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Benjamin Franklin Doswell Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0061
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters written by Doswell to his family while he was a student at Washington College.
Dates:
Inclusive 1847-1849
Elinor Junkin letter
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0641
Scope and Contents
Elinor Junkin, daughter of Washington College's president George Junkin and future first wife of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson details to her first cousin Helen Dickey, of Oxford, Chester County, Pa., her family's move to and first weeks living in Lexington, Virginia, after her father's apppointment at the college. The letter mentions her siblings and shared family, describes the college and its former president Henry Ruffner, the journey from Pennsylvania to Lexington, and the...
Dates:
1848-12-14
George Junkin letter
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0440
Scope and Contents
This autographed letter signed by George Junkin, dated January 11, 1848, was written to Francis McFarland. Junkin writes about the current unrest on Washington College's campus among faculty and students related to the future of the institution's religious affiliation. He mentions that he previously wrote McFarland inquiring about the history of Liberty Hall Academy and Washington College but had not yet received a reply.
Dates:
1848-01-11
Henry Donald Campbell Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0059
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 20 speeches and copies of letters and papers collected on R. E. Lee's administration of Washington College, 1865-1870.
Dates:
Inclusive 1865-1933
William Thornton Owen Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0673
Content Description
The William Thornton Owen Papers consists of a three page letter written by Owen to his father, Robert E. Owen, dated September 24, 1855 on his experiences as a new student at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. The letter initially details his trip to the school from his home in Halifax County, Virginia, via Richmond, Waynesboro, Staunton, then Lexington, Va. by rail and stage. Also included is Owen's autograph album dated February 29, 1856 which is prolifically inscribed by friends...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1855 - 1856