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    <unittitle>Kenneth Youel Collection</unittitle>
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      <persname role="col" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Youel, Kenneth</persname>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3.0 Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="event" era="ce" normal="1981/1981">1981</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Identification of item], Kenneth Youel Collection, WLU Coll. 0339, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Kenneth Youel was a former executive of General Motors and consultant to the State Department and the U. S. Information Agency.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This genealogical collection of the Youel family of Virginia, originally from Scotland, includes material collected by donor Kenneth Youel, the organizer of Youel reunions.  Families included in this collection are Youel, Allen, Anderson, Dudley, Dunlap, Kerr, Kunkle, McCutchan, Hancock, Hopkins, Poage, Berry, George S. Dick, Charles Gordon, Lockridge, William Harrison Bratton, Maggie Annie Gordon Agler, McCampbell, Vanneman, and Zehrung.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Genealogy</subject>
    <famname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Youel family</famname>
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