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&lt;li&gt;Articles, Clippings, Diary. Includes: "Bjerke's Review of a New Catechism," translated by E. Josephsen (1910); "Has 20th Century Civilization Improved Mankind?" (1939), 1914-1942&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Scrapbook, politics, 1961-1962&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Article, "History of Decorah Park System," by Fred Biermann, 1956&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;"A Man in the Street" manuscript, 1932&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Correspondence, 1907-1961&lt;/li&gt;
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