An inventory of Val J. Peter's collection at The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives
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| Repository: |
The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives |
| Creator: |
Rev. Valentine J. Peter, 1934 - Present |
| Title: |
The Rev. Val J. Peter - Vatican Council II Collection |
| Dates: |
1958-1965 |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet; 7 boxes |
| Abstract: |
The Val J. Peter - Vatican Council II Collection contains published and non-published documents associated with Peter's involvement in the Second Vatican Council, including schema from various commissions, as well as information about some of the efforts taken by the Council to reach out to the laity. |
| Collection Number: |
315 |
| Language: |
Primarily English and Latin, with some French, Italian |
Father Valentine "Val" Peter was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 20, 1934. He earned doctorate degrees in both canon law and theology from Gregorian University, University of St. Thomas, and Lateran University, all in Rome. He was ordained in 1959, and attended the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. After returning to America, by 1969, he was building homes in the Johnson War on Poverty under Section 234 and 235 of the Great Poverty Act with HUD (Housing and Urban Development) funds. He then became involved with Boys Town, an orphanage that promoted "help, hope and healing" for abused, abandoned, and neglected children. During his tenure, he expanded the mission to be called Boys and Girls Town and helped 43,000 children at 19 sites in 15 states, as well as Washington, DC.
In 1984, he received The Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan award, which recognizes priests and brothers who have been outstanding leaders in their communities in Nebraska. Some of his other awards and distinctions include: Who's Who in America; presidential award from the National Association of Homes and Services for Children in 1999; Nebraska Foundation's 2007 Nebraskalander of the Year, and the 2000 Wallenberg Humanitarian Award (New York Chapter). He also served as the associate pastor of Dowd Chapel, Boys Town, NE, He served as the fourth Executive Director of Boys Town, from June 15, 1985, until his retirement on July 1, 2005. Peter also served on the boards or committees of more than 20 national and local organizations. In 2009, he was banned from visiting inmate Tracey Dyess in a women's prison in Iowa. He had been counseling her since her imprisonment in 2005 for killing her sister and brother in a fire, which intended to kill her step-father, who allegedly abused the children. Peter was banned from counseling her after he refused to surrender notes from a visit, and then ate part of his notes and shredded the rest. Since his retirement, he continues to write for a number of publications, as well as contributes to some online editorials.
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The Val J. Peter - Vatican II collection consists of the documents he acquired during the preparation for and convening of the Second Vatican Council. Peter's collection includes the public documents from a variety of the commissions, including on ecumenism, the role of the laity, and the Church in the Modern World. His collection also reveals more about what it entailed to stay in Rome during the Council. He kept hotel information, newspapers from Vatican City, and the contact information to reach other participants. Peter also kept programs from various masses he attended, as well as encyclicals and sermons, and even a program from an opera that participants of the Council attended. Those particular materials iterate that the Council was more than solely focused on clarifying church doctrine; it was about building a community among the participants. He also kept pamphlets concerning the use of communication - which was one of the major legacies of the Council. It became increasingly evident that in order to reach out to the laity, it was necessary to turn to effective and popular forms of media, such as the radio. The National Catholic Welfare Conference convened and received literature on effective broadcasting. Other notes show that the National Catholic Welfare Conference also convened to discuss several schemata, and admitted several new countries to the International Committee. Rev. Val Peter also kept some blank copies of emendation forms: these would have been circulated among participants when discussing various schema and proposed changes.
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The Val J. Peter collection consists of 4 series:
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The American participants who attended the Second Vatican Council met shortly before its conclusion in 1965 at the North American College in Rome. In this meeting, presided over by Cardinal Joseph Ritter, they authorized a centralized depository. These papers and publications were then shipped to CUA in 1971. The Val Peter papers were then created as a separate collection in February 2009.
Processing completed in December 2011 by Vanessa Taylor. EAD markup completed in December 2011 by Vanessa Taylor.
