Armstrong papers, 1932-1974, bulk 1950-1960.

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Armstrong papers, 1932-1974, bulk 1950-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51625380

The Armstrong Papers include correspondence, photographs, diaries, journals, publications and vital and legal documents, such as his birth certificate, passport and insurance papers. They deal with his days at Amherst College and Harvard University, his foreign language studies and finally, the trip to Africa. Also contained in the papers of John Armstrong are those of his mother, Catherine M. Armstrong. Related almost exclusively to her son's death, these papers include correspondence with the families of Armstrong's fellow travelers, official correspondence relating to the investigation, notes on her trip to Paris to visit the family of Tommy-Martin and notes of sympathy following her son's death. Processing is minimal. The correspondence is arranged in a rough chronological order by year. The remaining material is boxed or in folders by type (i.e. diaries or published accounts of the expeditions) and is listed in alphabetical order.

2 record storage box, 2 archive boxes, 1 flat box (3.5 linear feet)

Amherst College. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7641737

Amherst College. Library

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Pillu, Jean

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Tommy-Martin, Yves Marc, 1935-1959

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Amherst College. Class of 1954. Armstrong.

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Amherst College. Class of 1958. Tommy-Martin.

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Shannon, Donald H.

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Donald "Don" Hawkins Shannon (b. 1923), journalist, held several editor and foreign correspondent posts for the Los Angeles Times from the 1950s to the 1990s. From the description of Shannon, Donald H. (Donald Hawkins), 1923- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10612020 ...

Armstrong, John H., 1932-1959

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Armstrong graduated from Amherst in 1954 with a BA in English and attended Harvard University where he received a Master's degree in English Literature in 1955. In 1955 Armstrong joined the United States Army and attended the Army Language School in Monterey, California where he studied Chinese. In 1958 Armstrong received a Fullbright Scholarship and studied French and Chinese at the Institute for Advanced Languages at the Sorbonne in Paris. During his stay in Paris he met Yves Tommy-Martin (AC ...

Armstrong, Catherine Margaret, 1962-

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