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William O. (William Oliver) Baker

1915–2005 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Selection of correspondence to Paul M. Gross, Vice-President of Duke University, regarding the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology.

Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998 · 1963

Letters, reports and meeting minutes sent to Duke vice president Paul M. Gross in 1963 about creating the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology and paying for a building. Governor Terry Sanford, George Watts Hill, William O. Baker of Bell Telephone Laboratories and the Research Triangle Institute figure in the papers. 42 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005.

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State Archives catalog: 60 collections naming William BakerState Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina

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