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Affidavit of Freedom for Jerry Scott

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0692
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a single document, dated January 24, 1842. The document certifies the free status of the former black slave, Jerry Scott. The certification was created by the court of Nelson County, Virginia and provides a detailed description of Scott's appearance and identifying features. The document is signed and notarized with the seal of Nelson County Court. Also included in the colletion is a facsimile of the orginal document, as well as processing material from the...
Dates: 1842
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Essays, Miscellaneous

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000006002], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents Essays on topics including the relationship between citizenship and national defense, a denunciation of the legality of integration, the balence between faith and reason, whether the U.S. should enter the war (probably WWII), the American flag, a metaphorical lament of the wrongs done to the South, The Virginia Frontier on the Eve of the American Revolution, and an essay by Mr. B.R. Colson comparing liberalism and communism, addressed to the letters of the Saturday Evening Post, which he...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1910 - 1965
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Freeman Hansford Hart Collection / Publications A-O

General History Related Ephemera, 1893 - 1935

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000007677], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various printed ephemera relating to US history, US presidents, and a few farmers almanacs.

Dates: 1893 - 1935
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Quisenberry Family Papers

George Philip Harding Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0437
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three letters written by George Philip Harding from the Nevada Territory. They mention his travels throughout the country, the raids of the CSS Alabama, his personal feelings about the American Civil War, and the American Indian attacks on mail companies and the subsequent takeover by a new company with U.S. Troop protection, likely the Paiute War.

Dates: Inclusive 1863-1864
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

History, 1758

 File — Box 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of a 1758 schedule titled "To the Militia of the Coutny of Augusta, and for Provisions furnished by sundry inhabitants of the said county, viz."

Dates: 1758
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection / Augusta County, Virginia

Joseph H. Hennage Scripophily Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0578
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 385 various antique securities certificates.

Dates: 1800 - 1950
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Legal Documents

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0077
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a variety of legal documents related to citizens of Rockbrige County. Includes indentures, bonds, materials related to wills, legal agreements, and insurance policies amongst other documents.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1742 - 1895
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Miscellaneous

 Item — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000007003], Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous WWI material including uniform patches, a pamphlet for the Washington and Lee Victory Alumni Reunion, a small American Flag, a photograph of soldiers, a blank Liberty Loan Bond, a song sheet, inventory and personnel documents, personal items, and a graphic guide to identifying military insignia.

Also included is an enveloped color brochure, "Flags of Our Country, National, State, Historic," published in 1962.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1910 - 1965
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Freeman Hansford Hart Collection / World War I Material

Mock Republican National Convention. Order of Business, 1948

 Item
Scope and Contents

The official program of the 1948 Mock Convention.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Academic Departments - Record Group 9 / Journalism Department / Journalism Laboratory Press Publications / Publications

Mock Republican National Convention. Order of Business., 1952

 Item
Scope and Contents

The official program of the Mock Convention for 1952.

Dates: 1952
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Academic Departments - Record Group 9 / Journalism Department / Journalism Laboratory Press Publications / Publications

New Orleans Volunteer Trip for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0159
Scope and Contents This collection of materials relates to the February 2007 trip organized by Marguerite McClinton, Director of Elrod Commons and Campus Activities, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Response for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisana, in which W&L students travelled to New Orleans to help with disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. It contains information about New Orleans, original volunteer agreements and releases, a letter from the Diocese to McClinton thanking her for...
Dates: 2007
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Operation Avalanche, 1999 - 2001

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000004726], Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

This file consists of information about 'Operation Avalanche,' an investigation of the largest known commercial child pornography business.

Dates: 1999 - 2001
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Kenneth W. Newman Records

Robert Seager Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0346
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopies of typed copies of a diary (1840-1841) and correspondence of the Gardiner family of New York, with information about their business dealings, political associations, and their relation to the Tylers of Virginia. The photocopies contain Seager's annotations.

Dates: Inclusive 1840-1887; Majority of material found within Bulk 1840-1860
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Speeches (Notes), 1982 - 1991

 File — Box 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection primarily contains a series of memoranda, correspondence, newspaper articles, and transcripts regarding William Gladstone and his service to the state of Florida. In addition, the collection included a book showcasing Gladstone’s judicial activism, and has since been transferred within the Special Collections Department. A collection of great breadth within the juvenile criminal justice system, it features several policy efforts supported by William Gladstone, including the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1982 - 1991
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / William Gladstone Collection

Wright

 File — RHS Collection #0077, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

This file consits of a handwritten bond reciept.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1742 - 1895
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Legal Documents

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