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At the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives:
Autographes des cardinaux des XVII, XVIII, et XIX siecles
Binz, Leo, Vatican Council II Collection
Hallinan, Paul J., Vatican Council II Collection
Ligutti, Luigi, Vatican Council II Collection
Norris, James J., Vatican Council II Collection
North American College in Rome
Primeau, Ernesto, Vatican Council II Collection
Sheen, Fulton, Vatican Council II Collection
Vatican Council I Photographs
Vatican Council II - Charles Helmsing
Vatican Council II - Documentary Project
Vatican Council II - Miscellany
Vatican Council II - Martin John O'Connor
Vatican Council II - Rocco Caporale
Vatican Council II - William Bassett
Vatican Council II - William Leahy
Autographes des cardinaux des XVII, XVIII, et XIX siecles
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This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Persons:
Val J. Peter
Organizations:
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Second Vatican Council
Places:
Rome
Subjects:
Declaration on Christian Education
Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
Decree on Ecumenism
Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity
Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity
Decree on the Media
Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops
Decree on the Renewal of Religious Life
Decree on the Training of Priests
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
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Rynne, Xavier. Vatican Council II. New York: Orbis Books, 1999.
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| Series 1: Life at Vatican II outside of the Congregation, 1958-1965, Box 1 |
| The first series of the Val Peter collection shows what life was like in Rome on the eve of and during the Second Vatican Council. This includes newspapers from Vatican City, hotel information, as well as some of the correspondence that took place among the American participants, such as notes from the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The languages of the materials in this series include English, Italian, and Latin. |
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Ordines (Mass Programs) from Vatican II, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Newspapers from Vatican City concerning the election of Pope John XXIII, Vatican II, TIME Magazine on Christian Renewal, 1958-1965 |
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Documents in English, Italian |
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Logistical information concerning the participants of Vatican II and hotel information , c.1961-1965 |
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Documents in English, Italian |
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Blank copies of forms for editing schema and decreta, Program from Domenico Bartolucci's Opera Peter and Paul - performed for the Council, Prayerbook issued by L.U.C.E. (Universal Catholic League of Educators), New Documents from Ecumenical Councils (Fourth Lateran Council to First Vatican Council), c.1958-1965 |
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Documents in English, Italian |
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National Catholic Welfare Conference - Research on Effective Broadcasting, Budget, Biographies of Committee Members, Pamphlets on the use of radio in American homes, Latin schema on the Instruments of Social Communication, 1963-1965 |
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Documents in English, Latin |
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Report to the U.S. Hierarchy on the Meeting of the International Committee, misc. stationary of Val. Peter, 1964 |
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Documents in English |
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Correspondence to Most. Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, 1963 |
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Documents in English |
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| Series 2: Publications, Drafts and Bound Official Vatican Documents, 1962-1965, Boxes 2-6 |
| This second series contains a number of preliminary council documents on the various commissions (Val Peter possessed a notably diverse collection of commission materials). These include drafts, schemata, emendations, and final bounded copies. The majority of these documents were written in Latin, though this series also includes some drafts and publications in English. |
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Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1963 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Declaration on Christian Education, 1963-1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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Documents on the Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite, 1963-1964 |
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Documents in Latin |
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On The Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religious (Statement made by the Most Reverend Francis P. Leipzig), Guidelines in Relations with the Jews, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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Emmendations and Schemata on Dogmatic Constitution on The Church, 1963-1964 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Documents concerning The Church and the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Declaration of Religious Freedom, 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Documents on the Declaration Religious Freedom, 1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Outline of the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World and Letters Concerning War, 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Draft and Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World: a N.C.W.C. translation endorsed by the Bishops of the United States, 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World and Textus Recognitus et Relationes Partes I and II, 1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Relatio and Translated Schema on the Church in the Modern World including Schema by Most Reverend Marcos McGrath, C.S.C., Bishop of Santiago de Varaguas Panama and Circulated Suggestions for Changes, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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Schema on the Church in the Modern World, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Documentary Report concerning the Church in the Modern World - From Fr. James Stewart to Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Concerning the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, 1962-1964 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Schema on the Sacrament of Marriage, 1963-1964 |
