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R.E. Lee Memorial Church Collection

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0658

Scope and Contents A one page letter from Mary Randolph Custis Lee to Mrs. Appich, likely Mary E. Appich of Fairfax, Virginia, thanking her for previous letters and offering a photograph of Robert E. Lee. The letter is accompanied by an albumen cabinet-sized photograph of Robert E. Lee likely by photographer Michael Miley of Lexington, Va. The photograph includes an attached clipped R.E. Lee signature. The reverse of the photograph is inscribed to Mrs. Appich from Mrs. Lee and dated June 12, 1873. Also...

Dates: Letter; Majority of material found within Photograph

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Real photograph postcard of Dunlap, Anderson, and Arnold

Collection

Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0151

Scope and Contents

Photograph postcard taken at the Tercentennial (300th anniversary) exposition of Jamestown, Va. in 1907. The last names of the three people are Dunlap (from Rockbridge), Anderson, and Arnold.

Dates: 1907

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Receipt, Samuel Mosby to David Anderson, Jr. for the purchase of an enslaved girl named Charlotte

Collection

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0003

Scope and Contents

A receipt for the purchase of an enslaved African American girl named Charlotte who was sold by Samuel Mosby to David Anderson Jr. for $258 on June 16, 1828 in Hanover, Virginia. Joseph Mosby also signed the document as a witness.

Dates: 1828-06-16

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Registrar's Office - Record Group 11

Record Group

Identifier: WLU-RG-0011

Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the Registrar's Office during the course of its regular business, including records about its management.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: Date Not Yet Determined

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Reid Family papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0027

Scope and Contents Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is...

Dates: 1760-1896

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Reid White's Grade Book

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0420

Scope and Contents

This collection is Reid White's grade book from 1874-1875. The grades consist of: 0 - failure, 5 - indifferent, 8 - good, 9 - very good, 10 - perfect.

Dates: Inclusive 1874-1875

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Reuben Grigsby Manuscript

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0612

Scope and Contents

This collection contains one manuscript about Reuben Grigsby and the Grigsby family.

Dates: 1840 - 1863

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Rice Hotinger Ledger and Will

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0261

Scope and Contents

This accounting ledger contains records of the Hotingers' Mountain View Farm in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: Inclusive 1943-1971

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Richard Hotinger Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0687

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence and legal documents related to the military service of Richard Hotinger. The material primarily consists of registration information, correspondence, insurance information and notifications to Hotinger's mother, Susan Rice Hotinger, from the 6th Armored Division at Camp Cooke, CA. The majority of the material pertains to Richard Hotinger's accidental death and subsequent notifications pertaniing to it, as well as insurance claims....

Dates: 1943

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Richard Jennings Gaines Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0081

Scope and Contents

This letter is written to William H. Dennis describing the girls and outings in Rockbridge County and the attraction of the study of astronomy.

Dates: 1819

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Richard Royden Turner Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0227

Scope and Contents

This collection is a personal letter to Master W. O. Bickle of Staunton. Topics mentioned are football, school food, and Thanksgiving break.

Dates: 1892

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Richard Weaver Collection

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0219

Content Description

Materials collected by WLU alumnus Richard Weaver, '96, pertaining to Washington and Lee University. Items include a WLU 1908 Sophomore Cotillion program, WLU 1914 Finals program, a WLU Bulletin titled, "The Tucker Hall Fire and Plans for the New Law Building," a WLU Bulletin titled, An address Delivered by Rev. L. W. Irwin, D.D., in Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University, june 7, 1926, and a photograph of Jean Marie Lorton who led the WLU Final Ball in 1914.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1908 - 1935

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Local Time Card and Notebook.

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0503

Scope and Contents

This is a local time card for the Richmond & Alleghany Railroad for their line between Richmond and Clifton Forge, Virginia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1881 - 1886-10-23

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert Alexander Legal Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0037

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a deed, dated August 13, 1747, for a tract of land near the town of Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia, conveyed to Robert Alexander from William Beverley and two legal papers connected with the deed. There is also an authorized English Bible, 1766, with Robert Alexander's signature. Genealogical information by George Diehl is housed in the control folder.

