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DeVonne McNeil Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Papers, circa 1940s-1960s, of Mozelle DeVonne McNeil, includes correspondence, photographs, diaries, educational records, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other ephemera. These papers represent a view of everyday life in mid-twentieth century America from the perspective of a soldier's wife.
Artifacts ransferred to the Education Collection (EDU) include: U.S. Army Wallet (EDU 2013.30)
Class notes, assignments, personal essays, report cards, and articles from the school paper.
Notes, training schedules, newspaper clippings.
Primarily newspaper and magazine clippings.
Articles, illustrations, and photographs clipped from newspapers and magazines, as well as architectual sketches.
Includes Belgian 20 Franc note, unused postcards, McCall printed pattern for men's shirts, women's fashion advertisements, Christmas gift tags, and "Deft Driving: an Aid to Safer and more Efficient Driving".
Several cards which include a commissary store permit, DeVonne McNeil's Radio Corporation of America employee ID and Thomas McNeil's certification as an Army Signal Corps Projectionist.
Contains a two page short story.