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A finding aid provides an overview of a collection and in some cases, detailed listings of the files in a collection. Looking for University records and historical documents begins with looking at the finding aids to University Archives and Richardson Collection.
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[identification of item], collection title (MS #), Richardson Collection, Archives and Special Collections, The University of South Dakota.
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