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    <unittitle>Edward Ferguson Devol Papers</unittitle>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>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. <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Edward Ferguson Devol on May 20, 1994.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (11/30/98)</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>Edward Ferguson Devol is an alumnus of Washington and Lee University's class of 1944 and a retired U. S. information agency official.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>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.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">World War (1939-1945)</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Western Front (World War (1939-1945)</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">College Students</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Poetry</subject>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Flournoy, Fitzgerald</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="n 85327113 " rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Watkin, Lawrence Edward</persname>
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