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• Advertising--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, 1879-1964.
• Carr, Austin Heaton, b. 1920.
• Carr, Charles Noell, b. ca. 1930.
• Carr, Laura Noell.
• College students--Massachusetts--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
• Hanes, Frank Borden.
• Harvard University--Students--History--20th century.
• Military education--United States--History--20th century.
• New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• United States. Army Air Forces--Military life.
• United States. Army Air Forces--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army Air Forces--Supplies and stores.
• United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 396th.
• United States. Army--Officers--Training of.
• Woodberry Forest School--Students--History--20th century.
• World War, 1939-1945--France.
• World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

• Julian Shakespeare Carr Papers (#141), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Letters to Laura Noell Carr of Durham, N.C., from her sons Austin Heaton Carr Junior, and Charles Noell Carr, and other papers. Austin Heaton Carr's letters during World War II describe his experiences in Officer Candidate School in Miami Beach, Fla., in 1943, and as a supply officer in France and Germany; and mention missions of his unit, the 396th Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Forces. Later letters describe his life and his work in advertising in New York City after the war. Charles Noell Carr's letters describe his life as a student at Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Va., and Harvard University, 1945-1947. Also included are scattered letters to and from friends, including Frank Borden Hanes, Josephus Daniels, and Lady Nancy Astor; clippings; and memorabilia.