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                <text>&lt;a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc"&gt;Permission to publish material from the John T. Parsons Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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                <text>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: The John T. Parsons Papers, Ms1987-016,  Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.</text>
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