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George Harding Foster Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0363

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter from Foster to his former student, Harrison B. Kinney, around 1950 describing his brief tenure as a writer for the Disney studio, including the workings of the studio and the personality and leadership of Walt Disney.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Biographical / Historical

George Harding Foster was a Professor of English from 1947 to 1959 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, with a brief time as a writer at the Disney Studio in the 1950's.

Extent

1 Item

Language of Materials

English

Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (Dec. 2, 2009)

Subject

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository

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