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Typescript Reminiscence, "Boyhood Impressions and Recollections of Robert E. Lee" by J.W. Ewing

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0635
Content Description

A short paper written by J.W. Ewing (Washington and Lee Class of 1870) about his time at the University while Robert E. Lee was President immediately following the American Civil War. In addition to the document, there is a cover letter from Robert N. Farrar to Robert H. Ledbetter as a means of introduction.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865 - 1870

Typescript, "The Irish Creek Region," by E.P. Tompkins

 Collection — Container: RHS Collections #0060 - #0076
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0064
Scope and Contents

This folder contains one typescript copy of Dr. E.P. Tompkins historical report on the Irish Creek area, which describes Tin Mining efforts, moonshine and liquor distillation in the area, and a local musician / songwriter Sam Downey. No date.

Dates: 1930

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

Ulster-Irish Society yearbook

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0027
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the society's yearbook from 1938.

Dates: 1938

Unidentified travel diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0328
Scope and Contents This manuscript copy of a diary dated May 26 through August 15, 1835 was kept by an unidentified traveller journeying by railroad, boat, and stagecoach from New York to the springs of Virginia (and the present-day West Virginia) and then on to Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky before returning to New York. The traveller made stops in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Fredericksburg. Most of the journal's accounts deal with the period when the writer was at White Sulphur...
Dates: 1835

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

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winnie Davis Chapter Minute Book

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0205
Scope and Contents

This minute book of the Winnie Davis Chapter dates from 1938 to 1951 and includes a group photo dated 1937. It also includes four pages of notes concerning the history of the Buena Vista Chapter.

Dates: Inclusive 1938-1951

University Alumni Office - Record Group 32

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0032
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by Alumni Office during the course of its regular business, such as official publications and records about its management.

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

University and Student Organizations and Societies - Record Group 39

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0039
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the University's student and faculty organizations, including fraternities, sororities, and honorary societies, such as official publications by these groups and records about their management.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

University Bookstore - Record Group 26

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0026
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1996 - 1999

University Capital Planning - Record Group 27

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0027
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials about the university's capital planning efforts.

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

University Development - Record Group 20

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-RG-0020
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the University Development office during the course of its regular business, including records about its management.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

University Library - Record Group 13

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0013
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the University Library during the course of its regular business, such as official publications and records about its management.

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

University Printing Center - Record Group 33

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0033
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by University Printing Center during the course of its regular business, such as official publications and records about its management.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

University Provost - Record Group 43

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0043
Scope and Contents

This Record Group contains materials created by the Provost's Office in the course of business.

Dates: Not yet determined

University Publications - Record Group 47

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0047
Scope and Contents

This record group contains official print publications created by the University at the highest level.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

University Radio Station - WLUR

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WLU-RG-0050
Scope and Contents Records of the Washington and Lee University radio station, WLUR 91.5, from its creation in 1967-68 to present. This record group is composed primarily of recordings from the radio station. Included among the tapes are earlier recordings from the Washington and Lee Journalism Dept. predating the founding of the radio station. The station was originally created as an arm of the Journalism Dept. It is now a branch of the Communications and Public Affairs Office. Please contact...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: circa 1938-2010

University Services - Record Group 24

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0024
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the University Services 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

University Treasurer - Record Group 6

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0006
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the University Treasurer's office during the course of its regular work.

Dates: 1910 - 2006

Venable Family Collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0656
Scope and Contents The Venable Family Collection consists of two postcards written from Andrew Reid Venable to his son Edgar W. Venable in 1886, a privately published pamphlet titled "Do - Well - Home of William Morton Watkins and Elizabeth Venable Watkins and their children" the pamphlet concerns the Watkins family home "Do-Well," located in Charlotte County, Virginia and family genealogy. An original photograph of the home is pasted onto the cover. Also included in the collection is a copy of Vol. 32, No. 3...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1886 - 1942

Vice-President of University Relations and Secretary of the University - Record Group 19

