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Marta L. Dosa Papers

An inventory of her papers at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Dosa, Marta L.
Title: Marta L. Dosa Papers
Dates: 1955-2009
Size: 20 boxes (9.75 linear feet)
Abstract: The Marta L. Dosa Papers include general correspondence, personal material, and material related to her professional life, projects and research, and courses she taught.
Language: English, Hungarian
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Photograph of Marta Dosa

Marta L. Dosa (1923-2015) was a professor in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (now the iSchool) from 1961 to 1991 and an advocate of information sharing.

Marta Leszeli Dosa was born in Szekszard, Hungary on May 20, 1923. She earned bachelor's and master’s degrees from Pazmany Peter Catholic University in Budapest in 1943 and 1944. During World War II, Dosa left her home country to escape the Russian occupation of Hungary. After living in several places in Europe, including West Germany, Dosa, her husband, and their young son came to Syracuse in 1951.

Before earning her master’s in library and information science from Syracuse University in 1957, Dosa was an active writer and published three books in Hungarian. In 1947, she was awarded the International P.E.N. Club Intellectual Award and later received the Post-Standard Woman of Achievement Award in 1955.

After earning her master’s degree, Dosa worked as the University’s government documents librarian. She served in this position until 1960, when she became the librarian for mathematics and metallurgy. Dosa began teaching at the iSchool in 1961 and officially joined the faulty one year later. She taught a variety of courses, focusing on subjects such as international information policy, environmental information, gerontological information, and government information, and also served as an adjunct faculty member at SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

In 1965, Dosa’s husband Joseph, a Syracuse University librarian, died at the age of 52. A memorial scholarship fund for library science students was established in his honor by Beta Phi Mu. When Marta retired, the scholarship expanded to include her as well.

Dosa received assistant professorship at the iSchool in 1966, and was later promoted to associate professor in 1971. In the same year, she also earned her PhD from the University of Michigan, focusing on the German librarian Georg Leyh in her dissertation. She later published a comprehensive study based on this dissertation in 1974, titled Libraries in the Political Scene. In 1976, Dosa earned the title of professor at the iSchool.

Throughout her time in Syracuse, Dosa actively participated in various research projects and consultancies both locally and abroad. She conducted studies with organizations such as the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Sierra Club’s International Division, and the Center for Environmental Information.

During the 1970s, Dosa served as the Principal Investigator for the six-year long Health Information Sharing Project (HISP), which was intended to facilitate the sharing of locally produced studies, surveys, reports, and data files related to health planning, program development, and research. She also created and implemented an International Clearinghouse at Syracuse University in 1983. The clearinghouse was sponsored by the U.S. government and received cooperation from UNESCO. It was designed to provide assistance to economically developing nations by instituting seminars and programs on information. During this period Dosa also served as a consultant to the Kellogg Project, which aimed at making the University’s vast archive of adult education materials available in electronic formats.

Dosa served as an advisor to national and international organizations and universities, traveling to Central and South America, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Africa, and China. One of her international projects was with the Centre of Advanced Studies in Agricultural Communication for Rural Development (CASAC), where she promoted rural development by strengthening communication as an academic discipline. In 1984, she was named an academic specialist to Yugoslavia by the U.S. Department of State. She was also commissioned by UNESCO to study the feasibility of an electronic network that would link Syracuse University with information schools in ten developing nations. In the early 1990s, Dosa served as a visiting scholar for AT&T Bell Laboratories to study the privatization of information services in developing countries and policy implications.

On top of her research and consultant work, Dosa was a Fellow of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) and maintained memberships with the Association for Information Science, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Maxwell School’s Center for the Study of Citizenship, the Gerontological Society of America, the National Advisory Council to the Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse, and the Special Libraries Association.

For her tireless work, Dosa received various awards and honors. Notably, she received the Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award of the American Society of Information Science in 1986, the University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award from United Methodist Church in 1988, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Michigan in 1990.

