George Leonidas Lyon papers, 1870s-1926

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Summary

Creator:
Lyon, George Leonidas, 1881-1916
Abstract:
World champion marksman from Durham, N.C. and grandson of Washington Duke. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, and photographs.
Extent:
1 Linear Foot
262 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00829

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
The George Leonidas Lyon Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1983.
Processing information:

Processed by Kimberly Sims, August 2012

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, August 2012

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Trapshooting -- United States
Names:
Carr family
Duke family
Lyon family
McClamroch family
Watts family
Places:
North Carolina -- Genealogy

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