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Francis McFarland Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0053
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 54 miscellaneous letters, 1821-1866; diaries and financial records McFarland kept while he was a missionary and during his two pastorates, 1823-1836, and 1841-1871, at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Augusta County, Va.; lecture notes taken while a student at Princeton University; and printed biographical sketches and engravings of McFarland.Correspondents include Stonewall Jackson, George Junkin, William Spottswood.
Dates:
Inclusive 1815-1871
George A. Baxter Family papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0003
Scope and Contents
The George A. Baxter Family papers begin in 1797 and trace the history of three generations of the Baxter family in Virginia. The collection contains both correspondence and newspaper articles saved by the family. The letters written by George Baxter primarily describe his ministry from 1798-1840. He writes with concern for both his family and the churches to whom he ministered. The collection also contains many of his sermons which were reproduced in assorted newspapers....
Dates:
1797-1918
Isaac Bird Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0071
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between Isaac Bird and various correspondents, including Josiah Brewer, William Goodell and Jonas King, all having to do with early American Board missionaries to the Near East.
Dates:
Inclusive 1824-1834
James Lewis Howe Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0080
Scope and Contents
This collection is the papers of James Lewis Howe, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University (1894-1938), which include his correspondence concerning the Presbyterian Church and foreign missions, the Washington and Lee University chemistry department, the American Chemical Society and philately. Also included are notes on archival material for and typescript of Annals of Washington and Lee University during the administration of George Washington Custis Lee,...
Dates:
Inclusive 1893-1951