World War, 1939-1945

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Documents and photographs relating to the Durfee Family: Elizabeth Racao Durfee (Registrar and faculty member), Walter Hetherington Durfee (Dean, Provost, Acting President and faculty member), William Pitt Durfee (Dean, Acting President and faculty member), and Horton K. Durfee, Hobart class of 1949 and World War II Veteran.

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This collection contains memorabilia from Edward A. Knight's time at Hobart College as a member of the Navy V-12 Unit, July 1944 - June 23, 1945. Files include a photograph album, slides, a copy of The Ridge from 1945, certificates, a commencement program, directory of students, and writings by Edward A. Knight. Also included in the album are photographs from the Hobart College Navy V-12 Fiftieth Anniversary in August, 1993.

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Pro Patria was printed for remembrance of those Hobart and William Smith students who died in World War II. This collection has documentation of the process of the making of the Pro Patria publication and includes receipts, correspondences, associated texts, and edited copies of the publication.

Abstract Dr. Robert E. Doran was a trustee and graduate of Hobart College in the class of 1922. This collection contains a variety of documents ranging from his time spent in the Navy to his long position on the Board of Trustees of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Navy records include Navy Regulations and Customs Assignments and others on medicine and hygiene completed by Doran in 1942 and 1943. There are also Navy Reserve records and a file on World War I Liberty Loans. The documents dealing...

Scope and Contents This small collection contains letters written to Theodore Baird, class of 1921, from classmate George M. Rutter '20 and Professor Herbert Hilarion Yeames. The correspondence to Baird was written over a period from 1938 to 1966. The collection contains only Rutter's and Yeames' correspondence to Baird and not Baird's letters to them.Both Rutter and Yeames conversed extensively with Baird about literature, languages, philosophy, and religion. They also discussed current...

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This collection contains items relating primarily to the career of Theodore Tellefsen Odell and to some extent his wife, Elizabeth Herendeen Odell. Items include: correspondence, publications, photographs, newspaper articles, biographical materials, awards, honorary degrees, event programs, and academic memorabilia.