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Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)

 Organization

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

"A Child's Song of Christmas", 1935

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005041], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This file consists of published copies of the piece as well as original copies made for James G. Leyburn and Mary Monroe Penick. The piece was written for The Children's Choir of The Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Va. It also contains copies for violin, violin II, viola, and cello.

Dates: 1935

Auxiliary and Executive Committee Reports, 1926 - 1927

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000005006]
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church, and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.

Dates: 1926 - 1927

"Benediction Response", 1944-10

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 0000005136], Folder: 89
Scope and Contents

Dedicated to the Lexington Presbyterian Choir

Dates: 1944-10

Book of the Boys Missionary Society, 1884 - 1889

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004994]
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church, and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.

Dates: 1884 - 1889

Business Women's Circle Secretary's Books, 1922 - 1925

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000005002]
Scope and Contents

  • 1922-1923
  • 1923-1925
The books also contain the ninth and tenth annual yearbooks.

Dates: 1922 - 1925

"Chorale and Response After Prayer"

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 0000005139], Folder: 92
Scope and Contents

Dedeicated to Miss Mary Monroe Penick and the Choir of the Presbyterian Church.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947

Connection Between Washington College and the Presbytery

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004982], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

A one page history of the church's relation to Washington College.

Dates: Inclusive 1824-1927; Majority of material found within Bulk 1877-1927

"Gentle Mary Laid Her Child"

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005044], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

This file consists of one original and four copies. The piece was for the choir of the Lexington Presbyterian Church.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947

James Graham Leyburn Sunday School Lectures

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0624
Content Description This collection consists of a small three ring binder of typescript Sunday school lectures by Dr. James G. Leyburn, one of Washington and Lee's most revered 20th century professors. Leyburn used this notebook to teach his class at the Lexington (Va.) Presbyterian Church from October 2, 1949 to the final class of the year on May 28, 1950. The lectures cover and introduction to the Bible, it's characters, and the tenets of Presbyterianism. In the final lecture, Leyburn details a transformative...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1950

John Skinner Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0281
Scope and Contents

This broadside by Reverend John Skinner, entitled 'Case of the Rev'd Dr. Skinner', was an important document in the 'Skinner War' controversy at the Lexington, Virginia, Presbyterian Church.

Dates: 1847

Joseph James Murray Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0302
Scope and Contents The diaries give a precise record of Joseph James Murray's four years as superintendent of home missions in Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as of his life as pastor, family man, traveller, lover of the arts and ornithologist while in Lexington, Virginia (1924-1968). Reminiscences include information about his family, including his wife, Jane Dickson Vardell Murray, and children, J. J. (Jimmy) Murray, Jr. and Jane Murray, and close friends, including Matthew Paxton, Nell Paxton, James G....
Dates: Inclusive 1920-1968

Lexington Gazette Reprint of 1845 Article About Dedication of the New Presbyterian Church, 1945

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004985], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church, and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.

Dates: Publication: 1945

Lexington Presbyterian Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0327
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church, and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.

Dates: Inclusive 1824-1927; Majority of material found within Bulk 1877-1927

Meeting Minutes, 1824-03-27

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004983], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church, and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.

Dates: 1824-03-27

Minute Books of the Young Ladies Missionary Society, 1902 - 1919

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004997]
Scope and Contents

  • 1902-1906 (in Ellen Glasgow's hand)
  • 1913-1919

Dates: 1902 - 1919

Photograph of Reverend Alfred T. Graham

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0119
Content Description A copy of an earlier photograph of Alfred T. Graham, a prominent pastor in Virginia and North Carolina from 1883 to 1917. Graham was born in 1859 in Winchester, Va. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1878 and the Union Theological Seminary in 1883. Graham was a minister at Rockville Church in Davidson, NC and from 1907 until 1917 minister at the Lexington Va. Presbyterian Church. He married Isabelle Irwin of N.C. in November 1886 and had three children. Reverend Graham died in...
Dates: Majority of material found within Era of photograph

Programs of John A. Graham's Works, 1932 - 1948

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005037], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This file includes programs from The Troubadours of Washington and Lee, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and the Virginia State Choral Festival.

Dates: 1932 - 1948

Programs of Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Association, 1918 - 1922

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000005004], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

  • 2928-1919
  • 1919-1920
  • 1920-1921
  • 1921-1922

Dates: 1918 - 1922

Programs of Young Woman's Missionary Society, 1907 - 1922

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000005005], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909
  • 1910
  • 1911
  • 1912
  • 1920-1921 - 2 copies
  • 1921-1922

Dates: 1907 - 1922

"Response, Benediction and Fourfold Amen"

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 0000005152], Folder: 105
Scope and Contents

Written for the Choir of the Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Va

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947

Rockbridge Historical Society files on churches

 Collection — Box 1-3, Folder: 1-49
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0040
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of research files on local and regional churches, especially those found in Rockbridge and Augusta counties in Virginia. The files are arranged alphabetically by name of church and are comprised of both primary and secondary resources.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 2000

"Sanctus"

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000005078], Folder: 35
Scope and Contents

Graham arranged the music for the choir of the Lexington Presbyterian Church.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 19
Collection 8
 
Subject
Corporate minutes 3
Programs 3
Sheet music 3
Hymns 2
Virginia -- Lexington 2