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    <unittitle>John Grier Varner Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="n 83178604  " rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Varner, John Grier</persname>
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      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Varner, Jeanette</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.25 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="inferred" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1905/1978" type="inclusive">1905-1978</unitdate>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="inferred" datechar="creation" era="ce" type="bulk">Bulk 1926-1978</unitdate>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_f3ac3b3a67cbb19b50af9686529e7f94">The materials in this collection are in English.</langmaterial>
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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>[Identification of item], John Grier Varner Papers, WLU Coll. 0160, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.</p><p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift from Jeanette Varner in 1979.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>John Grier Varner was an assistant professor of English and Director of Musical Activities at Washington and Lee University from 1938-1943. Later he worked as a professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>Principally concert programs, correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to the Washington and Lee Glee Club and its participation in the Fred Waring National College Glee Club competition, 1942. Includes personal correspondence mainly relating to his Washington and Lee career, 1926-1973.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Personal correspondence is arranged chronologically.</p>  </arrangement>
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<p>This collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <genreform>Photographs</genreform>
    <subject source="fast">Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Choirs (Music)</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Printed ephemera</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996779" source="fast">Correspondence</subject>
    <subject source="fast">College Students</subject>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Men's Glee Club . Washington and Lee University  (Washington and Lee University )</corpname>
    <corpname rules="dacs" source="lcnaf">Washington and Lee University</corpname>
    <persname role="fmo" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Varner, Jeanette</persname>
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