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Regional Manuscript Collections

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Afton Community Club Records (Elva), 1934-1980 (RC 95)
Afton Township Women's Club Records, 1919-1971 (RC 229)
All Rockford Party Records, 1957-1967 (RC 175)
Almanac Collection, 1862-1961 (RC 219)
Altrusa Club Records (DeKalb-Sycamore), 1960+ (RC 165)
American Association of University Women Records (DeKalb), 1934-1996 (RC 56)
American Association of University Women Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Records, 1957-2011 (RC 331)
American Association of University Women/Rockford Branch Records, 1881+ (RC 248)
American Interprofessional Institute Records, 1924-1995 (RC 162)
American Legion Post No. 66 - DeKalb Records, 1919-1979 (RC 154)
American Legion Post No. 864 Records (Rockford), 1937-1986 (RC 194)
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Blackhawk Chapter Records, 1980-2000 (RC 255)
Aurora League of Women Voters Records, 1947-1982 (RC 151)
Aurora Trades and Labor Assembly Records, 1901-1984 (RC 182)
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Babb Family and Theater Collection, 1901-2012 (RC 359)
Baldwin Family Papers (DeKalb), 1853-1954 (RC 41)
Batchelder, John, Collection (Dixon), 1890-1930 (RC 322)
Beaver Valley Grange Records (Boone County), 1916-2003 (RC 142)
Belvidere Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1932-1980 (RC 122)
Beta Sigma Phi Records (DeKalb/Sycamore), 1939-2012 (RC 350)
Biester-Davis Papers (Belvidere-Elgin), 1885-1887 (RC 35)
Big Woods Congregational Church Records (Aurora), 1864+ (RC 311)
Blackhawk Trails Club Records (Rockford), 1926-2015 (RC 133)
B-J Aviation Inc. Records (DeKalb), 1984-1990 (RC 310)
Bonus Grange Records (Boone County), 1910-2002 (RC 281)
Boone County Pomona Grange Records, 1897-1982 (RC 134)
Borden, Robert, Papers (Rockford), 1944-1991 (RC 186)
Borggren, Hilmer, Collection (Rockford), 1905-1977 (RC 12)
Bradt, Bertha G., Collection (DeKalb), 1830-1954 (RC 46)
Breslin, Peg Papers (Ottawa), 1976-1992 (RC 292)
Bryant Family Collection (Princeton), 1767-1966 (RC 27)
Burlington Railroad Strike Collection (Aurora), 1916-1982 (RC 217)
Business and Professional Women's Club, District VI Records, 1945-1982 (RC 148)
Byron Grange #1810 Collection, 1921-1992 (RC 210)
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Camp Fire Girls, Salt Creek Council Records (LaGrange), 1911-2006 (RC 274)
Carpenters Auxiliary #280 Collection (Rockford), 1941-1971 (RC 198)
Carroll County Farm Bureau Records, 1921-1973 (RC 96)
Case, John P., Collection (Naperville), 1922-1965 (RC 86)
Castle, Latham, Papers (Sandwich), 1952-1976 (RC 73)
Centennial United Methodist Church (Rockford), 1857-2000 (RC 333)
Central Labor Union of Freeport Records, 1901-1983 (RC 177)
Central Market Records (Geneva), 1902-1977 (RC 72)
Chase, Sherret S, Papers, 1945-1988 (RC 346)
Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society Records, 1836+ (RC 51)
Civil Air Patrol, DeKalb Area Composite Squadron No. 11271 Records, 1963-2003 (RC 272)
Colehour Grain Elevator Records (Mt. Carroll), 1864-1950 (RC 91)
Collins, Dennis J., Papers (DeKalb),1931-1974 (RC 5)
Colwill, H.W., Collection (Creston), 1926-1977 (RC 47)
Commonwealth Edison Company Records, 1911-1967 (RC 176)

Community Members Against Discrimination Records (DeKalb), 1998-2004 (RC 358)

