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Oral History of Barry Spitz - Oral History
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Oral History of Betsey Cutler - Oral History
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Oral History of David Harker - Oral History
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Oral History of Greg Sarris - Oral History
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Oral History of Helen Russell - Oral History
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Oral History of Marilyn Bagshaw and Patty Bagshaw Simmons - Oral History
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Oral History of Steve Coleman - Oral History
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Oral History of Tom Killion - Oral History
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Port of Nova Albion - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of Port of Nova Albion, where Sir Francis Drake landed in 1579. On Back, handwritten: Lincoln- We have about 100 members. How about you? Hope we get to meet one day! Dotty Leithiest for B.H.S Lincolk Fairley Mt. Tam History Project.
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