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ALSO, PRESERVED ARE ARTIFACTS FROM INDUSTRY AND CIVIC LIFE IN VALDESE AND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL BOOKS AND RECORDS. PART 111, LINE 4 COLLECTION OF LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S FARMING, HOUSEHOLD, CLOTHING ITEMS, AND RELIGIOUS ARTIFACTS DONATED BY THE WALDENSIAN SETTLERS OF VALDESE, MANY WHICH WERE BROUGHT FROM THEIR HOMELAND IN NORTHWEST ITALY. ALSO, PRESERVED ARE ARTIFFACTS FROM EARLY INDUSTRY AND CIVIC LIFE IN VALDESE AND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL BOOKS AND RECORDS. X 25 0 FASB ASC 958 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE RETURN WAS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT WITH ASSISTANCE AND OVERSIGHT BY MANAGEMENT. UPON COMPLETION AND REVIEW, THE RETURN WAS ELECTRONICALLY DELIVERED TO EACH VOTING BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO ALL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 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