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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Edward B. Hamer Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0353, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (May 13, 2009)

Biographical / Historical

Edward B. Hamer was a Washington and Lee University professor of Romance Languages from 1954-1996.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three letters: one signed from Jean-Paul Sartre dated February 2, 1965; one undated autographed letter signed from Simone de Beauvoir to Hamer regarding the Washington and Lee University Glasgow Endowment lecture series; and one copy of Hamer's letter dated November 11, 1973 to Simone de Beauvoir inviting her to provide a Glasgow Endowment lecture.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Endowments
• Occasional speeches
• Washington and Lee University. Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment Committee