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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Irwin Taylor Sanders Papers, WLU Coll. 0253, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Irwin Taylor Sanders in 2000 and 2001.

Biographical / Historical

Irwin Taylor Sanders is a member of the Washington and Lee University class of 1929. He taught at the American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now Professor Emeritus at Boston University.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from Sanders to his parents during his years as a student at Washington and Lee University (1925-1929), including accounts of a 1928 cross-country trip with a friend. There is also correspondence from Sanders to his parents during his residence at American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and later correspondence to his wife from Yugoslavia and while at several academic institutions, including Princeton Theological Seminary, Cornell University, and the University of Kentucky. Also includes a manuscript draft of The Bulgarian Peasant , a book Sanders wrote in the 1930's.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American College of Sofia
• Bulgaria
• College Students
• Cornell University
• Correspondence
• Princeton Theological Seminary
• Social history
• United States
• University of Kentucky
• Virginia -- Lexington
• Voyages and travels
• Washington and Lee University
• Washington and Lee University. Delta Upsilon
• Yugoslavia