Diaries, 1920-1968.

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Diaries, 1920-1968.

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The diaries give a precise record of Murray's four years as superintendent of home missions in Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as of his life as pastor, family man, traveller, lover of the arts and ornithologist while in Lexington, Virginia (1924-1968). Reminiscences include information about his family, including his wife, Jane Dickson Vardell Murray, and children, J.J. (Jimmy) Murray, Jr. and Jane Murray, and close friends, including Matthew Paxton, Nell Paxton, James G. Leyburn, and Mary Monroe Penick. The diaries also contain information about Frank Price, a missionary to China for fifty years who was sponsored by Lexington Presbyterian Church. The collection also includes a notebook of birding notes by Southgate Y. Hoyt from 1934-1938.

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Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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Price, P. F. (Philip Francis), 1864-1954

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Murray, Joseph James, 1890-1973

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Murray was pastor of the Lexington Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Virginia from 1924-1957 and was a well-known ornithologist. Prior to his pastorate, he was a superintendent of home missions in the Wilmington, N.C. presbytery. From the description of Diaries, 1920-1968. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 193995850 ...

Leyburn, James Graham

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James Leyburn was an economics and sociology professor at Hollins College, Princeton University, Yale University, and Washington and Lee University. From the description of Papers, 1935-1973. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 39061261 Leyburn was Dean and Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University from 1947-1972, and Professor Emeritus from 1972-1993. From the description of Papers, 1935-1973 (bulk 1943-1944). (Washington & L...

Paxton, Nell.

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Murray, Jane Dickson Vardell.

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Murray, Janet P. (Janet Page)

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Paxton, Matthew W., 1898-1987.

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Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)

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Penick, Mary Monroe, 1906-1992.

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Hoyt, John Southgate Yeaton, 1913-1951.

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John Southgate Yeaton Hoyt (1913-1951), an ornithologist, received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1948. Most of his professional career was spent as an assistant to Arthur A. Allen at the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_506_pid_EACP503 ...