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W. H. Lawson
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S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
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S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
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S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)
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S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968)
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S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown)
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S1964-1965 #89: California State University, Chico (April 21, 1965–August 6, 1965)
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S1965-1966 #9: California State University, East Bay (August 10, 1965–October 10, 1965)
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S1971-1972 #122: Muriah Allen (April 12, 1972–June 28, 1972)
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S1976-1977 #45: Presidio Army Museum (February 11, 1977–February 25, 1977)
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S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
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