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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Arnold Toynbee letter, WLU Coll. 0257, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Douglas Lackey.

Biographical / Historical

Arnold Toynbee, a noted English historian, taught at Washington and Lee University during the second semester of the 1957-1958 academic year.

Scope and Contents

This letter is from Toynbee to Washington and Lee University President, Francis P. Gaines, upon Toynbee's departure from the University in June 1958.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Universities and colleges -- Faculty
• Washington and Lee University