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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Roger R. Varin school papers #4700, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Roger R. Varin of Greenville, S.C., in April 1994 (Acc. 94084).

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• Education--Switzerland--Bern.
• Education--Switzerland--History--20th century.
• Schools--Switzerland--History--20th century.
• Varin, Roger R., 1925-

Roger R. Varin was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1925. He received his B.A. in business administration from City College, Bern, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Bern. He was a research fellow at Harvard University. Varin has chiefly worked with fiber chemistry, as a research associate at E. I. dePont de Nemours & Company; director of research at Riegel Textile Corporation; and founder and CEO of Varinit Corporation, Greenville, S.C., manufacturers of speciality fiber products, and Varinit SA, Geneva, Switzerland, traders in specialty fiber products and services.

Papers relating to Varin's education in Bern, Switzerland, 1932- 1945, beginning with his studies at the Zurlinden-Schmid-Schule at age seven and continuing through graduation from Staedtische Gymnasium Bern. Included are annual reports of the school administration, report cards, diplomas and certificates, and notebooks for various subjects, including languages, mathematics and natural sciences, history and geography, and business subjects.

The following pages were provided by the donor. They show Varin's progression through school and outline the arrangement of the materials.

The materials are housed as follows: