University of Virginia invitations [manuscript], 1910-1934, 1947, 1982.

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University of Virginia invitations [manuscript], 1910-1934, 1947, 1982.

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A collection of miscellaneous University of Virginia related invitations includes commencement invitations from 1910, 1934 and 1937, a 1934 invitation to University Night, a 1935 Student Union invitation to a reception for graduate students, a 1935 Lychnos Society invitation to a poetry reading by Virginia Moore, the official invitation to the inauguration of Colgate W. Darden as U. Va. president, 1947; an invitation to a luncheon at the Colonnade Club honoring Harry Truman, 1947; an invitation to the 1948 Page Barbour lectures to be delivered by W. H. Auden; an invitation to the Annual Alumni Reunion Luncheon, 1960; an invitation to a retirement party for Louise Ashworth, 1982; an invitation to a reception and dinner in honor of the Special Collections Dept., 1985; and an invitation to a reception in honor of the 150th anniversary of Engineering education.

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University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Ashworth, Louise, 1919-2003

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Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981

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President of the University of Virginia, 1947-1959; former Governor of Virginia; Lawyer; Farmer; Teacher; Businessman; United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Delegation to the U.N. during the Eisenhower Administration. From the description of Oral history interview of Colgate W. Darden by Ann L. S. Southwell and Michael F. Plunkett [manuscript], [1972?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920804 University of Virginia president, Gov...

University of Virginia. Lychnos Society.

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Moore, Virginia, 1903-1993

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Scottsville, Va., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1947 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864831 Poet, biographer, and critic; former wife of Louis Untermeyer; resident of Scottsville, Va. From the description of Virginia Moore letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 July 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 456423314 Virginia Moore is a poet, the second wife of poet Louis...