining, 1926 : Legislation drafts sent to Commons for comment.
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9/9
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9
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Committee on Banking and Currency, 1926 : Manuscript copies of works used by Commons in preparing his testimony before that committee of the House of Representatives.
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9/10
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9
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Consumer Credit : Draft legislation and notes on credit unions.
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Box/Folder
9/11
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9
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Cooperative Society : Maps, booklet and testimony presented to Congress favoring rail connections between Topolobampo, Mexico, and Norfolk, Virginia, by A.K. Owen.
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Box/Folder
9/12
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9
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Credit Policy, 1928 : Paper on the subject of bank credit expansion.
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9/13
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9
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Dennison, H.S. (Massachusetts paper products manufacturer), Conversation with, 1923 September 20 : Concerning prices.
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9/14
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9
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Debts, Foreign, circa 1923-1927 : A suggested outline for a paper on war debts and trade.
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9/15
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9
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Federal Reserve Board, 1925-1929 : Materials relating to stability of prices including correspondence, pamphlets and clippings.
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Box/Folder
9/16
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10
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Government railroads, undated : Notes.
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9/17
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10
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Industrial Relations and Democracy, 1904, 1918-1919 : Notes on question of industrial relations in democracies.
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Box/Folder
9/18
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10
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Labor Seminar, circa 1930 : Notes.
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10/1
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10
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Labor Survey of Wisconsin, 1919 : Done by Commons for the Milwaukee Journal.
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10/2
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10
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Mexican Situation, 1927 : Land, oil property rights.
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10/3
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10
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Minimum Wage Bill, 1923-1927 : Correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to a minimum wage bill.
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10/4
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10
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National Monetary Association, 1923 : Materials concerning price controls.
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10/5
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10
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Money, Credit, Banking, 1923 : Papers and notes by Commons relating to control of price levels by changing discount and rediscount rate.
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10/6
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10
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National Bureau of Economic Research, 1920-1927 : Treasurer's reports, accounts, charter, and bylaws.
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10/7
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10
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Postal Rates, 1918 : Various materials presenting a point of view opposed to the raising of rates on periodicals.
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10/8
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10
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Public Power Commission, (St. Lawrence), 1931 : Recommendations for creation of a power commission.
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10/9
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10
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Public Employment Offices in Wisconsin, 1920 : A brief history.
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10/10
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10
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Public Utilities, 1931-1932 : Correspondence, notes, draft legislation relating to the Public Utilities Corporation bill of 1931 in Wisconsin.
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10/11
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11
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Research Institute of Washington, D.C., 1926-1927 : Notes on price stability.
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10/12
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11
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Research Accounts, 1919-1931 : Traveling expenses, staff salaries, and accounts of expenses for research projects undertaken from 1919 to 1931.
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10/13
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11
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Small loans, 1929, 1931 : Draft legislation, data, and miscellaneous materials relating to interest and availability of small loans.
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11/1
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11
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Stable Money, 1926 : Draft legislation, statements before Congressional hearings.
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11/2
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11
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Strikes, 1912-1914 : Commons' comments on a paper submitted by J. Hunter, entitled “The General Strike.”
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11/3
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11
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Taxation, 1930-1931 : Papers and correspondence relating to taxation.
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11/4
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11
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Unemployment, 1931 : Recommendations for unemployment compensation laws in Wisconsin?
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11/5
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11
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Unemployment Insurance, 1931-1932 : Comparisons and notes made between Gross and Nixon unemployment insurance bills.
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11/6
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11
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University of Wisconsin Faculty Salaries, 1920 : Study of cost of living in Madison and faculty salaries by Commons.
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11/7
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11
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Wages in the United States, 1920 : Notes.
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11
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Wisconsin Tariff Investigation, 1929 : Only on microfilm.
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Series: Speeches and Articles
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Box/Folder
13/5-6
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17-18
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Speeches and articles, 1908, 1911-1925 : By Commons relating to topics such as labor problems, industrial relations, child labor and price stabilization.