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Documents in Latin, with English Draft |
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Unpublished Schema on the Decree of the Lay Apostolate, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Published Schema, decreti and collected documents on the Lay Apostolate, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Drafted Schema of the Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church, 1964 |
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Documents in English |
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Schema, Decreti, Emendations on the Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin, with English commentary |
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Draft of Decree on Ecumenism, 1963-1964 |
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Documents in English |
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Schema, Relatio, Decretum and Constitutio on Ecumenism, 1963-1964 |
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Documents in Latin (with some handwritten comments on the Constitutio) |
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Documents concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church: drafts, emendations, schema, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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Concerning the Institution of the Priesthood: Schema, Relatio, Emendationes, 1964-1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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On The Priest's Ministry and Life: Textus Emendatus, Relationes, Decreti, Relationes, Quaestita, Schema, 1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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Copies of Intimatio Per Cursores Facienda, Domi Dimisso Exemplari - A Papal Mandate (Pope Paul VI), 1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Emendations Concerning Constitution the Sacred Liturgy, 1962 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Schemata on the Care of Souls, 1963 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Relatio, Emendations of De Episcopis ac de Diocesium Regimine, 1963 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Quaesitum, Schema, Textus Emendatus on De Ecclesia, 1963-1964 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Disputed Schemata and Elenchus, 1964 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Miscellaneous Schema, 1961-1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Revised Draft of the Constitution on the Church, 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Documents on the Recognition of Indulgences, 1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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| Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1962-1965, Box 7 |
| This series contains a variety of kinds of sources: a bound book that summarizes spoken statements and voting results from the fourth session, constitutions and decrees, papal encyclicals and sermons, digests, and magazine clippings containing images from the Council. |
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Council Digest of the 4th Session of Vatican II, Summary of spoken statements and voting results (Prepared for the Council Fathers of the United States), Letter Summarizing the 166th General Congregation of Vatican II, 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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Constitutions and Decrees Concerning Debates in the Sessions, 1962-1963 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Decrees and Declarations in a Public Session: On the Church in the World, on the Renovation of Religious Life, on the Institution of Marriage, on Christian Education, and on Relations with Non-Christians, 1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Collection of Letters from the Documentatie Centrum Concilie Concerning Mediation, Missionaries, Marriage, War, and Study on anti-Semitism among Catholics in America - By Abbè R. Laurentin, Herman and Lena Buelens, Dr. de Valk, Dr. J. Lichten, 1964 |
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Documents in English |
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Papal Encyclicals and Letters: On Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty - John XXIII, Mysterium Fidei - De Doctrina et Cultu Ss. Eucharistiae - Pope Paul VI, 1963, 1965 |
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Documents in Latin, English |
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Misc. from the Secretary General - Pericles Felici, n.d. |
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Documents in Italian, Latin |
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Council Digests for the American Council Fathers, 1964 |
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Documents in English |
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Sermon by Pope Paul VI, Schema on the Calendar (Simple and Perpetual), 1965 |
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Documents in Latin |
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Nova et Vetera magazine (affiliated with the North American College in Rome) with images, 1965 |
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Documents in English, Latin |
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Cut-out photo of Council from "The Sign" with head circled and labeled "Me!" (Presumably Val Peter), 1965 |
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Documents in English |
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| Series 4: Photograph, 1962, Box 7 |
| This series contains one photograph from 1962 at St. Anastasia's in Rome. |
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: Black and white photo - at St. Anastasia's Ash Wednesday, March 7, 1962 |
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Caption in English |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Related Material
Index Terms
Bibliography
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Life at Vatican II outside of the Congregation, 1958-1965,
Series 2: Publications, Drafts and Bound Official Vatican Documents, 1962-1965,
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1962-1965,
Series 4: Photograph, 1962,
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