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    Letter, Douglas Fairbanks to John Lesslie Hall, 23 June 1942

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    Letter, 23 June 1942, of Lt. Douglas Fairbanks to Captain John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Concerns Fairbanks' service since he last talked with Hall. From Mss. 78 H14, folder 1, box 21, series 1, Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

    Letter, Douglas Fairbanks to John Lesslie Hall, 4 January 1945

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    Letter, 4 January 1945, from Lt. Douglas Fairbanks to Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Includes Fairbanks' congratulations at Hall's promotion and a summary of some of the missions upon which Fairbanks had been sent. From Mss. 78 H14, folder 1, box 2, series 1, Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

    Letter, Douglas Fairbanks to John Lesslie Hall, 8 February 1945

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    Letter, 8 February 1945, of Lt. Douglas Fairbanks to Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Concerns Fairbanks' current duties in Norfolk, Virginia. From Mss. 78 H14, folder 1, box 2, series 1, Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

    Correspondence Robert C. Giffen to John L. Hall, 1942

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    Papers, 1937-1973, of Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. of Williamsburg and Alexandria, Va. and while stationed at Pearl Harbor, San Francisco and Norfolk, Va. The papers are both personal and professional. The collection contains material concerning World War II Operations TORCH (North Africa), BIGOT-HUSKY, AVALANCHE (Salerno), NEPTUNE-OVERLORD, and as well as the Army-Navy joint agreement on Normandy. Also includes material pertaining to his work with the USO, the Naval War College, Army War College and Armed Forces Staff College as well as speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs and pamphlets. While the majority of the correspondence is with his wife and with his brother Channing M. Hall, there is correspondence with prominent individuals: Omar Bradley, Arleigh Burke, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ernest Joseph King, George C. Marshall, Chester W. Nimitz, George S. Patton, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and other high-ranking military and civilian figures. Additions (2000.8A) to the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, as well as photographs of a Swem Library exhibit relating to the papers and memorabilia of Admiral Hall and (2007.84) research papers, memoirs, interviews, and correspondence of and with Hall by one of his biographers, Susan H. Godson, which was used by Godson for compiling "Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., and Amphibious Warfare" (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982). Humorous certificate, "Imperium Neptuni Regis" signed by Commander J.L. Hall, Jr. , U.S. Navy, dated December 13, 1934. Filed in first box of oversize. Letter from Press Secretary James Hagerty to Lesslie Hall, dated 1955, attached to April 20, 1953 letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Lessie Hall. Box 5, Folder 5, 1953 correspondence

    William E. Mahoney Jr.

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    This lecture features 2013 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame inductees Armando Leighton, Jr.

    Timothy E. Allmond, Jr. Senior Recital, featuring the Ebony Expressions, College of William and Mary

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    Audio recording of the senior recital by Timothy E. Allmond, Jr., featuring the Ebony Expressions, that was a requirement for his music major. The recording features five spiritual selections by Ebony Expressions, five selections by Mr. Allmond, and five selections from "Treemonisha" by Scott Joplin. The performance took place in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall. From Item 2012.198, Box 4, Series 2, University Archives Audiovisual Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

    Audio Recording of the Opening Exercises at the College of William and Mary

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    This audio recording was digitized from a reel-to-reel audiotape of the Opening Exercises, or Convocation, at the College of William and Mary. The ceremony was held in William and Mary Hall, and the main speaker was Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr., President of the College of William and Mary. The reel-to-reel tape was digitized by Swem Library staff in June 2011. The original tape is in the University Archives Audiovisual Collection (UA 58), series 1, subseries 1, box 8, items 29 and 30

    William Woodward Hall Memoir - Accession 1556 M760 (817)

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    This collection consists of a self-published memoir titled, A Far Cry by William Woodard Hall (1920-2013) in 1997 and autographed by the author in 1998. The memoir details the author’s experiences being raised in Fairfield County, SC, life during the Great Depression, moving to York, SC, his service during World War II in India, operating a floor and wall covering business he opened after the war, his tenure as director of the Bank of York, his work with his church (First Presbyterian Church of York), and his work with the York Rotary Club. He relates all the stories he heard and could remember from when he grew up and then his family life and experiences as native South Carolinian. His memoirs were edited by his son, Dr. William Woodward Hall, Jr.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2721/thumbnail.jp

    2015 Kansas Performance Tests with Soybean Varieties

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    Soybean performance tests are conductd each year to provide information on the relative performance of new and established varieties and brands at several locations in Kansas. Main Station, Manhattan: Jane Lingenfelser, Assistant Agronomist; William T. Schapaugh, Jr., Professor (Senior Author); Brent Christenson, Research Assistant; Cheyenne Stephens, Research Assistant; Research Centers: Patrick Evans, Colby; Lonnie Mengarelli, Parsons; Monty Spangler, Garden City; Josh Coltrain, Crawford County Extension; Experiment Fields: Eric Adee, Topeka; Gary Cramer, Hutchinson; Andrew Esser, Scandia; James Kimball, Ottawa; Cooperators: Vernon Egbert, McCune; Lance Rezac, Onaga; Dale Roberds, Pittsburg; Clayton Short, Assaria
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