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14/1-3
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17-18
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Speeches and articles, 1926-1933, undated
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Series: Books and Articles
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Reasonable Value
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Manuscript typescript
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12/1
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12
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Chapters 1 and 3
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12/2
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12
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Chapters 6, 8 and 9
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12/3
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12
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Chapters 10-12
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12/4
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13
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Chapters 12 (revised) and 13
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12/5
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13
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Morehouse, Edward W., annotations
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12/6
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13
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Miscellaneous manuscripts and analysis from Morehouse Files
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13/1
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13
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Correspondence, 1925 May 30-1926 December 10
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13/2
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14
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American Labor History, 1905-1906 : Notes of G.E. McNeil and Labor Party.
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Legal Foundations of Capitalism
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13/3
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14
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Extracts, cases 23-73
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13/4
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14
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Extracts, cases 74-107
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Series: Newspaper Clippings
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21
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Clippings relating to the United States Commission on Industrial Relations and its Chairman, Frank P. Walsh, volume 1, 1915 January 10-September 16
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22
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Clippings relating to Commons' works, unemployment insurance, and Commons generally, 1906-1936
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Reel
15-17
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Chronological file scrapbooks, 1887-1943 : Only available on microfilm.
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Reel
19-21
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Topical file scrapbooks, circa 1892-1938 : Only available on microfilm.
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Series: University Files
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15/2
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22
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Advisors transcripts, 1910-1930
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15/3
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22
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Americanization professor, 1918
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15/4
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22
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Businessmen's conference, 1931 May 18-19
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15/5
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22
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Commencement, 1925-1933
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15/6
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22
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Commons Memorials, 1932, 1938, 1966-1967
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Course materials
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15/7
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22
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Bibliographies and reading lists, 1911, 1921-1928, undated
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15/8
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22
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“Capitalism & Socialism,” 1923 : Stenographic transcript of lectures.
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15/9
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22
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Economics of Collective Action, 1947-1950 : Publication arrangements.
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15/10
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22
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Economics, Department of, 1929-1936
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15/11
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22
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Examinations, 1928-1932
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15/12
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22
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Exposition, 1925
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15/13
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22
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Extension Division, 1926, 1930
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15/14
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22
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Four Quarter System Committee, 1916-1918
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22
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Frank, Glenn, President
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15/16
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22
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Friday Nighters, 1923-1926
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15/17
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23
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Grades, 1922-1938
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15/18
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23
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Graduate Committee, 1929-1932
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23
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Graduate School, 1927-1931
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16/2
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23
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Industrial Relations courses
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16/3
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23
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Industrial Relations lecture series, 1925-1935
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16/4
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23
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Industrial Summer School, 1922-1935
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16/5
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23
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Instructional reports, 1915-1936
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16/6
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23
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Jerome, Harry, Department of Economics, 1929-1934
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23
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Lectures, 1925-1934
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23
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Legislative scholarships, 1932
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23
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M.A. degree matters, 1920-1932
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23
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McCaffrey, M.E., Secretary to the Regents, 1932-1934
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23
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McElroy, affairs, 1918
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16/12
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23
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Miscellaneous University matters, 1925-1934
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23
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Ph.D. matters, 1926, 1931
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23
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Registrar, 1921-1928
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23
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Research Committee, 1921-1928
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16/16
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23
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Research fellowship, 1921
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16/17
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23
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Scholarship Committee, 1927-1932 : Macklin, Gillan and Commons.
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16/18
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23
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Sellery, G.C., Dean, 1926-1932
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16/19
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23
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Senior theses, 1922
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16/20
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23
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Slichter, C.S., Dean, 1927-1934
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Student research papers, 1908-1929
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16/21
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24
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Barr-Clague
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24
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Cornell-Hale
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24
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Hoover-Lewis
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24
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MacMillin-Sparkman
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24
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Troxell-Zeuch
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24
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University Club, 1924-1934
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PH 3757/Micro 925
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Series: Visual Materials
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24
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Portraits and snapshots, circa 1881-1934, undated : Only available on microfilm?
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1/1-30
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24
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Family album, 1894-1930
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