James E. Mann, Jr., Appointment, Diploma, and Clippings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3929
Contains the appointment of James E. Mann to West Virginia's Mercer County Local Board No. 1 (draft board) during World War II (1940); diploma awarded to Lucy Austin Higginbotham (later Mrs. James E. Mann) for graduation from West Virginia University (1929); and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, most regarding Sergeant Junior J. Spurrier (ca. 1945). Spurrier was a WWII hero from Bluefield, and a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
English
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0.1 Linear Feet (Summary: 1/2 in. (1 small collection folder, 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 2 items))
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Newspapers separated to WVRHC newspapers collection:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, December 14, 1939, Semi-Centennial Anniversary Edition, 112 pages (two copies)
Sunset News-Observer, October 10, 1962, Open House for The First National Bank's new building
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, May 15, 1954, Airport Dedication Section only---Dedication of Mercer County Airport
Princeton Times, July 31, 1963, West Virginia Centennial edition
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