Collection, 1919-1978.

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Collection, 1919-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35625638

Collection contains Betts's lecture notes for his electrical engineering classes as well as some notes from his student days. The bulk of the collection is scrapbooks of local history and Kiwanis newspaper clippings. It also contains API student handbooks, 1919-1930, photo negatives from the 1940s, and miscellaneous records of the Opelika Water Board, 1955-1977. Artifacts include Nazi flags and an armband, items issued to U.S. soldiers, and civic organization memorabilia. Collection contains small amount of Katherine Betts's (spouse of Robert Betts) correspondence relative to Eastern Star and the Auburn Pilot Club. The latter has been separated and placed in RG 800.

Scrapbooks and correspondence: 2 cu. ft.Artifacts: 4.

Auburn University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7373470

Auburn University.

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Betts, Robert A. (Robert Andrew)

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Robert A. Betts (1903-1995) was a professor of Electrical Engineering at Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1926 to 1942. He was an avid student of local history, especially of Opelika, Alabama, where he served on the Water Board, 1955-1977. Betts was a loyal member of the Opelika Kiwanis Club for sixty years. He served as an Army major in World War II. From the description of Collection, 1919-1978. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 35625638 ...

Kiwanis Club of Opelika Alabama.

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Betts, Robert B.

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Alabama Polytechnic Institute. School of engineering.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Betts, Katherine.

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