The small curatorial staff at UCR CMP, particularly Edward Earle, senior curator, and Steve Thomas, collections manager, deserve a great deal of praise for their enthusiasm, and their tireless and often under-rewarded efforts. They not only provided the authors access to the collections, but also dusted off collection files and a variety of other background materials on the collections, all of which aided in enriching the underlaying fabric of this paper. The authors gratefully acknowledges all of their assistance, and take responsibility for the content, notions and comments contained herein; they are ours alone and do not reflect the opinions or policies of UCR CMP or the reviewers.

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