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public benevolences which absorbed large sums of money may also be mentioned the physical cabinet connected with the J. Dorman Steele Chair of
Theistic Science in Syracuse University. The Esther Baker Steele Collection presented by Steele to the department of Greek at Syracuse University included Greek vases and terra-cotta statuettes.
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