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0019
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the Vice-President of University Relations and Secretary of the University office while fulfilling their job duties.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Victor Herrick Hanson Scapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0780
Content Description

This collection consists of the scrapbook of Victor Herrick Hanson, class of 1956. This scrapbook contains images relating to campus life including images of student activities and campus events from 1953. Of specific note is the inclusion of images related to Hanson's life as a member of Sigma Nu as well as when Alben Barkley passed away while speaking on campus on April 30, 1956.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1956

Vincent Loockerman Bradford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0042
Scope and Contents

This collection includes six letters, three of which concern a celebration at the First Presbyterian Church of Niles, Michigan, miscellaneous papers, and obituaries.

Dates: Inclusive 1866-1872

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Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives 1003
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Correspondence 255
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Virginia -- Lexington 89
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 85
Virginia -- Rockbridge County 73
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Records 41
Account books 38
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Language
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French 1
French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) 1
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Names
Washington and Lee University 143
Washington College (Lexington, Va.) 42
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 41
Miley, Michael, 1841-1918 27
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 18
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University Chapel . Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA ) 17
Virginia Military Institute 13
Lee, George Washington Custis 10
Liberty Hall Academy 10
Gaines, Francis Pendleton 9
Junkin, George, 1798 - 1868 9
Leyburn, James Graham 9
Washington College 9
Confederate States of America 8
Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 8
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.) 8
Anderson, William Alexander 7
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities 7
Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle) 7
Lee family 7
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883 7
Smith, Henry Louis 7
Tucker, John Randolph 7
Washington and Lee University. School of Law 7
Anderson family 6
Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers 6
Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington (Lexington, Va.) 6
Lee, Mary Custis 6
Letcher, Greenlee D. (Greenlee Davidson) 6
Letcher, John 6
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 6
Washington and Lee University. Trustees 6
Alexander family 5
Brockenbrough, John 5
Campbell family 5
Campbell, Henry Donald 5
Confederate States of America. Army 5
Freeman, Douglas Southall 5
New Monmouth Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.) 5
Preston, Margaret Junkin 5
Tompkins, Edmund Pendleton 5
Washington Academy (Lexington, Va.) 5
Washington and Lee University. Mock Convention 5
White, James J. (James Jones) 5
Ann Smith Academy 4
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 4
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia 4
Crenshaw, Ollinger 4
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Edmondson, James K., Colonel 4
First Baptist Church (Lexington, Va.) 4
Gilliam, Frank Johnson 4
Glasgow family 4
Graham family 4
Graham, Edward 4
Graham, John Alexander 4
Graham, William A. (William Alexander) 4
Groner, Duncan G. 4
Humphreys, D. C. (David Carlisle), 1855-1921 4
Hunter, David, 1802-1886 4
Jefferson, Thomas 4
Jordan, John 4
Lexington Gazette. (Lexington, Va.) 4
McDowell, James 4
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 4
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 4
Powell, Lewis F. 4
Reid, Samuel McDowell 4
Wilson, William Lyne 4
Alexander, Archibald 3
Anderson, Ellen Graham 3
Barclay, Ted, II (Alexander Tedford) 3
Bowyer, John, General 3
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) 3
Carter, Jimmy 3
Carter, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry) 3
Cole, Fred Carrington 3
Davidson, Charles A. (Charles Andrew) 3
Davidson, Greenlee 3
Davidson, James D. (James Dorman) 3
Davis, John W. (John William) 3
Denny, George Hutcheson 3
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935 3
Dunlap Family 3
Flood, Henry D. (Henry Delaware) 3
Glasgow, William Anderson 3
Graham, William 3
Grigsby, Reuben 3
Henry, Patrick 3
Hotchkiss, Farris Pierson 3
Houston, Sam, 1793 - 1863 3
James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.) 3
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 3
Johnston, William Preston 3
Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905 3
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905 3
Letcher, S. H. (Samuel Houston) 3
Lexington Development Company (Lexington, Va.) 3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
Madison, James 3
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