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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, May 5, 1907:

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5 May 1907
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, May 7, 1908:

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7 May [1908]
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, May 8, 1907:

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8 May 1907
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, May 9, 1907:

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9 May 1907
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, n.d.:

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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, n.d.:

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n.d.
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to mother, March 19, 1911:

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17 March 1911
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher). Letters, 1907-1911

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VC Ex 1910, 30 letters from Worthing to her family, dated between 5 May 1907 and 19 Mar 1911. Worthing mentions various Vassar College traditions, such as tree ceremonies, commencement, the Vassarion, the senior boat ride, a stunt party, choral club, and a sermon by Lyman Abbott. She also makes

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Wreck of the Hesperus

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1893
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Wreck of the Hesperus

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n.d.
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Wreck of the Hesperus

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n.d.
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Wreck of the Hesperus

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n.d.
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Writing desk

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1910-1915
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Small desk, possibly in a student's room, with a gas-powered lamp

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Writing desk

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1915-1940
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Small desk, possibly in a student's room

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Writing the Forgotten War: Afro-Korean Antagonism and Solidarity in HBO’s Lovecraft Country, Toni Morrison’s Home (2012) and Chang-Rae Lee’s A Gesture Life (1999)

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2025-July-10
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This thesis uses Professor Kodai Abe's theory of Afro-Korean antagonism as a framework to understand literary depictions of relationships between Black and Korean subjects, particularly in the context of the Korean War. Professor Abe proposes that the U.S. government strategically...

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