Papers, 1893-1933.

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Papers, 1893-1933.

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Chiefly papers relating to Cora McCanless' time at Asheville Female College in Asheville, N.C. Includes programs for the school commencement (1897) and various concerts, including the performance of a cantata (1893); Cora's school reports (1895-1897); the commencement essay which won her the Sawyer medal; and clippings about the commencement. Also includes records of her husband W.J. McCanless' service in the Marine Corps, which contain an affidavit testifying to the truthfulness of McCanless' report on the rising of the River Sojoton in the Philippines that endangered the lives of U.S. servicemen as a result of a Captain Dunlap's poor judgement.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7355180

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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McCanless, W. J.

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Asheville Female School.

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McCanless, Cora.

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Alumna of Asheville Female College. From the description of Papers, 1893-1933. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34300297 ...

United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...