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Scope and Content From the Collection: The Fermor Church Collection consist of records relating to the Los Alamos Ranch School (1918-1944), the Los Alamos Foundation (1943-1973) and the Papers of Lawrence S. Hitchcock (1938-1973). The Los Alamos Ranch School was a private school located in Otowi, New Mexico, present day Los Alamos. The idea of an outdoor school for boys was first conceived by Ashley Pond II and A. J. Connell in 1917. The principal aim of the school was to build up the constitution of the boys from eastern cities by...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Los Alamos Foundation was incorporated in 1940 to receive and dispense gifts and donations for educational purposes. It was organized primarily for the benefit of the Los Alamos Ranch School, which the U.S. War Department closed in February 1943. At that time all of the schools assets were turned over to the Foundation. The Foundation also contributed to the support of two other schools which attempted to carry on the Los Alamos tradition - the Waring School in Pojoaque and the Los Alamos...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Los Alamos Foundation was incorporated in 1940 to receive and dispense gifts and donations for educational purposes. It was organized primarily for the benefit of the Los Alamos Ranch School, which the U.S. War Department closed in February 1943. At that time all of the schools assets were turned over to the Foundation. The Foundation also contributed to the support of two other schools which attempted to carry on the Los Alamos tradition - the Waring School in Pojoaque and the Los Alamos...