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Scope and Content: This series includes materials that illuminate the early academic career, business, and personal activities of David Gordon Lyon. Of particular interest are Lyon's diaries that span a period of sixty years (1870-1934). They include daily descriptions of his activities, recount his trips abroad, enumerate his interactions with family, friends, and members of the academic community, and describe his undertakings at Harvard College. Moreover, they provide a glimpse into Lyon's...