Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
Organization
Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:
A. B. Robertson to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-15
Item — Box: 7A, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
This letter was written by A. B. Robertson from New Wartrace, Tennessee on February 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Robertson requests Lee to send him a circular on Washington College. He goes on to explain his motivations in doing so.
Dates:
1866-02-15
A list of slaves belonging to Washington College, 1834-07-30
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1834-07-30
Admission Scholarship from Washington College to the sons of Mary Jackson Thornton
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0545
Alexander Lockhart Nelson Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0303
Scope and Contents
The Alexander Lockhart Nelson Papers consist of materials related to Nelson’s life as mathematician at Washington and Lee University; Nelson, Guy, Matthews, Archer, and Rennick family genealogy; an address by Nelson on his teaching experience during Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington College; some family and miscellaneous correspondences; and photographs. Included and, perhaps, the primary aspect of the collection is Nelson’s notebook used during his time as both student and professor of...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1848 - 1902
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
Benjamin Franklin Richardson Course Notebooks
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0552
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two volumes of course notes taken by Washington College student Benjamin Franklin Richardson. One is from a course on the principles of evolution and the second is from a course on general chemistry, which was taught by Professor George D. Armstrong.
Dates:
Unknown
Brick Company Ledger
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0443
Scope and Contents
Ledger is an account book of a brick company near Lexington, the exact identity of which is unknown. The ledger records that Washington College purchased 200 bricks in 1858.
Dates:
Inclusive 1857-1862
C. R. Hubbard to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-20
Item — Box: 7A, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents
This letter was written by C. R. Hubbard from Montgomery, Alabama on February 20, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Hubbard asks Lee to send to him a catalogue of classes at Washington College, as well to write back any information that would ensure his admission to the college.
Dates:
1866-02-20
Charles A. Graves Academic Certificate
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0657
Content Description
A single parchment academic certificate signifying completion in the course of Latin for Washington College student Charles A. Graves, dated June 1868, and signed by Professor C.J. Harris and Washington College president Robert E. Lee.
Dates:
1868-06-18
Charles and Emmett McCorkle Lecture Notebook
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0139
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a lecture notebook used by Washington College and Washington and Lee University students Charles E. McCorkle between 1869-1870 and his brother Walter between 1870-1874. It includes a note about Robert E. Lee on the inside cover.
Dates:
1869 - 1874
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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