Marta L. Dosa died January 8, 2015.

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Scope and Content Note

The Marta L. Dosa Papers contain numerous pieces of correspondence, photographs and writings from Dosa's personal life, a variety of material from her professional and teaching work at the School of Information Studies, and publications and data related to her projects and research. The materials have been divided into five series.

The Correspondence series contains letters Marta Dosa received from 1963 to 2009. These letters range from both professional to personal and include correspondence she maintained with contacts abroad. Correspondence also includes printed emails that Dosa kept. Two folders of letters in this series are in Hungarian.

The Personal Materials series includes photographs from her travels and everyday life, various short stories, poems, memorial notes she wrote, and drawings from her granddaughters.

The Professional Materials series contains items related to her work as a scholar and librarian, such as her Curriculum Vitae, awards she received for her professional work, material related to her retirement in 1991, and faculty newsletters and calendar announcements that highlight her work or travels.

The Projects and Research series comprises the majority of the papers. The material in the series includes publications and drafts of Dosa's research, her PhD dissertation, punched cards, and various data and bibliographic information she collected for her work. The series contains materials from Dosa's work with the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), the Health Information Sharing Project (HISP), and the Kellogg Project, among many others.

The Teaching Materials series includes syllabi and handouts from graduate and undergraduate courses Dosa taught at the School of Information Studies as well as a selection of student work.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Please also note that the Reading Room does not have the proper equipment to read the disk storage materials in this collection.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Various newspaper clippings have been pulled from the collection and added to Marta Dosa's Clipping File.

The Syracuse University Archives holds a Clipping File and a Portrait File for Marta Dosa.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Dosa, Marta L.
International Federation for Information and Documentation.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University. -- School of Information Studies.

Subjects

Health Information Sharing Project.
Library science.
Syracuse University Kellogg Project.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Librarians.

Types of material

Correspondence.
Floppy disks.
Microfiche.
Photographs.
Punched cards.
Transparencies.
Writings (documents)

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Marta L. Dosa Papers
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Marta Dosa donated materials related to the Health Information Sharing Project and her other publications to the University Archives in 1983 and 2007. The rest of the collection was donated in 2016 by her daughter-in-law Nienke Dosa.

Processing Information

All materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Maggie Teschler and Katie Swingly
Date: 2017
Revision history:

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically within each series. One exception is the arrangement of the punched cards, which maintain their original order.

