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The Roxana Arsht Papers consist of 33.5 linear feet of material spanning the dates 1910-2002. The collection comprises personal and professional papers, as well as Cannon family papers. Travel files contain books, pamphlets, brochures, photographs, clippings, newspapers, itineraries, maps, notes, postcards and ephemera collected during her travels to Bermuda, the Carribean, USSR, South America, Portugal, Spain, Egypt, Africa, Mexico, England, Scotland, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Canada, France, Germany, Yugoslavia, Hawaii, Israel, China, Japan, Nevis, Petit St. Vincent, Switzerland, Vienna, Austria, Bangkok, Annapolis, New Orleans, Williamsburg, Savannah, and Charleston, as well as folders dealing with budgets and various costs of living. Legal and philanthropic files contain materials pertaining to political campaigns, mergers, court cases, oral histories, and various organizations and charitable groups such as the Academy of Lifelong Learning, Planned Parenthood, Cancer Care, the fund for women, etc. |