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		<titleproper>Preliminary Inventory of the Patricia Miller Papers,
			<date normal="1967/1972">1967-1972</date>
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		<author>Accessioned by: Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon</author>
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	<publisher><lb/>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library <lb/> Duke University <lb/> Durham, N.C., USA </publisher> 
		<p><date normal="2009" encodinganalog="date">(C) 2009</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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	<note><p>Aleph Number: <num type="aleph">004189856</num></p></note></notestmt>
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	<creation>Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program.<lb/>
		<date>Date of source: July 2009</date><lb/>Processed by Meghan Lyon, July 2009; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University, <date>July 2009</date>

 
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	<langusage>Description is in
		<language langcode="eng">English</language>
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	<descrules>Finding aid was prepared using 
		  <title>DACS</title> and local 
		  <title>Style Guide</title></descrules>  

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<titlepage>
<titleproper>Preliminary Inventory of the Patricia Miller Papers, <date type="span">1967-1972</date>
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<publisher>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library <lb/> Duke University <lb/> Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA </publisher>
<p><date normal="2009">(C) 2009</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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<head>Descriptive Summary</head>
<repository label="Repository"> 
<corpname>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke
			 University</corpname></repository> 
<origination label="Creator"><persname encodinganalog="100">Miller, Patricia.</persname></origination>
<unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245">Patricia Miller Papers, <unitdate normal="1967/1972" type="inclusive">1967-1972</unitdate>
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<langmaterial label="Language of Material" encodinganalog="546">Material in <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<extent unit="linear feet" encodinganalog="300">0.6 Linear Feet</extent><lb/> 
<extent unit="items">500 Items</extent>
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<physloc label="Location">For current information on the location of
		  these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.</physloc> 

<abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="545">Patricia Miller is an attorney, abortion rights activist, and the author of <title render="italic">The Worst of Times: Illegal Abortion--Survivors, Practitioners, Coroners, Cops, and Children of Women Who Died Talk About its Horrors</title>.</abstract>


<abstract encodinganalog="520">Collection includes Miller's personal correspondence, materials and background information from the Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission, and general pro and con abortion materials from Pennsylvania and Colorado.</abstract>

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<head>Administrative Information</head>

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<head>Access Restrictions</head>
<p>Collection is open for research.</p>
<p>However, collection may contain materials to which the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.</p>
<p>Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.</p>
<p>Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library to use this collection.</p>
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<head>Copyright Notice</head>
<p>The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library.</p>
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		  <head>Preferred Citation</head> 
		  <p>[Identification of item], Patricia Miller Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library</p> 
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<head>Provenance</head>
<p>The Patricia Miller Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library as a 
gift in 2009. 
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<head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, July 2009</p>
<p>Encoded by Meghan Lyon, July 2009</p>
<p>This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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<p>Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: <title render="italic">DACS,</title> EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local <title render="italic">Style Guide.</title></p>
<p>This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.</p>
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<head>Biographical Note</head>

<p>Patricia Miller is an attorney, a long-time abortion rights activist, and the author of <title render="italic">The Worst of Times: Illegal Abortion--Survivors, Practitioners, Coroners, Cops, and Children of Women Who Died Talk About its Horrors</title> (1993), an oral history compilation. </p>

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<head>Collection Overview</head>

<p>Collection includes Miller's personal correspondence, materials and background information from the Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission, and general abortion materials from rights activists and opponents in Pennsylvania and Colorado.</p>

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<head>Collection Arrangement</head>

<p>This collection has not been fully processed, and as such, materials have not been refoldered beyond what is needed for preservation purposes. Furthermore, most labels are directly transcribed from the donor's description of the material.</p>

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<head>Subject Headings</head>
<p>These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.</p>
<list type="simple"><item><persname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="600">Miller, Patricia G., 1933-</persname></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Abortion--Pennsylvania.</subject></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Abortion--Colorado.</subject></item>
<item><corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Pennsylvania--Abortion Law Commission.</corpname></item>
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<unittitle id="s1">Accession (2009-0161), <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1967/1972">1967-1972</unitdate></unittitle>
<physdesc><extent>(1 box)</extent></physdesc>
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<p>Accession (2009-0161) (500 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1967-1971) includes Miller's personal correspondence, materials and background information from the Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission, and general abortion materials from rights activists and opponents in Pennsylvania and Colorado.</p>
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	<c02><did><container type="box">1</container><unittitle>Abortion pro/con Pennsylvania: religious views, 1971-1972</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Pennsylvania: recommended legislation</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission (PALC): Legal Committee, 1972</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission (PALC): Report of the Socio-Economic Committee, 1971</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission (PALC): Majority Report draft</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission (PALC): Loose materials</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Personal correspondence, 1972</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Pro and Anti Organizations: Material from abortion opponents, 1972</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Colorado materials</unittitle></did></c02>
	<c02><did><unittitle>Colorado and other states news clippings, 1967</unittitle></did></c02>
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