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Essay, "Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957"
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0664
Content Description
This collection is comprised of an eight page typescript essay titled "Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957" by Estelle V. Anderson. The essay was written in 1973 and details African American schools, churches, and families of the Buffalo District of southwest Rockbridge County, Va., one of six former magisterial districts which included such communities and locales as Collierstown, Bolivar Mills or Murat, North and South Buffalo, Black's Creek, and Kyger's Hill. The essay...
Dates:
Essay; Other: Majority of material found within Time frame of coverage of essay
Stonewall Jackson Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0041
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three letters. One, dated March 7, 1863 written in Caroline County, Va. to Col. Boteler gives Jackson's theories of recommending soldiers for promotion. A second, which is dated Mar. 11, 1854 from Lexington, Va. to E.H.J. McCampbell, concerns Jackson resigning from the Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington. The third letter, dated June 7, 1858, to Prof. J.L. Campbell describes the operation of the Lexington Colored Sabbath School.
Dates:
Inclusive 1854-1863
Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0525
Scope and Contents
The Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection is composed of materials from Dr. Ted DeLaney’s personal and professional life including genealogy and personal history; historical research, correspondences, and papers as historian and professor at Washington and Lee University. The collection is arranged in three series. Of note are Dr. Delaney's research on school desegregation in Lexington, Virginia and in Southwest Virginia and a series of video interviews with Dr. DeLaney completed in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2020
Walker-Wood Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0294
Scope and Contents
These papers include many photographs and items concerning the Walker and Wood families, their homes, their activities; and material about the economic, social, educational, and religious life of the African-American community in Lexington, Virginia. Extensive notes have been provided by Alex Wood, identifying his family members in photos, marking records to indicate relevance or functional purpose, and occasionally providing his perspective on the contents of records. Numerous records...
Dates:
Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940