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    <unittitle>Irwin Taylor Sanders Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="n 50015816 " rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Sanders, Irwin T. (Irwin Taylor)</persname>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1925/1950" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1925-1950</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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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>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Irwin Taylor Sanders Papers, WLU Coll. 0253, Special Collections and Archives, James G. 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>Irwin Taylor Sanders is a member of the Washington and Lee University class of 1929.  He taught at the American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now Professor Emeritus at Boston University.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This collection contains correspondence from Sanders to his parents during his years as a student at Washington and Lee University (1925-1929), including accounts of a 1928 cross-country trip with a friend.  There is also correspondence from Sanders to his parents during his residence at American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and later correspondence to his wife from Yugoslavia and while at several academic institutions, including Princeton Theological Seminary, Cornell University, and the University of Kentucky.  Also includes a manuscript draft of <i>The Bulgarian Peasant</i>, a book Sanders wrote in the 1930's.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Donated by Irwin Taylor Sanders in 2000 and 2001.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Lexington</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">Social history</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Bulgaria</geogname>
    <geogname source="fast">Yugoslavia</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">Voyages and travels</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155" source="fast">United States</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">College Students</subject>
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    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Washington and Lee University. Delta Upsilon</corpname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Princeton Theological Seminary</corpname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">American College of Sofia</corpname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">University of Kentucky</corpname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Cornell University</corpname>
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