Founder's Day addresses at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1938-1998.

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Founder's Day addresses at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1938-1998.

The collection contains copies of ten of the addresses delivered at the University of Virginia between 1938 and 1979. There are speeches delivered by Ernest Martin Hopkins, 1938; Dixon Ryan Fox, 1942; Austin S. Adams, together with an unsigned note by Omar Bradley, 1945; Stanley Woodward, 1958; Colin MacKay of the University of New Brunswick, 1959; Virginius Dabney, 1966; C. Waller Barrett, 1973; Julian Boyd, 1974; Mortimer Caplin, 1975; and Merrill Peterson, 1976. The collection also contains all of President Frank Hereford's remarks and introductions of guests and speakers at the Founder's Day Programs of 1976 and 1979.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7936379

University of Virginia. Library

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Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

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Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, holding the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War. Born in Randolph County, Missouri, Bradley worked as a boilermaker before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenh...

Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877-1964

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Ernest Martin Hopkins, the eleventh president of Dartmouth College, was born in Dunbarton, N.H. in 1877. He received his AB from Dartmouth in 1901 and his AM from Dartmouth in 1908. From 1901 to 1905 he was secretary to the president of College, and from 1905 to 1910 he was secretary of the College. He served as president from 1916 to 1945. He died in 1964. From the description of Papers, 1916-1945. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296423 ...

Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-1980

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Librarian, Princeton University. From the description of Correspondence : to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1942-1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619632 Boyd was Princeton University Librarian, 1940-1952, and a professor of history, and he began the Papers of Thomas Jefferson publishing project. From the description of Julian P. Boyd papers, 1935-1980. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 86126836 ...

Caplin, Mortimer Maxwell, 1916-

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Hereford, Frank L. (Frank Loucks), 1923-2004

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University of Virginia Professor of Physics, Department Head, Graduate Dean, Provost, Vice-President; Chairman of the Committee on the Future of the University and President of the University. From the description of Oral history interview of Frank L. Hereford, Jr. by Lisa G. Guernsey [manuscript], April 12, 1993. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920270 ...

Fox, Dixon Ryan, 1887-1945

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Dixon Ryan Fox was president of the NYSHA Board of Trustees, 1929-1945, President of Union College, 1934-1945, and also taught at Columbia University. Union College has additional Fox papers. From the description of Dixon Ryan Fox papers, 1925-1945. (New York State Historical Association). WorldCat record id: 773191359 ...

Mackay, Colin J.

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Adams, Austin S., Capt.

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Peterson, Merrill D.

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University of Virginia professor of history. From the description of Papers collected by Merrill D. Peterson, 1812-1960 bulk 1812-1860. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959611 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. From the description of Merrill D. Peterson papers [manuscript], 1979-2008. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648020075 From the description of Merrill D. Peterson pa...

Woodward, Stanley

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Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

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...

Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991

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Bibliophile. From the description of Photoprints of Barrett's personal library in New York City [manuscript], ca. 1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805897 Rare book collector. From the description of Letter: 1981 June 1, [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647826922 From the description of Notebook [manuscript], 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810688 From the description of Addr...