Correspondence, 1918-1967.

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Correspondence, 1918-1967.

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Includes correspondence with Washington and Lee University presidents Henry Louis Smith, Francis Pendleton Gaines, and Fred C. Cole regarding university matters. Also contains information about Tucker's tenure as chairman of the Industrial Commission of Virginia (1918-1919) and his work with the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.

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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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Gaines, Francis Pendleton, 1892-1963

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Francis Pendleton Gaines Jr., the sixth president of Wofford College, was born in 1918 (he grew up around college campuses, as his father was president of Wake Forest University from 1927 to 1930, and president of Washington and Lee University from 1930 to 1959). Gaines graduated from the University of Arizona in 1940 and took his doctorate in history at the University of Virginia. He worked at Southern Methodist University before coming to Wofford in 1952 as president of the college. ...

Washington and Lee University. University Library

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Tucker, Robert Henry, 1875-1967.

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Robert Tucker was Dean of Washington and Lee University, 1930-1946. From the description of Letters, 1944. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 39174304 Robert Tucker was a Washington and Lee University Professor of Economics from 1915-1948, acting president of the university (1930). and Dean of Washington and Lee University, 1930-1946. From the description of Correspondence, 1918-1967. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 3127...

Industrial Commission of Virginia

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Virginia State Chamber of Commerce

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Smith, Henry Louis, 1859-1951

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Henry Louis Smith, 1859-1951, was born in Greensboro, N.C. He graduated from Davidson College in 1881. He accepted a position of the faculty of Davidson College in 1886 and began graduate work at the University of Virginia. Smith taught physics and astronomy and was superintendent of grounds and buildings. While a professor, Smith performed the first X-ray experiment in the U.S. in 1896. Smith was president of Davidson College from 1901 to 1912 and president of Washington and Lee Un...

Cole, Fred Carrington, 1912-

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