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0681: Virginia Talbott Quay Papers, 1918-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
0681: Virginia Talbott Quay Papers, 1918-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of several formats and topics of materials related to the activities of Virginia Talbott Quay, including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings dating between 1930 and 1950 about social and cultural events as well as the activities of lineage societies, including the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Other materials relate to her work with several lineage societies, including the U.S. Daughters of 1812 and Daughters of American Colonists. Also included in the collection are World War II materials such as a paper soldier cap, a pledge to sell bonds, and newspaper clippings. Other portions of the collection include …
0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains two scrapbooks and several loose photographs documenting Mark Freeman’s personal life and time in the United States Navy in the 1950s. The green scrapbook is composed entirely of unidentified and unlabeled photographs of Freeman’s navy service, mostly of photos taken from his ship. Other notable groups of photographs in the scrapbook include photographs of women and sights in Japan. The brown scrapbook is composed of family photographs (most labelled), photographs of Freeman in Spencer, West Virginia, in the 1960s working with the West Virginia Department of Employment Security, and additional photographs of Freeman’s time in the Navy, …
0541: Huntington Jaycees Scrapbook, 1945-1946, Marshall University Special Collections
0541: Huntington Jaycees Scrapbook, 1945-1946, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of a scrapbook created by the Huntington, West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce, or Jaycees, in application for the Geissenbier Award, an award of excellence distributed for exemplary community works. The scrapbook features the work conducted by the Jaycees on behalf of the war effort during World War II in Huntington, and includes photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and some hand drawn illustrations for the various areas in which the Jaycees did work.
0240: Oswald Blaine Stewart Collection, 1941-1942, Marshall University Special Collections
0240: Oswald Blaine Stewart Collection, 1941-1942, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a scrapbook of German language newspapers documenting conflicts and military operations in World War II.