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Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

DeVonne McNeil Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Scope and Contents

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.

Separated Material

Artifacts ransferred to the Education Collection (EDU) include: U.S. Army Wallet (EDU 2013.30)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Card games (game sets)
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Diaries
• Greeting cards
• High school students--United States--Social life and customs--20th century
• Korean War, 1950-1953
• Letters (correspondence)
• Newspapers
• Photographs
• Printed ephemera
• Recipes
• Report cards
• United States. Army. Signal Corps
• Women--Diaries
• Yearbooks