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Inventory

General Correspondence
Box 1 1963-1990
Box 1 1990-2005
Box 1 1999-2006 Email, Printouts
Box 1 Burke, Eric 1993
Box 1 Cano, Virginia 1992-2000
Box 1 Condon, Linda 1998-2002
Box 1 Environmental Science and Forestry, College of 1987-1996
Box 1 Granddaughters undated
Box 1 Halpern, David 2001
Box 1 Hungarian 1995-2002
Box 2 Hungarian 1995-2002
Box 2 Jasco, Peter 1992-2002
Box 2 Lupinin, Nikolas 2009
Box 2 Malaysia 1997-2002
Box 2 Miller, David 1973-1974
Personal Material
Box 2 Family Tree undated
Box 2 Memorial Writings by Marta L. Dosa 1993-2005
Photographs
Box 2 Brazil, Salvador, Rio 1980
Box 2 Budapest 1979
Box 2 Budapest 1987
Box 2 Budapest undated
Box 2 China 1986
Box 2 China 1987
Box 2 Englischer Garten, Munich 1979
Box 2 Friends undated
Box 3 Gerontology Group undated
Box 3 Hong Kong 1982
Box 3 Hungary 1981
Box 3 Ibadan 1983
Box 3 India 1988
Box 3 Japan 1989
Box 3 Kenya 1983
Box 3 Lake Placid 1979
Box 3 Malaysia undated (3 folders)
Box 3 Michigan, University of 1990
Box 3 Nigeria 1982
Box 3 Portraits undated
Box 3 San Diego 1980
Box 3 Szekszard 1980
Box 4 Various undated
Box 4 Vienna undated
Box 4 The Post-Standard Women of Achievement 1955
Box 4 Various undated
Box 4 Writings by Marta L. Dosa undated
Professional Material
Box 4 About IST/Curriculum Committee 1969-1970
Box 4 Annual Report to the UDC 1990
Box 4 Biographical Information undated
Box 4 Comments on Empowering Children and Families with Information Technology by Donna D'Alessandro and Nienke P. Dosa 2000
Box 4 Conferences and Panels 1981-1993
Box 4 CV Updates and Summaries 1983-1994
Box 4 Document Resumes undated
Box 4 Faculty Newsletters from Syracuse University 1978-1990
Box 5 Faculty Newsletters from Syracuse University 1991-1999
Box 5 Funded Research Proposals: Syracuse University Resources and School of Information Studies Faculty Needs by Patricia T. Fletcher 1987
Box 5 Hungarian Diplomas 1987-1992
Box 5 Interdisciplinary Aspects undated
Box 5 iSchool Centennial Celebration 1996
Box 5 IST Curriculum 1991-2004
Box 5 IST Weekly Newsletter 1982-1990
Box 5 Joseph and Marta Dosa Scholarship 2001-2005
Box 5 Journal of Education for Librarianship Directory 1982
Box 5 Lists of Publications circa 1980
Box 5 To Marta: From the Drawer by Charles Martell 1987
Box 5 Marta Dosa and the Two Kinds of Information 1987
Box 5 Marta Resume undated floppy disk
RESTRICTED: Please note that the Reading Room does not have the proper equipment to read disk storage materials.
Box 5 An Outstanding Figure in Information Science: Marta Dosa by Doris Oliveira 1987
Box 5 Phi Beta Delta 1989
Box 5 Report of Activities During Leave of Absence by Marta L. Dosa 1987
Box 5 Retirement 1991
Box 5 Schedules 1986-1992
Box 6 SCOLE Country Resource Panels undated
Box 6 Self-Assessments 1971-1991
Box 6 University of Michigan Distinguished Alumnus Award 1990
Box 6 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award Speech by Melvin Eggers 1988
Box 6 Untitled Disk undated floppy disk
RESTRICTED: Please note that the Reading Room does not have the proper equipment to read disk storage materials.
Projects and Research
Box 6 Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse 1983
Across All Borders
Box 6 Manuscript 1993-1996 (2 folders)
Box 6 Papers Included 1993-1996 (2 folders)
Box 7 Reviews 1997-1998
Box 7 Scarecrow Press Correspondence 1993-1996
Box 7 Various Excerpts 1996
Box 7 Across the Generations: Work, Dreams, Realities (Draft) undated
Box 7 Assessment Indicators for the Impact of Information on Development 1992
AT&T Visiting Scholar
Box 7 The American Transnational Corporation in Developing Countries 1993 (2 folders)
Box 7 Report Materials 1992-1993
Box 7 Bibliographies 1989-2000
Box 7 Clearinghouse on Information Resources Sources of Information undated