Congregational Church of Batavia Records, 1835-1993 (RC 82)
Cookbook Collection (RC 340)

Computer Technology Collection, 1960s-1970s (RC 355)

Cooper, Laura, Collection (Byron), 1892-1965 (RC 44)
Corcoran, Thomas, Papers (Ottawa), 1977-1984 (RC 234)
Corey - Vesta - Cunningham Family Collection (Malta), 1906-2011 (RC 324)
Cryor, Clark C. Collection (RC 279), 1950s-1970s
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Davis, Sandra, Papers (DeKalb), 1985-2000 (RC 309)
DeKalb AgResearch Records, 1911-1989 (RC 190)
DeKalb Area Alliance for Responsible Energy (DAARE) / Sinnissippi Alliance For the Environment (SAFE) Collection (DeKalb/Rockford), 1969-2008 (RC 212)
DeKalb Area Garden Club Records, 1983-2006 (RC 245)
DeKalb Area Women's Center Records, 1994+(RC 236)
DeKalb Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1927-1981 (RC 99)
DeKalb, City of, Collection, 1913+ (RC 139)
DeKalb County Animal Shelter Records, 1974-2014 (RC 335)
DeKalb County Building and Construction Trades Council Records, 1950-2001 (RC 314)
DeKalb County Centennial/Bicentennial Records, 1903-2006 (RC 9)
DeKalb County Farm Bureau Collection, 1913+ (RC 52)
DeKalb County Farmland Foundation Records, 1997-2011 (RC 283)
DeKalb County Fine Arts Association Collection, 1961-1979 (RC 205)
DeKalb County Highway Commissioners Records (RC 326)
DeKalb County Historical Society Records, 1865+ (RC 3)
DeKalb County Home Economists Records, 1983-1999 (RC 300)
DeKalb County Migrant Ministry Records, 1964-1980 (RC 251)
DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center Auxiliary Records, 1978+ (RC 252)
DeKalb County Senior Citizens Club Collection, 1974-1986 (RC 197)
DeKalb Daughters of Veterans Records, 1885-1909 (RC 127)
DeKalb Drama Club Records, 1914-2011 (RC 214)
DeKalb First United Methodist Church Records, 1854-1978 (RC 24)
DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice, 1982-2004 (RC 264)
DeKalb Kiwanis Collection, 1921-1996 (RC 18)
DeKalb Landmarks Commission Records, 1971-2001 (RC 239)
DeKalb League of Women Voters Records, 1924-1998 (RC 118)
DeKalb Milk Consumers Association Records, 1922-1971 (RC 15)
DeKalb-Ogle County Labor Council Records, 1964-1983 (RC 170)
DeKalb-Pond-Fisk Neighborhood Redevelopment Project Records, 1988-1993 (RC 237)
DeKalb Post Office Records, 1888-1960 (RC 21)
DeKalb Public Hospital Records, 1911-1981 (RC 224)
DeKalb Public Speaking and Discussion Club Records, 1932-1966 (RC 30)
DeKalb Raduim Lawsuit Records, 1996-2001 (RC 293)
DeKalb Rotary Club, 1930-2005 (RC 230)
DeKalb Streetscapes Collection, 2006 (RC 276)
DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport Advisory Board Records, 1978-2010 (RC 306)
DeKalb Township High School Collection, 1864-1982 (RC 53)
DeKalb Township Records, 1851-1939 (RC 158)
DeKalb Wagon Company Records, 1902-1957 (RC 254)
DeKalb Women's Club Records, 1889+ (RC 211)
DeKalb World Day of Prayer Collection, 1946-1989 (RC 213)
Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chapter Records (DeKalb County), 1936+ (RC 296)
Democratic National Convention Collection (Chicago), 1968 (RC 28)
Denton Family Papers (Maple Park), 1895-1965 (RC 191)
Dixon Chamber of Commerce Records, 1887-1980 (RC 173)
Duck Soup Coup Records (DeKalb), 1976-2014 (RC 344)
DuPage Area Older Women's League Records (DuPage County), 1989-2009 (RC 299)
DuPage Building & Construction Council Records, 1955-1984 (RC 58)
DuPage County Farm Bureau Records, 1913-1976 (RC 87)
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Fairview Park Cemetery Association Records (DeKalb), 1903-1982 (RC 49)
