Collection, 1947-1949.

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Collection, 1947-1949.

Memorabilia from API band's 1949 "Washington Trip": menu from train, roster and sleeping arrangements, edition of Washington Post newspaper. Also photographs of "Twirlers" (men) and majorettes, 1947-49, and one pair of majorette boots.

1 cu. ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393679

Auburn University.

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

Gravlee, Carol Scott.

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Gravlee was an Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) majorette. She accompanied the college band when it played in the January 20, 1949, inauguration of President Harry S. Truman held in Washington, D.C. From the description of Collection, 1947-1949. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 37488271 ...

Auburn University. Band

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