Box 8 CNY Pilot Projects and Final Report 1996
Box 8 The Consultancy in the Network Environment by Marta L. Dosa 1992
Box 8 The Consultant as Information Intermediary by Marta L. Dosa 1983
Box 8 Contact Lists undated
Box 8 Development of an Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse by Marta Dosa and Fred Stoss 1982
Box 8 Dissemination of Information to Policy Makers by Marta L. Dosa undated
Box 8 Education of Environmental Information Specialists by Marta L. Dosa 1980
Box 8 Education for New Professional Roles in the Information Society by Marta L. Dosa 1985
Box 8 Electronic Networking in Support of South-to-South Cooperation by Marta L. Dosa and Jeffrey Katzer 1991
Box 8 Environmental Information Management in Developing Countries Workshop by Marta L. Dosa 1992
Box 8 Environmental Information Systems by Marta L. Dosa 1974
Box 8 The Equation and the Parable or the Two Kinds of Information by Marta L. Dosa 1987
Box 8 An Experiment in the Joint Training of Environmental Reporters and Environmental Information Specialists by Catherine Covert and Marta L. Dosa 1975
Box 8 An Exploration on Some Areas of Research on Information Needs and Networks and their Applicability by Elizabeth A. Bindle and Marta L. Dosa 1981
Box 8 Final Report to the Sierra Club, Office of International Environmental Affairs by Marta L. Dosa 1979
Box 9 Funding Sources for African Librarians to Study in the United States 1991
Box 9 A Generalized Model of an International Research and Experience System by Marta L. Dosa 1993
Box 9 Gerontological Information 1983
Box 9 Gerontological Information Systems and Services by Marta L. Dosa, Elizabeth A. Brindle, and Gerald M. Gee 1980
Box 9 The Gerontological Program by Marta L. Dosa 1978
Box 9 Great Lakes Research Consortium undated
Box 9 Has International Education Been Politicized? by Marta L. Dosa 1988
Health Information Sharing Project (HISP)
Box 9 Albany Resource Directory 1979 (2 folders)
Box 9 Coding Forms undated
Box 9 Development and Evaluation of a Health Information Sharing Project by Marta L. Dosa, Bissy L. Genova, and Michael J. McGill undated
Box 9 An Experience in Integration of Service, Teaching, Research by Marta L. Dosa 1989
Box 9 Index to Syracuse Directory undated (2 folders)
Box 9 Interview Samples 1977
Box 10 Keypunching undated
Box 10 Meetings 1988-1992
Box 10 Policy Implications of Health Information Sharing by Marta L. Dosa and Bissy L. Genova 1980
Box 10 Publications and Papers by HISP undated
Box 10 Resource Record Samples 1978-1979
Box 10 Summary of Facts by Marta L. Dosa 1994
Box 10 Survey Follow-up Drafts 1980
Box 10 Survey Material 1977-1980
Survey Samples
Box 10 Albany 1980
Box 10 Binghamton 1980
Box 10 Syracuse 1978
Box 10 Syracuse 1979
Box 10 Human Resource Networks in Community Gerontological and Health Information by Marta L. Dosa 1978
Box 10 HuskieTown, U.S.A Documentary 1989-1992
Box 10 Image of a New Professional? 1999
Box 10 India Agricultural Education and Research for Accelerated Agricultural Development by Marta L. Dosa 1988
Box 10 Indigenous Entrepreneurship and American Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries by Marta L. Dosa 1990
Box 10 Informatics Technology and Education by Marta L. Dosa 1986
Box 10 Information Counseling the Best of ERIC by Marta L. Dosa 1977
Box 10 Information Counseling and Policies by Marta L. Dosa and Dana Holt 1987
Box 10 Information for Development: Gateway or Barrier? undated
Box 10 Information for Environmental Decision Making by Marta L. Dosa 1987
Box 10 The Information Poor and the Information Rich in India's Future by Marta L. Dosa 1990
Box 11 Information Sharing: Professional and Political Considerations by Marta L. Dosa 1980
Box 11 Information Transfer as Development Assistance by Marta L. Dosa 1988
Box 11 Information Transfer as Development Support 1988
