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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Edward Ferguson Devol Papers, WLU Coll. 0240, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Edward Ferguson Devol on May 20, 1994.

Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (11/30/98)

Biographical / Historical

Edward Ferguson Devol is an alumnus of Washington and Lee University's class of 1944 and a retired U. S. information agency official.

Scope and Contents

These papers include an account of his student life at Washington and Lee University from 1940-1943, which mentions faculty members Fitzgerald Flournoy and Lawrence E. Watkin. There are also letters to his parents, documents, poetry and essays about his service in World War II, primarily in the European theater.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College Students
• Correspondence
• Flournoy, Fitzgerald
• Poetry
• Washington and Lee University
• Watkin, Lawrence Edward
• Western Front (World War (1939-1945)
• World War (1939-1945)