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Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Grier Varner Papers, WLU Coll. 0160, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Jeanette Varner in 1979.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement

Personal correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Choirs (Music)
• Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
• College Students
• Correspondence
• Photographs
• Printed ephemera
• Varner, Jeanette
• Washington and Lee University
• Washington and Lee University. Glee Club