Box 11 Information Transfer in Gerontology and Health: A Centralized and Decentralized Model by Marta L. Dosa 1982
Box 11 Information Transfer as Technical Assistance for Development by Marta L. Dosa 1985
Box 11 Innovation/Creativity Technology undated
Box 11 An Integrating Approach to Environmental Information by Marta L. Dosa 1974
Box 11 Intellectual Property: Copyright by Marta L. Dosa 1992
Box 11 International Clearinghouse on Aging by Marta L. Dosa 1992
Box 11 International Clearinghouse on Information Education and Training Newsletter by Marta L. Dosa 1991
Box 11 The International Environment of Information Education by Marta L. Dosa 1989
International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID)
Box 11 Brochure undated
Box 11 Copenhagen visit 1992
Box 11 Correspondence 1982-1995
Box 11 Curriculum Development in a Changing World 1985
Box 11 Evaluation of the International Clearinghouse for Education and Training by Marta L. Dosa and Mona Farid 1987
Box 12 A Future Perspective on Information Policy Needs by Marta L. Dosa 1990
Box 12 Finances 1986-1993
Box 12 Information as Distance Technical Assistance by Marta L. Dosa 1986
Box 12 Information Manpower Forecasting edited by Marta L. Dosa and Thomas J. Froehlich with Hannah M. King 1988
Box 12 The Management of Innovation as an Integrating Theme in The Curriculum for Information Officers by Marta L. Dosa 1985
Box 12 New Challenges to the Information Professional by Marta L. Dosa 1992
Box 12 News 1981-1993
Box 12 Queries to the Clearinghouse 1984-1991
Box 12 Reports 1983-1985
Box 12 Reports 1985-1991
Box 12 Seminars 1984-1990
Box 13 Ten Issues in International Information Education by Marta L. Dosa undated
Box 13 Training the Trainers in Information Management: Overview and Recommendations 1992
Box 13 Trends in the Education and Training of Information Professionals by Marta L. Dosa 1982
Box 13 Use of Information for Technology Development by Marta L. Dosa 1986
Box 13 International Lists undated
Box 13 Issues in Health Information Sharing Conceptus of Proposed Book 1981
Kellogg Project
Box 13 Brown Bag Seminar 1988
Box 13 International Information Sharing Network 1987-1988
Box 13 Original Announcement of the International Information Sharing Network undated
Box 13 Libraries in the Political Scene by Marta L. Dosa Advertisement and Review 1974
Malaysia
Box 13 Correspondence 1989-1994
Box 13 Institut Teknologi Mara Assessments 1990-1991
Box 13 Trip Materials undated
Box 13 The Management of Innovation as an Integrating Theme in the Curriculum for Industrial Information by Marta L. Dosa 1987
Box 13 National and International Information Policies in the Asia Pacific Region by Susan Doran, Marta L. Dosa, and Howard Rosenbaum 1991
Box 13 Observations on Eastern European Databases by Marta L. Dosa, Dull, and Stoss undated
Box 13 Pilot Project to Support Strategies for National Information Infrastructures 1994
Box 13 Potential Contributions of Developing Countries to World Brain Projects by Marta L. Dosa 1990
Box 14 Preservation/Conservation Education: Today and Tomorrow by Marta L. Dosa and Antje B. Lemke 1986
Box 14 Profile and Benefits of an International Clearinghouse by Marta L. Dosa undated
Box 14 Proposals 1985-1993
Punched Cards
Box 19 KWIC Agencies undated
Syracuse HISP1 Time 1 & Time 2
Box 19 Time One undated
Box 19 Combined Data undated
Box 19 Not Complete undated
Box 19 Time 2 Pearson Corr undated
Box 19 Time 2 undated
Box 19 Extra - No Correlation undated
Box 19 261 84 undated
Box 19 Crosstabs Run-1 undated
Box 19 Time 1 Frequency undated
Box 19 Time 2 Basic Deck undated
Syracuse Networking HISP I
Box 19 Time 1 Data undated
Box 19 Time 2 Data undated
Box 19 Time 2 Basic Deck undated
Box 20 Time 1 & Time 2 Interfiled undated
Box 20 Time 1 Net Orgs undated
Box 20 Time 2 MAXI Network undated
