Papers regarding "Flying high," an exhibit in his honor in the U. Va. Mss. Dept. 1933-1980.

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Papers regarding "Flying high," an exhibit in his honor in the U. Va. Mss. Dept. 1933-1980.

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The collection contains many of the items that were exhibited, particularly photographs of Forbes, his family, and his Rolls Royces, but also a few letters, a chronology of his life, catalogs, 1939 and 1940, from the Golden Gate International Exhibition, business school opening examinations (word quiz), a map of the Bohemian grove, an article on Margaret (Funkhouser) Forbes, and "The romantic rebellion in Charlottesville," 1975, and an article on Charlottesville architecture. There are also 29 colored slides of the exhibit, and a poster advertising it.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Forbes, Margaret Funkhouser, 1900?-1979.

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Forbes, John Douglas, 1910-

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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