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1943
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1950
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{"value"=>"Darnton, Byron and Eleanor Choate Darnton"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Darnton was a foreign correspondent killed in 1942 while covering the war in the Pacific. The papers in this folder deal with the circumstances of his death (whether it was by enemy action or accidental bombing by American aircraft), a memorial plaque, and Mrs. Darnton's employment in the Women's News Department. Also, there is correspondence about a liberty ship named for Darnton, and a collection of books presented to the ship's library by the NYT.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"box", "value"=>"15"}
{"type"=>"folder", "value"=>"25"}
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{"type"=>"local_mss", "value"=>"387444"}
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1943
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1950
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1943