Papers, 1924-1995.

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Papers, 1924-1995.

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The collection consists of writings, correspondence, notes, speeches, reports, and documents relating to the personal and professional life of John Sawyer as a leader in higher education. Spanning most of his life from grade school to his death, the papers include his work as a student, a professor, a college president, and a foundation president as well as his role as an adviser to many organizations and friends. These papers, which Sawyer held privately at his home during his lifetime, serve as an interesting supplement to his official presidential papers.

8.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Williams College, Sawyer Library

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United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

Williams College

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Williams College. Class of 1942

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Sawyer, John E., 1917-1995.

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John Edward Sawyer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts 5 May 1917 and died in Woods Hole, Massachusetts 7 February 1995. He attended Deerfield Academy, obtained an A.B. degree from Williams College in 1939 and earned an A.M. degree from Harvard. In 1942 he left Harvard before completing his Ph. D. dissertation to serve as an officer in the U.S. Navy assigned to the Office of Strategic Services. He then returned to Harvard as a Junior Fellow (1946-1949) and as an Assistant Professor (1949-1953)....