William Richard Leslie papers : letters, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers, ca 1920s to 1970s.

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William Richard Leslie papers : letters, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers, ca 1920s to 1970s.

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Papers contain letters written by William Richard to his mother (most of these letters are from the war period), letters which William Richard received from the French and Belgian families where he was stationed while in Europe, and other family and official correspondence; twenty New Mexico color postcards; ten Diamond Cave, Jasper, Arkansas, black and white postcards; greeting cards; school records; certificates; diplomas; awards; newspaper clippings; brochures; pamphlets; identification cards; memory books/scrapbooks with letters, greeting cards, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, postcards, programs, admission tickets, and photographs; a picture album; studio portraits and other photographs; and miscellaneous memorabilia.

.8 linear ft.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418712

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College

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In the years 1939-1941 Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello) had a unique football team. The Wandering Weevils (the school mascot was the Boll Weevils) played for fun and to entertain the fans. Stewart Alfred Ferguson, a ministerial-student-turned-coach, had become tired of the pressure of competitive sports and the emphasis on winning at any cost. He agreed to take the coaching job at Arkansas A and M on the condition that he be allowed to m...

University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus)

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Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)

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Leslie, William Richard.

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William Richard Leslie, a son of James L. Leslie and Ona Waller Leslie, was born on October 12, 1915, in Warren, Arkansas. He graduated from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, High School in 1933. He attended the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1938. While in college, he was a member of Alpha Lambda Chi and Beta Gamma Sigma. Leslie served in the Army during the World War II with the 79th Division i...

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