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On the Online Archive of California, for each collection brought up by a search, click on the underlined collection title, and yellow highlights and arrows will lead you to each place in the finding aid where the search term is found.
If you find one result that is particularly relevant, look at the subject terms assigned to it, and try repeating your search using the applicable subject term.
