George V. Fagan collection, 1919-1989.

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George V. Fagan collection, 1919-1989.

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A collection of materials accumulated by George Fagan that deal with the United States Air Force Academy, its history, and its library which Fagan was instrumental in expanding into a well-established, university level library.

3 linear feet

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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United States Air Force Academy. Library

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Fagan, George V., 1917-

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George V. Fagan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1917, and entered Temple University, Philadelphia in 1936 from which he received both his Bachelor of Science degree (1940) and his Master of Arts degree in history (1941). He taught at Temple for a year before beginning his military service in 1941. After World War II, Fagan returned to Temple University in 1946 and taught there for five years when he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. He was assigned to teach history at ...

Gimbel, Richard, Dr.

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Edgar Allan Poe published many works of fiction, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838), Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), and Tales by Edgar A. Poe (1845). His most famous work, "The Raven," was published in 1845. He was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, the second child of actors Eliza Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr. After his father abandoned the family and his mother died in 1811, Edgar was taken in by John and Frances (Fanny) Allan. In 1815, Poe accompanied John and ...