Farmers Elevator Company Records (Yorkville), 1908-1985 (RC 109)
Fairway Oaks Homeowners Association Records (DeKalb),1988-2011 (RC 307)
Fawell, Harris W., Papers (Naperville),1963-1977 (RC 4)
Fay, H.W., Portrait Collection, 1864-1945 (RC 26)
Fearer, Thomas J., Diaries, 1864-1910 (RC 343)
Finch-Marshall Railway Collection, 1887-1999 (RC 54)
Fiore, David Railroad Collection, 1848-2006 (RC 288)
First Congregational Church Records (DeKalb), 1856-2002 (RC 17)
First Congregational Church Records (Sterling), 1857-1982 (RC 155)
First Methodist Church of Kirkland Records, 1859-1985 (RC 146)
First National Bank of Wilmington Records, 1863-1988 (RC 201)
First Presbyterian Church Collection (Rockford) (RC 325)
Flora Grange Records, 1894-2002 (RC 263)
Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records (Rockford), 1907-1974 (RC 132)
Franklin Grove Collection, 1844-1995 (RC 115)
Friends in Council Records (Princeton), 1880-1980 (RC 129)
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Gen-E-Dek Club Records (DeKalb), 1949-1992 (RC 215)
General Electric Company Records (DeKalb), 1946-2015 (RC 341)
Genesee Grange Records (Coleta), 1931-1979 (RC 102)
Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters Records, 1921-1980 (RC 149)
Genoa Afternoon Homemakers Extension Unit Records, 1937-1998 (RC 259)
Genoa Women's Club Records, 1947-1984 (RC 192)
Gent, John L., Collection (DeKalb), 1930s-1940s(RC 354)
George Heyward Company Records (Kirkland), 1882-1919 (RC 69)
Gilbert, Eli B. Family Collection (DeKalb), 1844-1996 (RC 277)
Giorgi, E.J. “Zeke”, Papers (Rockford), 1965-1981 (RC 136)
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois Records (RC 351)
Glidden, J.F., Papers (DeKalb), 1869-1955 (RC 6)
Good Roads Movement Collection, 1903-1923 (RC 243)
Grand Army of the Republic Records (DeKalb), 1881-1941 (RC 126)
Grand Army of the Republic Records (Mendota), 1868-1933 (RC 85)
Greater Northern Illinois Area Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, 1994-2015 (RC 347)
Green River Ordnance Plant Records (Amboy/Dixon), 1941-1946 (RC 295)
Griffith, F.E., Family Correspondence (Sandwich), 1794-1938 (RC 89)
Griffith Letters Collection (Sandwich), 1861-2004 (RC 270)
Groenewold Business Collection (Forreston), 1932-1954 (RC 36)
Grotberg, John E., Papers (St. Charles), 1949-1992 (RC 240)
Grundy County Farm Bureau Records, 1853-1989 (RC 106)
Gurler Family Papers (DeKalb), 1840-1990 (RC 25)
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H.H. Wagner Dry Goods Store Records (DeKalb), 1866-1922 (RC 23)
Haish, Jacob Memorial Hospital Corporation Records (DeKalb), 1944-2007 (RC 286)
Halcyon Club of Polo Records, 1898-1996 (RC 232)
Hall Family Collection (Sycamore), 1824-1946 (RC 117)
Hanover Scenic Grange #1935 Records (Jo Daviess County), 1964-1978 (RC 64)
Hare, Forrest, Papers (Algonquin Township), 1960-1982 (RC 207)
Harmony Grange #957 Records (Caledonia), 1874-1968 (RC 108)
Hauswald Family Account Books Records (Sycamore), 1932-2000 (RC 253)
Head, Eugene "Gene", Papers(St. Charles), 1988 (RC 320)
Heckman, Jane, Papers (Lombard)(RC 317)
Help-One-Another Circle (Harlem Township), 1919-1959 (RC 349)
Hill, Angelina, Papers (New Milford), 1939-1999 (RC 318)
Hoffman, Gene L., Papers (Elmhurst), 1966-1990 (RC 208)
Holmberg, Joyce, Papers (Rockford), 1983-2002 (RC 294)
Howard Center for the Family, Religion & Society/Rockford Institute Records (Rockford), 1911+ (RC 238)
Huntley Park Neighborhood Association Records (DeKalb), 1994-1996 (RC 241)
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Jacobs, Leonard J., Collection (Cornhusking), 1922-1992 (RC 193)

