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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Benjamin H. Kizer Papers 1939-1956<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1939/1956" type="inclusive"/></titleproper>
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        <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2007/2020">©2007 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)</date>
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          <addressline>Allen Library</addressline>
          <addressline>BOX 352900</addressline>
          <addressline>Seattle, Washington 98195-2900</addressline>
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      <p>Lawyer and civic leader</p>
      <p> Benjamin Hamilton Kizer was born in 1878. He was a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington. He died in 1978.</p>
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      <p>Correspondence, organizational materials (1941-53), minutes (1951-54), financial records, newsletters, court papers, notes, and clippings from his work as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. Inventory.</p>
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      <p> Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.</p>
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      <p>Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.</p>
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      <p>Donated by Mr. Kizer, 3/17/1964.</p>
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