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  • The legacy of Doris "Granny D" Haddock will be preserved at the Keene State College library after the activist's family donated her journals, letters, photographs and memorabilia to the school. (Associated Press)

    College preserves the legacy of 'Granny D'

    The straw hat, shoes and neon vest Doris "Granny D" Haddock wore during her cross-country walk more than a decade ago are becoming teaching tools for a new generation of political activists.

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  • Haddock's family chose Keene State in part because it is close to Dublin, and because it promised to integrate the collection into its political science, women's studies and other curriculum, he said.

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  • "It is a wonderful study of how somebody, in a lot of ways an ordinary person, decided, 'I'm going to do something,' and then went about doing something," said archivist and assistant professor Rodney Obien. "It gives a good background on how to organize a grass-roots effort."

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