Files of the University of Virginia Sesquicentennial Committee [manuscript], 1968-1970.

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Files of the University of Virginia Sesquicentennial Committee [manuscript], 1968-1970.

The collection consists of material on special commemorative events held throughout the year. Files also contain centennial information and greetings from other schools, tape recordings of addresses, invitations, exhibit material, commemorative stamp designs, guestbook, newspaper articles, and posters. Speakers include Fawn McKay Brodie, Peter Joy, and Herbert Wechsler.

1500 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7925382

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Sesquicentennial Committee.

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Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915-1981

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Fawn McKay Brodie was born in Ogden, Utah, on September 15, 1915. Her family were active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with her grandfather serving as president of Brigham Young University and uncle David O. McKay as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brodie attended Weber College in Ogden from 1930-1932 before finishing a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Utah in 1934. She returned to Weber College to teach English...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Joy, Peter

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Wechsler, Herbert, 1909-2000

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Law professor. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Wechsler : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735556 Born in 1909, Herbert Wechsler entered the City College of New York at 16 and later attended Columbia Law School where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Wechsler graduated at the top of his class in 1931 and went on to serve as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone. After w...