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Abraham Lincoln Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0549
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, cigar box labels (lithographs), cartes des visites, postcard, etc about Abraham Lincoln.
Dates:
Inclusive 1860-1965
Ellinor Porcher Gadsden Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0189
Scope and Contents
This collection came from the estate of Ellinor Gadsden in 1985. Highlights of the collection include the letters of Alexander Swift(Sandie) Pendleton, a Washington College graduate who was a top aide to Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson during the American Civil War. These approximately 70 letters were a major source for the book. Sandie was the uncle of the Gadsden sisters. Included in the collection are also a few items of Gen. William Nelson Pendleton who was Robert E. Lee's friend and...
Dates:
Inclusive 1839-1975
Robert E. Lee Family papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0064
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primary and secondary resources pertaining to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family. Included are correspondences from, to, and about Lee and various family members; memorabilia, pamphlets, photographs, reminiscences, miscellaneous personal papers, family history and genealogy. The collection includes materials acquired from the Lee family and items donated to and purchased and compiled by W&L University since Lee's tenure as president of Washington College from 1865...
Dates:
Inclusive 1792-1935; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1870
U. S. Navy Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0348
Scope and Contents
Printed pamphlets about the U. S. Navy in the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and in modern times; also includes pamphlets on shipbuilding.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0204
Scope and Contents
Consists of miscellaneous correspondence related to the Lee Memorial Fund at Washington and Lee University in 1921. Includes newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning the Confederacy, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and primarily, the passing of a resolution naming Lincoln's birthday as a national holiday. Also includes correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman and others.
Dates:
Inclusive 1920-1939