James, Gregory Photography Collection, 1971+ (RC 352)

Johnson Family Diaries (Stephenson County), 1842-1990 (RC 305)
Johnson Family Records (DeKalb County), 1917-1969 (RC 231)
Johnson Family Records (Rock Falls), 1877-1978 (RC 100)
Johnson, Yvonne Collection (Sycamore), (RC 337)
Johnston, Dr. James Alba, Collection (Byron), 1875-1949 (RC 181)
Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry Records, 1917-1979 (RC 157)
Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records, 1950-1981 (RC 143)
Jolly Neighbors Club Records (Prophetstown), 1915-1980 (RC 112)
Jordan Hardware Company Records (Ottawa), 1852-1983 (RC 166)
Joseph Llewellyn Company Collection, 1903-1923 (RC 202)
Joslyn, Harry A., Collection (DeKalb County), 1860-1905 (RC 183)

Judson Fellowship Records (DeKalb) (RC 357)

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Kable Printing Company Records (Mt. Morris), 1898-1974 (RC 20)
Kane County Development Department Records, 1950-1980 (RC 164)
Kane County Farm Bureau Records, 1919-1971 (RC 76)
Kavadas Family Collection (DeKalb), 1908-1963 (RC 50)
Kendall County Farm Bureau Records, 1919-1970 (RC 103)
Kendall-Grundy Farm Service Company Records, 1928-1978 (RC 105)
Kennedy, Judge A.G., Papers (DeKalb), 1941-1944 (RC 124)
Kishwaukee Audubon Society Records (DeKalb), 1960-1989 (RC 107)
Kishwaukee Community Hospital Scrapbooks (DeKalb), 1924-1975 (RC 327)
Kishwaukee Kiwanis Club Records (DeKalb), 1969+ (RC 278)
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra Records (DeKalb County), 1977-1998 (RC 223)
Kishwaukee Valley Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society Records (DeKalb County), 1962-2007 (RC 284)
Knoch, Win G., Papers (Naperville), 1893-1983 (RC 179)
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Malta Congregational Church Records, 1858-1991 (RC 218)
Maple Grove Grange #1746 Collection (Winnebago County), 1872-1982 (RC 209)
Marengo Grange Records, 1950-1980 (RC 135)
Marshall, Florence Collection (DeKalb County), 1800s-1990s (RC 261)
Matthiessen-Hegeler Zinc Company Records (LaSalle), 1858-1978 (RC 167)
Mayfield Cemetery Association Records (DeKalb County), 1844-1966 (RC 65)
Mayfield Center School Records, 1882-1990 (RC 203)
Mayfield Congregational Church Records, 1849+ (RC 185)
McGaw, Robert, Papers (Rockford), 1972-1981 (RC 150)
McHenry County Pomona Grange Records, 1952-1977 (RC 128)
McMahon, David W. and Barbara Keeling Collection (Rockford), 1910-2011(RC 329)
Mendota Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1937-1979 (RC 120)
Metcalf Family Records (Riley Township, McHenry County), 1832-1916 (RC 246)
Mid-West Dairymen's Company Records (Rockford), 1924+ (RC 81)
Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Records (Wheaton), 2008+ (RC 312)
