Papers regarding the University of Virginia's branch colleges [manuscript] 1962-1972.

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Papers regarding the University of Virginia's branch colleges [manuscript] 1962-1972.

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The collection contains papers pertinent to the University's 10 year effort to establish branch colleges. There are plans statistics, memoranda, correspondence, reports, & press releases about the Eastern Shore Branch, Wallops Islands, Va.; George Mason College, Fairfax, Va.; Patrick Henry College, Martinsville, Va.; and the Roanoke Center. The papers contain information on the establishment of the colleges and their fates after the introduction of a community college system in Virginia. Of interest is a faculty-administration controversy at George Mason. Correspondents include Edgar F. Shannon, Charley P. Eastburn & Thomas Nelms Downing.

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University of Virginia. Eastern Shore Branch

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Saunier, Paul Pierre, 1919-

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From 1960-1967 Saunier served as Assistant to the President for University Relations and Development. In 1967 the position was split into the Director of Development and Public Affairs and Director of University Relations whcih Saunier assumed. From the description of Papers of Paul Saunier, Jr., as Director of University Relations and Assistant to the President for University Relations and Development 1960-1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54993086 ...

Eastburn, Charley P.,

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Patrick Henry College (Martinsville, Va.)

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George Mason College

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Shannon, Edgar Finley, 1918-1997

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President Emeritus of the University of Virginia. From the description of Remarks at the funeral of Clifton Waller Barrett, 1991 November 11 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829572 Fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency; Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Ex...

Downing, Thomas Nelms, 1919-

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