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April 15, 2008
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Peter Drummey, Stephen T. Riley Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, talks about the Society, the keeping of historical archives and manuscripts in the age of the Internet, and the exhibit: My Dearest Friend, Letters of Abigail and John Adams from the Collections of the MHS, on view through April 30, 2008 in the Archives and Special Collections Library of the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library at Vassar College
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American History, Archives, Biography, Collection Development, Education, Feminism, Historiography, Memory, Professional Ethics, Scholarly Communication, Slavery
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