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HomeElizabeth with Office of the Historian colleague Kristin Ahlberg at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library on a research trip, College Station, TX (2019). [Photo by Elizabeth Charles]

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Elizabeth with Office of the Historian colleague Kristin Ahlberg at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library on a research trip, College Station, TX (2019). [Photo by Elizabeth Charles]

October 25, 2021

Elizabeth with Office of the Historian colleague Kristin Ahlberg at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library on a research trip, College Station, TX (2019). [Photo by Elizabeth Charles]

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