Mighell and Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Waterman) 1851-1943 (RC 22)
Milledgeville Grange Records, 1936-1996 (RC 101)
Mills, Judy Nelson Papers (Rockford), 1966-1968 (RC 298)
“The Mixer” Newsletter, Joliet Works, Illinois Steel Company Periodical (Joliet) 1917-1927 (RC 291)
Morris, John K., Papers (Chadwick), 1919-1989 (RC 161)
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Parke, H.H., Collection (Genoa-Sycamore), 1894-1973 (RC 43)
PEO Sisterhood, Chapter DX Records (DeKalb), 1933-2005 (RC 221)
People for Public Access, Inc. Records (DeKalb), 1973-1988 (RC 147)
People Who Care Records (Rockford), 1969-2003 (RC 271)
Pesut, Frances Family Collection (DeKalb) (RC 334)
Piper Business Collection (Byron), 1882-1972 (RC 78)
Platte River Development Association Records (Monroe Center), 1911-1926 (RC 31)
Pocket Travel Map Collection, 1835-1916 (RC 220)
Postcard Collection (RC 199)
Prairie State Canoeists Records, 1971+ (RC 244)
Prairie View Grange Records (Pecatonica), 1915-1970 (RC 14)
Princeton Game and Fish Club Records, 1877-2006 (RC 113)
Preserve Campton Records (Campton Township) (RC 323)
Pure Milk Association Records (Chicago), 1924-1969 (RC 62)
Putnam Family Collection (Harvard), 1940-1952 (RC 71)
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Ransom, Giles Paddock Family Collection (Roscoe), 1839-1946 (RC 275)
Read, Gordon John, Papers (DeKalb), 1930-1994 (RC 258)
Reed, Chauncey W., Collection (West Chicago), 1856-1956 (RC 67)
Reed and Delong Pharmacy Records (DeKalb), 1877-1893 (RC 39)
Rochelle Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1968-1980 (RC 98)
Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce Records, 1956+ (RC 172)
Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce Records, 1910+ (RC 180)
Rockford Building and Construction Trades Council Records, 1937-1981 (RC 138)
Rockford Chair and Furniture Company Records, 1882-1977 (RC 42)
Rockford Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records, 1894-2003 (RC 302)
Rockford Council of Social Agencies Records, 1930-1945 (RC 125)
Rockford First Lutheran Church Records, 1853-2005 (RC 83)
Rockford Harmony Singing Society Records, 1923-1969 (RC 40)
Rockford Historical Society Records, 1941+ (RC 268)
Rockford League of Women Voters Records, 1922+ (RC 178)
Rockford Magazine Periodical, 1986-1996 (RC 256)
Rockford Mitten and Hosiery Company Records, 1881-1957 (RC 38)
Rockford Peace and Justice Records, 1980-2005 (RC 267)
Rockford Small Business Collection, 1906-1961 (RC 57)
Rockford Photo Services A-V Collection, 1950’s (RC 282)
Rockford United Labor, AFL-CIO Records, 1940-1978 (RC 145)
Rockford Urban Ministries Records, 1962-2005 (RC 266)
Rolfe, Ray Diaries (DeKalb), 1884-1909 (RC 280)
Round Grove Grange Records, 1872-1975 (RC 68)

Rulis Family Collection (Rockford), 1940s-1950s (RC 360)