Box 20 MAXI Network Adjusted undated
Box 20 List (Double Space) undated
HISP II, T3
Box 20 Data undated
Box 20 Crosstabs Run 3 undated
Box 20 Unmarked undated
Box 20 Crosstabs Run 2 undated
Box 20 HISP Medical Librarian Survey Summer '88 1988
Box 20 Time 3 Frequencies undated
Box 20 Crosstabs A to Inhouse undated
Box 20 Crosstabs D1 to Inhouse undated
Box 20 Frequency Cards undated
Box 20 Frequencies undated
Box 20 Main Program Deck undated
Box 20 Bing undated
Box 20 Albany undated
Box 14 Recommendations for Creation of the Clearinghouse for Environmental Issues in Agriculture by Marta L. Dosa and Joe Ryan 1992
Box 14 Recruitment of International Students: The View from Syracuse by Marta L. Dosa 1991
Box 14 The Regional Professional Association: A Key to Global Cooperation by Marta L. Dosa 1990
Box 14 Report to the Department of Library Studies University of Ibadan by Marta L. Dosa 1981
Scholarship, Libraries, Politics in the Life and Work of Georg Leyh Dissertation by Marta L. Dosa
Box 14 Abstract 1971
Box 14 Volume 1 1971 (2 folders)
Box 14 Volume 2 1971 (2 folders)
Box 15 Volume 3 1971 (2 folders)
Box 15 Some Issues Pertaining to the Preparation of Librarians and Information Professionals: An American Approach by Marta L. Dosa 1987
Box 15 Sources for International Information Policy Research by Marta L. Dosa and Carol Adair 1991
Box 15 Strengthening Information Education in Developing Countries by Marta L. Dosa 1990
Box 15 A Study of Impact Factors and Assessment Approaches in International Electronic Networking by Marta L. Dosa 1993
Box 15 Sustainable Development Concepts undated
Box 15 Symposium on the Role of Host Institutions in the Transfer of Technology (Transfer of Know-How) to the Regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East undated
Box 15 Syracuse CommunityNET Planning Group 1994
Box 15 Technology Development as a Learning Process 1992
Box 15 Technology Transfer by International Organizations to Developing Countries Outline 1990
Box 15 Thoughts on the Social Implications of Information Theory by Marta L. Dosa 1994-1995
Box 15 The Transfer and Adaptation of a Group Problem-Solving Model for Community Organization by Ann P. Bishop and Marta L. Dosa 1989
Box 15 The Transfer of Research Information Within and By Multicultural Teams by Donald Day, Marta L. Dosa, and Corinne Jorgensen 1991-1995
Box 15 The Transfer of Scholarly, Scientific, and Technical Information Between North and South America by Marta L. Dosa 1986
UNESCO
Box 16 Letters of Support from Participating Countries 1989-1991
Box 16 The Network Pilot Project Feasibility Study by Marta L. Dosa and Jeffrey Katzer 1989-1990
Box 16 Project Material 1989-1991
Box 16 Proposal 1990
Box 16 Questionnaire 1989
Box 16 Various Articles from ERIC Clearinghouse undated microfiche
Box 16 Various Notes and Lists undated (2 folders)
Box 16 Workshops 1984-1989
Teaching Material
Box 16 Class Handouts undated
Box 16 Class Notes 1989
Box 16 Community Organizations and Information Transfer Course 1988-1989
Environmental Information Course
Box 17 Course Handouts 1989-1991
Box 17 Lecture Notes 1988-1989 transparencies
Box 17 Student Work 1989
Box 17 Syllabi 1989-1991
Box 17 Gerontological Information Course 1981-1986
Box 17 Governments and Information Course 1988-1990
Box 17 Governments and Publications: A Topical Syllabus and Bibliography by Marta L. Dosa 1968
Box 17 Information Planning and Use for National Development Course 1989-1991
Box 17 Introduction to Biomedical Communications Course 1972
Box 17 Lecture Notes 1962-1996
Box 18 Lecture Notes 1962-1996 transparencies
Box 18 National and International Information Policies Course 1983-1990
Box 18 Seminar on International Bibliographic Organization by Marta L. Dosa 1967
Box 18 Student Work 1989-1993

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