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Preferred Citation:

Thomas Marshall Forsyth, Jr. Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1980.036

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Marshall Forsyth, Jr was a William and Mary student from 1937 to 1939.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two large scrapbooks. One is an official scrapbook from the 1939 New York World's Fair, featuring the Trylon and Perisphere on the cover. It contains theater programs, photographs,notes, art programs, and clippings from newspapers and magazines. The other book has a treasure chest on the cover and contains newspaper clippings about radio and transcripts of radio broadcasts.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Students
• College of William and Mary. Dept. of Theatre, Speech, and Dance
• College of William and Mary. William and Mary Theatre
• Photographs
• Programs
• Radio stations--Virginia
• Student Life--1930's
• Transcripts