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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Unknown The James Millikin University Thirty-first Annual Commencement of Decatur College and Industrial School

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03136.116 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Decatur, Illinois Type: Ephemera Date: 5 June 1934 Pagination: 6 p. ; 19.7 x 8.8 cm. Order a Copy

Comments found next to the name of Charlotte Oakes "Gold Delta Honor-Magna Cum Laude Kappa Key"

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