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Description: Papers of James Watson Snively (1924-1996), student of Liberal Arts and Sciences (matriculated 1942), and his family, particularly his parents, John Rowe Snively (Pre-Law 1921, Law 1923) and Mabel Ruth (nee Holland) Snively (LAS 1924), including correspondence, medical records, student records and notices, business information, photographs, postcards, books, pamphlets, maps, financial records, personal artifacts, and ephemera relating to time spent as a private in the military and Prisoner of War during World War II (1942-1945); military training at West Point (1916), Fort Benning, Georgia (1943), Camp Wolters, Texas (1943), and the Armory at the University of Illinois (1943); Veterans Administration and military paperwork; student life, events, and university construction at the University of Illinois (1916-1924, 1942-1943); University of Michigan (1916); travels through Canada, Europe, and the American Midwest and West, including Illinois and the Chicago area; the Milwaukee Sanitarium; business ventures; continuing education (1945-1950); employment; and personal affairs. The series also includes a biographical piece, a series inventory, and World War II military maps.
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