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Laurie Preston
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Randolph-Macon College
P.O. Box 5005
305 Henry Street
Ashland VA 23005-5505
804-752-4718
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Names
Common abbreviations for English names
RMC Faculty Directory 1836-2017
This is a list of all known faculty at RMC. Use this to verify name spellings.
History of Randolph Macon College, Virginia
This is the first history of RMC, written by Richard Irby (c. 1890). Useful for verifying names of faculty, trustees, students, and others connected to RMC.
Places
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From USGS; official US names
List of Towns in Virginia
List of Counties and Independent Cities in Virginia
List of Unincorporated Places in Virginia
List of former counties, cities, and towns in Virginia
Abbreviations
What Does That Mean? 300+ Historical Abbreviations Explained
This list of abbreviations commonly used in old documents is arranged alphabetically.
Oxford English Dictionary Abbreviations List
While this is a listing of abbreviations used in the OED, most are abbreviations that have been in common use in the English language.
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