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Sabin and Van Arsdale Collection (Aurora), 1856-1960 (RC 32)
Salem Lutheran Church Records (Sandwich), 1904-1978 (RC 84)
Salem Lutheran Church Records (Sycamore) (RC 321)
Sandrock, J.W., Farm Records (Reynolds Township, Lee County), 1937-1992 (RC 233)
Sandwich State Bank Records, 1866-1956 (RC 70)
Sanfilip, Thomas, Papers, 1970-2000(RC 316)
Schaffer, Jack Papers (McHenry) 1973-1980 (RC 290)
Schweitzer, E.C. Company Records (Leland) 1877-1939 (RC 301)
Scott, Ray “Dutch”, Papers (DeKalb), 1964-1977 (RC 75)
Senachwine Club Records (Putnam County), 1886-1986 (RC 187)
Shapiro, David C., Papers (Amboy), 1966-1981 (RC 174)
Shimer, Francis W., College Collection (Mt. Carroll), 1838-1980 (RC 77)
Sigma Tau Delta (DeKalb), 1924-2015 (RC 362)
Silver Star Grange #1868 Collection (DeKalb County), 1932-1992 (RC 257)
Skinner, Jr., Calvin L., Papers (Crystal Lake), 1963-2000 (RC 196)
Smith Oil and Refining Company Records (Rockford), 1918-1970 (RC 48)
Soderboom, Fred C., Papers (Rockford), 1901-1957 (RC 33)
Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge #168 Records (Rockford), 1907-2004 (RC 265)
Sons of Norway, Nor-Deka Lodge #518 Records (DeKalb), 1992-1972 (RC 319)
South Grove Grange #1838 Records (DeKalb County/Ogle County), 1925-1939 (RC 61)
Spring Creek United Church of Christ (Rockford), 1960-2011 (RC 287)
Spot-Lite Food Mart Records (Malta), 1950-1970 (RC 353)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Records (DeKalb), 1911-1987 (RC 55)
Stage Coach Players Records (DeKalb), 1953-2000 (RC 184)
Star Reporter, The, Periodical (McHenry County), 1965-1981 (RC 131)
Starline, Inc. Records (Harvard), 1902-1973 (RC 114)
Stephenson County Pure Milk Association Collection, 1928-1957 (RC 93)
Sterling Chamber of Commerce Records, 1910-1982 (RC 171)
Sterling-Rock Falls Ministerial Association Records, 1948-1978 (RC 130)
Stillman Valley Woman’s Club Records, 1899-1988 (RC 242)
Stuntz, Margaret, Papers (RC 297)
Swedish Cultural Society Records (Rockford), 1971-2005 (RC 273)
Sycamore Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1926-1978 (RC 97)
Sycamore-DeKalb Panhellenic Records (DeKalb County), 1995-2005 (RC 285)
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W.F. and John Barnes Company Records (Rockford), 1878-1963 (RC 123)
Wanner, Lucinda O., Collection (Glen Ellyn), 1900-1976 (RC 163)
Westclox, Inc Records (LaSalle), 1885-1971 (RC 116)
Westfield Grange #1764 Records (Winnebago County), 1911-1972 (RC 88)
Wheatland Plow Match Association Records, 1898-2012 (RC 110)
Wheatland-Salem United Methodist Church Records, 1860-1981 (RC 119)
Will-DuPage Service Company Records, 1927-1973 (RC 94)
Will-Grundy Building Trades Council Records, 1934-1979 (RC 152)
Willowdale Grange Records (Fairdale), 1914-1962 (RC 80)
Wilson, George H., Papers (DeKalb), 1881-1932 (RC 206)
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Co-op Records, 1946-1974 (RC 79)
Winnebago Mutual Insurance Company Records (Loves Park), 1974-1997 (RC 269)
Wirtz and Wirtz Company Records (DeKalb), 1920-1970 (RC 60)
Woodbury-Forsythe Diaries (Sandwich), 1876-1928 (RC 8)
Woodstock Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1934-1980 (RC 121)
World War II Scrapbooks, 1940-1946 (RC 303)
Wurlitzer Company Records (DeKalb), 1860-1986 (RC 169)
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