[Letter from Russell V. De Long to T. N. Carswell - December 29, 1941]
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Russell V. De Long, President, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho, dated December 29, 1941. De Long replies to Carswell's request for a definition of Americanism by enclosing excerpts from an address by De Long titled "I Am An American Because I Believe." Typewritten on Northwest Nazarene College letterhead bearing HOWARD BOND watermark.
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Russell V. De Long, President, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho, dated December 29, 1941. De Long replies to Carswell's request for a definition of Americanism by enclosing excerpts from an address by De Long titled "I Am An American Because I Believe." Typewritten on Northwest Nazarene College letterhead bearing HOWARD BOND watermark.
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T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
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De Long, Russell V.[Letter from Russell V. De Long to T. N. Carswell - December 29, 1941],
letter,
December 29, 1941;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1397659/:
accessed May 26, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.