Dates: 1747 - 1766

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert C. Peniston Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0324

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence (1977-1995), including to editors of various publications on political and military matters and memorabilia from Peniston's tenure as head of Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University (1976-1998).

Dates: 1976 - 1998

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

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

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert E. Lee to Louisa Washington letters

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-7

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0669

Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of six letters written from Robert E. Lee to Louisa Washington between September 1861 and December 1868. Louisa Washington was the eldest child of John Augustine Washington, III of Fauquier County, Va., the last Washington family descendant and private individual to own the Washington family estate Mount Vernon. A key subject of select letters is Colonel John A. Washington’s death on September 13, 1861 while serving on the staff of General Robert E. Lee as...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert Foster Bradley Jr. Academic Certificates

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0484

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three certificates from Robert Foster Bradley Jr.'s academic life: his Phi Beta Kappa membership certificate from the University of South Carolina dated June 7, 1930; a certificate for completion of his doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin dated March 8, 1933; his diploma from the University of South Carolina (Universitas Carolinae Australis) dated 1911.

Dates: Inclusive 1911-1933

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert H. Chilton letter

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0431

Scope and Contents

In this letter Robert H. Chilton seeks employment after the conclusion of the American Civil War. He mentions his previous employment as the Chief of Staff in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The recipient of the letter is unknown.

Dates: 1865-05-13

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert Hanson Fleming Diary

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0073

Scope and Contents

His diary describes Fleming's flight to Augusta, Ga. after the fall of Richmond, guarding the specie of the Confederate treasury. There is also a furlough permit, May 2, 1865, signed by Commandant William H. Parker.

Dates: Inclusive Mar. 28-May 16, 1865

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert Henry Tucker Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0332

Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence between Robert Henry Tucker and Washington and Lee University presidents Henry Louis Smith, Francis Pendleton Gaines, and Fred C. Cole regarding university matters. It also contains information about Tucker's tenure as chairman of the Industrial Commission of Virginia (1918-1919) and his work with the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.

Dates: Inclusive 1918-1967

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert Holt Salisbury Collection

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0600

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a copy of 'College Days' printed on plain copier paper, a letter from John P. Heinz, Research Professor with the American Bart Foundation, a Curriculam Vitae from Robert Salisbury, and other information found online and then printed.

Dates: ca. 2008

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert J. Bell Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0639

Scope and Contents The collection consists of two sets of handwritten notes on debates hosted at Washington and Lee, likely by way of the Graham Philanthropic Society, written by Robert John Bell during his time as a student at the University. The first debate centers on the effect of the construction of railroads in the South by "Northern Capitalists" (sic.), while the second one follows the state of education in the South after the American Civil War, particularly in regards to race relations and public...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869 - 1873

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Robert Ray Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0010

Dates: 1994-2001

Found in: Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives

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

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R.E. Lee Memorial Church Collection

Real photograph postcard of Dunlap, Anderson, and Arnold

Receipt, Samuel Mosby to David Anderson, Jr. for the purchase of an enslaved girl named Charlotte

Registrar's Office - Record Group 11

Reid Family papers

Reid White's Grade Book

Reuben Grigsby Manuscript

Rice Hotinger Ledger and Will

Richard Hotinger Papers

Richard Jennings Gaines Correspondence

Richard Royden Turner Correspondence

Richard Weaver Collection

Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Local Time Card and Notebook.

Robert Alexander Legal Papers

Robert C. Peniston Papers

Robert E. Lee Family papers

Robert E. Lee to Louisa Washington letters

Robert Foster Bradley Jr. Academic Certificates

Robert H. Chilton letter

Robert Hanson Fleming Diary

Robert Henry Tucker Papers

Robert Holt Salisbury Collection

Robert J. Bell Papers

Robert Ray Papers

Robert Seager Collection

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