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Washington College

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Antebellum Days - History in and Around

 File — RHS Collection #0078, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This file consist of a bound copy of the paper "Antebellum Days in and Around Lexington" by Mary Edgar McClung of Lexington High School. No date.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1818 - 1991

Comics, 2012

 File — Box 20, Folder: 11

Ebenezer Dickey Junkin Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0425
Scope and Contents Presbyterian minister Ebenezer Dickey Junkin's pocket sized bound scrapbook of articles submitted to the Presbyterian Watchman and Observer newspaper by his father, George Junkin, D.D. between 1853-1856. George Junkin, under the pen name Theophilus, wrote the series of letters to the Richmond, Virginia publication on the role of the church in higher education. They include his commentary on the relationship between chuch and government. Junkin penned the letters during his tenure as...
Dates: Inclusive 1853-1856

J. Henry Smith Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0258
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Washington College student J. Henry Smith's addresses to the college's "John Marshall Society" on Sept. 24, 1841; "Total Abstinence Society" on Sept. 23, 1842; a speech on "Patriotism" in celebration of George Washington's birthday as a representative of the "Rockbridge Union Volunteers" in 1842; and a speech on "Moral Education" given on Commencement Day, 1842.

Dates: Inclusive 1841-1842

M. A. Gibbs to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-10

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by M. A. Gibbs from Vicksburg, Mississippi on February 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. He requests in the letter that Lee admit his son into Washington College.

Dates: 1866-02-10

Photograph of Frank Howard

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0158
Scope and Contents

This photograph is a platinum print of a Washington and Lee University (WLU) alumnus Frank Howard or possibly his younger brother Harry Howard. The siblings both attended WLU at the same time and graduated in the class of 1875.

Dates: 1900 - 1910

Photographs of the Liberty Hall Academy ruins

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0187
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1910

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Simpson House

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0186
Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

Photographs of Washington Hall

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0198
Dates: Majority of material found within 1824 - 1972

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Type
Collection 9
Archival Object 4
 
Subject
Carving (Decorative arts) 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
College orations 1
College students -- Conduct of life 1
Drinking of alcoholic beverages 1