Armstrong Papers 1932-1974 1950-1960

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Armstrong Papers 1932-1974 1950-1960

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The collection contains correspondence, photographs, diaries, journals, publications and vital and legal documents dealing with Armstrong's days at Amherst college, Harvard University, his foriegn language studies and finally, the trip to Africa on which he died. The collection also includes the papers of Catherine M. Armstrong relating to her son's death, including correspondence with the families of Armstrong's fellow travelers, official correspondence relating to the investigation, notes on her trip to Paris to visit the family of Tommy-Martin and notes of sympathy following her son's death.

1 records storage box, 4 archives boxes, 1 flat box; (3.5 linear ft.)

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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321642

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Pillu, Jean

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Amherst College. Class of 1958. Tommy-Martin.

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Armstrong, John H., 1932-1959

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Armstrong graduated from Amherst in 1954 with a BA in English and attended Harvard University where he received a Master's degree in English Literature in 1955. In 1955 Armstrong joined the United States Army and attended the Army Language School in Monterey, California where he studied Chinese. In 1958 Armstrong received a Fullbright Scholarship and studied French and Chinese at the Institute for Advanced Languages at the Sorbonne in Paris. During his stay in Paris he met Yves Tommy-Martin (AC ...

Amherst College. Class of 1954. Armstrong.

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Shannon, Donald.

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Tommy-Martin, Yves Marc, 1935-1959

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Armstrong, Catherine M.

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