Leonard Magruder collection
Overview
Forum posts, essays, and books relating to the Vietnam War, War on Terror, and philosophical research of Leonard Magruder.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 2019
Creator
- Magruder, Leonard MacKenzie, 1928-2015 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Leonard Magruder (1928-2015)
Leonard MacKenzie Magruder was born in 1928 in Havana, Cuba to Nathaniel and Helen (MacKenzie) Magruder. He received his Masters in Psychology from Southern Methodist University. He was a Professor of Psychology at Suffolk College, New York until he retired in 1983, later moving to Lawrence, Kansas.
Magruder focused on researching how public opinions of Vietnam veterans were shaped by academia. He founded the Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform organization, despite not being a veteran himself.
Leonard M. Magruder died in 2015 and was survived by his daughter, Helen Hausmann.
Extent
4 Linear Feet (6 boxes + 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH WL MS 61
Physical Location
RH WL MS Q15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, Micheal Clodfelter, 2020, 2022.
Source
- Clodfelter, Micheal, 1946- (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Leonard Magruder Collection
- Subtitle
- Leonard Magruder Collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by gem, 2021. Finding aid encoded by gem, 2021. Finding aid revised by mmj, 2022.
- Date
- 2021-01-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8634812346
- Preferred citation
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Leonard Magruder collection, RH WL MS 61, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository