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Charles Goodell Papers, New York Public Library, New York, New York

Columbia Center for Oral History Research

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Graham T. T. Molitor Papers, Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Nelson A. Rockefeller Papers, Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York

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