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The L.G. Bloomingdale Files include personal documents, records from the building and planning of the Sciences Library and renovation of the John D. Jockefeller, Jr. Library, documents from various commencements, Brown Club meetings, and the Brown Annual Fund. They are dated from 1957-1978, with the bulk of the collection dated from 1960 to 1970.
Format(s): Documents
Library: John Hay
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Access to the collection:
Online Catalog (BruKnow):
General description of the collection available on BruKnow
Other Online Access:
RIAMCO: Guide to the Lyman G. Bloomingdale Files, 1956-1982(bulk 1960-1970)
Format(s): Documents
Library: John Hay
Contacts: If you have any questions, please use the Live Chat button on our homepage
Access to the collection:
Online Catalog (BruKnow):
General description of the collection available on BruKnow
Other Online Access:
RIAMCO: Guide to the Lyman G. Bloomingdale Files, 1956-1982(bulk 1960-1970)