The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
Scope and Contents:
The collection documents the immigration and assimilation of mostly Christian Syrian-Lebanese who came to America at the turn of the twentieth century. The immigrants were predominately-small land-owning peasants and artisans from the village of Syria and Lebanon. According to Alixa Naff, immigrants knew exactly where they were going to live and what they were going to do once they immigrated to America. They mostly chose to live in cities where earlier immigrants had already created communities. The majority of the immigrants became peddlers. Peddlers carried packs containing scissors, razors, pins, buttons, ribbons, threads, needles, combs, mirrors, soap, voile and muslin, lace and crotchet crafts, perfume, scarves, picture frames, oriental rugs, fine linens, leather goods, pictures of saints, religious notions from the holy land, confections and cakes. Peddling offered the immigrants a source of income and a way to learn the English language, American customs and lifestyles. It often led to ownership of a small dry goods store. More successful businesspersons then went on to own a department store or a chain of stores. For those Syrian/Lebanese who chose not to pursue peddling as a source of income other occupations included farming, work in New England textile mills, Midwestern factories, Pittsburgh and Birmingham steel mills and Detroit's automobile assembly lines.
It was in these Syrian communities created by Arab immigrants that Dr. Naff sought interviews, photographs and personal papers. For Alixa Naff this pioneering generation of people offered a wealth of information on the immigrant experience and the critical role that peddling played. Naff conducted interviews in urban and small town communities with an emphasis on Midwestern states. Her informants included first and second generation Christians, Druze and Muslims. Locations of interviews included Detroit, Michigan because it was an industrial city with a large and stable Syrian population of all faiths. Cedar Rapids, Iowa was smaller, a railroad depot at the turn of the century and home to the earliest Muslim groups. Peoria, Illinois was also a small, railroad depot at the turn of the century and it consisted predominately of the Maronite Sect originally from one village in Mount Lebanon. Spring Valley, Illinois was a small mining town with a Christian community and the remnant of a once flourishing peddling settlement. Their Eastern Rite Syrian Orthodox Church was the only one in Illinois until 1961 and served smaller Syrian groups.
Oral history interviews deal with the sociological factors of the assimilation process. Most tapes have been fully transcribed or abstracted. Information from the interviews are supported with published articles; demographic statistics; articles from the Arab-American press, books, journals and dissertations published in the United States or in Arab countries. Personal papers collected from individuals and families provide evidence of the experiences discussed in the interviews and add a personal touch to the reference materials. While there are a number of original items included among the personal papers, there is a substantial amount of duplicate materials. Naff would often collect the originals make copies and then return the originals to the donors.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into the eight series created by Alixa Naff.
Series 1, Personal Papers, 1891-2002, undated
Series 2, Photographs, 1890-1996, undated
Series 3, Oral interviews, Abstracts, Transcripts and Supporting Materials, 1962-1995, undated
Series 4, Publications, 1862-2000, undated
Series 5, Subject Files, 1888-2000
Series 6, Project Files, 1977-1995
Series 7, Alixa Naff Personal Papers, 1943-1996, undated
Series 8, Audio Visual Materials, 1908-1994, undated
Biographical / Historical:
The Faris and Yamna Naff Collection is the result of the dedication and research efforts of Dr. Alixa Naff, the daughter of Syrian-Lebanese immigrants. She spent most of her life documenting the early American experience of the generation of Arabs, mostly Christian, from Syria/Lebanon who came to this country around the turn of the century.
After an administrative career in private industry, Alixa Naff enrolled at the University of California to obtain her B.A. degree. During her senior year, she was required to write a paper for an American history seminar. The topic for the seminar was immigration. Alixa Naff chose Arabs in America as her subject. According to Naff, there was a lack of reference materials relating to her topic. Therefore, she relied mostly on conversations with her parents' friends. Impressed by her work, Alixa Naff's professor offered her a grant to collect Arab folklore.
