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Description: Items related to Florence (Sissie) See and her brothers Milton, Ray, Bennie, and Eddy. Includes school and military service documentation, photos, and some correspondence, particularly between Sissie and her mother Ticie.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1898-1984
Call number: mssLeong
Provenance: Gift of Leslee See Leong, February 2020.
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