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[Identification of item], George Leonidas Lyon Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The George Leonidas Lyon Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1983.
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George Leonidas Lyon, a native of Durham, N.C. and grandson of Washington Duke, was a world champion marksman. He coached the United States Trapshooting team to both team and individual gold medals in the Games of the V Olympiad held in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912.
The collection includes correspondence, clippings, and photographs. Subjects include Lyon's involvement in the sport of trapshooting and Lyon's illness and subsequent death from tuberculosis. Photographs include several generations of the related Carr, Duke, Lyon, McClamroch, and Watts families.
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