Alixa Naff conducted her research during the summer of 1962. She interviewed eighty-seven people in sixteen communities across the United States and eastern Canada. All of her informants were at least sixty years old at the time of the interviews and represented the last surviving members of her parents' pioneer immigrant generation. After completing her fieldwork, Naff went on to earn her master's and Ph.D. degrees. She taught on the college level at California State University and the University of Colorado. In 1977, she left teaching citing anti-Arab feelings as the reason for her shift in career paths. Her desire to counter the anti-Arab stereotyping with accurate sources of information created yet another opportunity for her to pursue more research about Arab Americans.
Later in 1977, Alixa Naff served as a consultant on a documentary film relating to Arabs in America. She again realized existed on the subject of the Arab immigrant experience in America. Moreover, much of what she found conflicted with what pioneer informants had told her. Naff was also painfully aware that family members of decreased Arab immigrants often discarded the early artifacts, personal papers, photographs and books brought to America. Shortly after, she began working on a study on the history of Arab immigrants. In 1979, Alixa Naff met Gino Baroni, then undersecretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and founder of the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. His center helped her secure funding for her research from the National Endowment for the Humanities and provided an office for her to work. The result of this work was a book entitled Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience published in 1985. Richard Ahlborn, then curator of the Smithsonian's Community Life Division (now its Department of Cultural Affairs), convinced Naff to donate the collection to the Smithsonian in honor of her parents, Faris and Yamna Naff, and their generation of Arabs who immigrated to America.
Alixa Naff died on June 1, 2013 at the age of 93.
Related Materials:
Materials at the National Museum of American History
The Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life)holds artifacts related to this collection including. See Accession #: 2007.3245.
Materials at the Smithsonian Institution
Photo Lot 2011-02, Alixa Naff photographs of Europe, the Middle East and the Mediterranean and audio tapes on Mediterranean folklore, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance:
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Researchers must use microfilm copies. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.
Viewing film portions of collection require special appointment; please inquire with a reference archivist. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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INTERVIEW WITH JIM BAKER, WOODEN SHOE CARVER TAPE 7 ALSO INTERVIEW WITH LARRY JONES AND GENVIEVE EVANOFF FROM THE FLINT SIT DOWN STRIKE D90
Track Information:
101 Wooden Shoe Carver / Jim Baker.
102 Flint Sit-Down Strike / Genvieve Evanoff, Larry Jones.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0162
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Michigan 1987
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Flint (Mich.), Holland (Mich.), United States, Michigan, February 13, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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INTERVIEW WITH LARRY JONES AND GENVIEVE EVANOFF FROM THE FLINT SIT DOWN STRIKE TAPE 8 D90 LAST TAPE OF MICHIGAN FIELDWORK AVAILABLE.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0163
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Michigan 1987
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Flint (Mich.), United States, Michigan, February 13, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Andrea Yu, Mei-Jiun Mai, Yung-Ching Yeh, Mike Yeh; Khampiang Simmanakhot, Onechanh Luthonchak; Berdene "Bud" Simons, Nellie Simons, Fred Ahearn, Bert Christenson Games From Chinese Tradition; Lao Music And Song; Language And Work 1 Of 4
Track Information:
101 Games from Chinese Tradition / Mai-Juin Mai, Yung-ching Yeh.
102 Lao Music and Song / Khampiang Simmanakhot, Onechanh Luthonchak.
103 Language and Work: The Flint Sit-Down Strike / Berdene Simons, Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Nellie Simons.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0321
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 1987.
Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Berdene "Bud" Simons, Nellie Simons, Fred Ahearn, Bert Christenson; Master Tray, Mei-Jiun Mai; Laura Milton Hodges, Bounsou Sanani Kone, Yung-Ching Yeh Language And Work; Chinese Dance; Language And Education 2 Of 4
Track Information:
101 Language and Work: Flint Sit-Down Strike / Berdene Simons, Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Nellie Simons.
103 Language and Education / Bounsou Sanani Kone, Laura Milton Hodges, Yung-ching Yeh.
102 Chinese Dance / Mai-Juin Mai.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0322
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 1987.
Restrictions:
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OREN TIKKANEN, ED LAULUMA, RON HAMMON, MEL HAMMON, LES RABER, PAUL GIFFORD;BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS, NELLIE SIMONS, BURT CHRISTENSON, SHIRLEY FOSTER, FRED AHEARN COMPARATIVE FIDDLE STYLES, SIT-DOWN STRIKE 3 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Comparative Fiddle Styles / Ed Lauluma, Les Raber, Mel Hammon. Fiddle,Dulcimer.
101 Sit-Down Strike: The Strike Remembered / Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0288-5
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1987.
Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Marguerite Berry-Jackson, Marie Cross Mecosta; Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster, Nellie Simons, Berdene "Bud" Simons, Burt Christenson; Mel Hammon, Les Raber, Ron Hammon, Paul Gifford Fugitive Slave Narratives; Great Sit-Down Strike; Comparative Fiddle Styles 1 Of 4
Track Information:
101 Fugitive Slave Narratives / Marguerite L. Berry-Jackson, Marie L. Cross.
102 The Flint Sit-Down Strike / Fred Ahearn, Berdene Simons, Shirley Foster, Nellie Simons.
103 Comparative Fiddle Styles / Les Raber, Mel Hammon. Fiddle.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0255
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 24, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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MARGUERITE BERRY-JACKSON, ROSIE WILKINS; JIM WICKS, DAMIEN LUNNING, ELMAN "BUD" STEWART; FREDDIE AHEARN, SHIRLEY FOSTER, BURT CHRISTENSON, NELL SIMONS, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS MIGRATION TO MICHIGAN, LORE OF THE LURE; SIT-DOWN STRIKE AND THE FLINT COMMUNITY 1 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Migration to Michigan / Marguerite L. Berry-Jackson, Rosie Wilkins.
102 Lore of the Lure / Damien Lunning, Elman Stewart, Jim Wicks.
103 Sit-Down Strike and the Flint Community / Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0259
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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FREDDIE AHEARN, SHIRLEY FOSTER, BURT CHRISTENSON, NELL SIMONS, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS; LES RABER, PAUL GIFFORD; JULIA NYHOLM, GEORGE MCGESHICK, MARY MCGESHICK SIT-DOWN STRIKE AND THE FLINT COMMUNITY; MICHIGAN FIDDLING; NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS 2 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Sit-Down Strike and the Flint Community / Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster.
102 Michigan Fiddling / Les Raber, Paul Gifford. Fiddle,Dulcimer.
103 American Indian Crafts / George McGeshick, Julia Nyholm, Mary McGeshick.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0260
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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JULIA NYHOLM, GEORGE MCGESHICK, MARY MCGESHICK; DAVID WYSS, JAY STEPHAN, EARL NYHOLM; ART MOILANEN, BILL STIMAC; FRED AHEARN, BURT CHRISTENSON, SHIRLEY FOSTER, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS, NELLIE SIMONS NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS (OJIBWAY); RIVERLORE; MUSIC AND COMMUNITY; GREAT SIT-DOWN STRIKE :THE PLANTS
Track Information:
101 American Indian Crafts / George McGeshick, Julia Nyholm, Mary McGeshick.
102 Riverlore / David Wyss, Earl Nyholm, Jay Stephan.
103 Music and Community / Art Moilanen, Bill Stimac. Accordion.
104 Sit-Down Strike: Life Outside the Plants / Berdene Simons, Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Nellie Simons.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0261
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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DICK GRABOWSKI, RAY DAVISON, JIM WICKS, ELMAN "BUD" STEWART; ELIAS LOPEZ, ESPERANZA ACALA; PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, STEVEN FOUCH; FRED AHEARN, BURT CHRISTENSON, SHIRLEY FOSTER, NELLIE SIMONS, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS FISHING STORIES; MIGRATION TO MICHIGAN; SIT-DOWN STRIKE 3 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Fishing Stories / Elman Stewart, Jim Wicks, Ray Davison.
102 Migration to Michigan / Elias Lopez, Esperanza Alcala, Pedro Rodriguez.
103 Sit-Down Strike: The Role of Women / Fred Ahearn, Nellie Simons, Shirley Foster.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0264
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 26, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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GEORGE HAMMON, MARGE HAMMON, MEL HAMMON, RON HAMMON, HAMMON FAMILY; FRED AHEARN, SHIRLEY FOSTER, BURT CHRISTENSON, NELLIE SIMONS, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS MIGRATION TO MICHIGAN; SIT-DOWN STRIKE 1 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Migration to Michigan / Hammons Family.
102 Sit-Down Strike: The Birth of the U.A.W / Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0266
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 27, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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101 Sit-Down Strike: The Birth of the U.A.W / Berdene Simons, Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Nellie Simons.
102 Ethnicity and Craft / Arnold, Jr. Klein, Chou Chang, Jim Baker.
103 Michigan Fiddling / Les Raber, Paul Gifford. Fiddle,Dulcimer.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0267
General:
Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster, Burt Christenson, Nellie Simons, Berdene "Bud" Simons; Arnold Klein, James Baker, Chou Chang, Yer Yang Mua;Les Raber, Paul Gifford Sit-Down Strike; Ethnicity And Craft; Michigan Fiddling 2 Of 4
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 27, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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101 Sit-Down Strike: Life Inside and Outside the Plant / Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster.
102 American Indian Crafts / Agnes Rapp, Catherine Baldwin, Julia Wesaw.
101 Herbal Medicine / Marguerite L. Berry-Jackson, Marie L. Cross.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0268
General:
FRED AHEARN, SHIRLEY FOSTER, BURT CHRISTENSON, NELLIE SIMONS, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS; CATHERINE BALDWIN, AGNES RAPP, JULIA WESAW; MARIE CROSS, MARGUERITE BERRY-JACKSON SIT-DOWN STRIKE; NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS (OTTAWA, POTOWATOMI; HERBAL MEDICINE 3 OF 4
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 27, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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ANNA LASSILA, ELDA PELTIER, HUDSON "HUDDY" PELTIER; BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS, NELLIE SIMONS, BURT CHRISTENSON, SHIRLEY FOSTER, FRED AHEARN; DAVID WYSS, JAY STEPHAN MIGRATION TO MICHIGAN; SIT-DOWN STRIKE; RIVERLORE 1 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Migration to Michigan / Anna E. Lassila, Elda Peltier, Hudson Peltier.
102 Sit-Down Strike and the Flint Community / Berdene Simons, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster, Nellie Simons.
103 Riverlore / David Wyss, Jay Stephan.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0270
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 28, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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DAVID WYSS, JAY STEPHAN; DENNIS AU, STEVEN FOUCH; CATHERINE BALDWIN, AGNES RAPP, JULIA WESAW, JULIA NYHOLM; BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS, NELLIE SIMONS, SHIRLEY FOSTER, FRED AHEARN, BURT CHRISTENSON RIVERLORE; NATIVE AMERICAN STORYTELLING; ETHNICITY AND CRAFTS; SIT-DOWN STRIKE 2 OF 4
Track Information:
101 Riverlore / David Wyss, Jay Stephan.
102 Fruit Culture / Dennis Au, Steven B. Fouch.
103 American Indian Crafts / Agnes Rapp, Catherine Baldwin, Julia Wesaw.
104 Sit-Down Strike: The Strike Remebered / Burt Christensen, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0271
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 28, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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101 Sit-Down Strike: The Strike Remembered / Berdene Simons, Fred Ahearn, Shirley Foster, Nellie Simons.
102 Fishing Stories / Dick Grabowski, Jim Wicks.
103 Herbal Medicine / Marguerite L. Berry-Jackson, Marie L. Cross.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0272
General:
BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS, NELLIE SIMONS, SHIRLEY FOSTER, FRED AHEARN, BURT CHRISTENSON; JIM WICKS, DICK GRABOWSKI; MARIE CROSS, MARGUERIT BERRY-JACKSON SIT-DOWN STRIKE; FISHING STORIES, HERBAL MEDICINE 3 OF 4
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 28, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 1, 1987.
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Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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FRED AHEARN, BURT CHRISTENSON, SHIRLEY FOSTER, BERDENE "BUD" SIMONS, NELLIE SIMONS; LES RABER, PAUL GIFFORD, MEL HAMMON, RON HAMMON, ED LAULUMA SIT-DOWN STRIKE; COMPARATIVE MICHIGAN FIDDLING 4 OF 4
102 Comparative Fiddle Styles / Les Raber, Mel Hammon. Fiddle.
Local Numbers:
FP-1987-CT-0277
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 1, 1987.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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