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University of Virginia

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Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Anderson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0001
Scope and Contents This collection contains items of the Anderson and Alexander families including correspondence dealing with legal business, family matters, and Lexington, Virginia affairs. Consists largely of the family correspondence of William Alexander Anderson, Francis T. Anderson, and Mary Anne Alexander Anderson; includes letters to and from Virginia Governor John Letcher, and two letters from Mildred Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. Other correspondents include William A. Glasgow, George Hutcheson...
Dates: 1755 - 1958

Blue Ridge Chamber Players Programs and Schedule, 1961

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 0000004499], Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

This file consists of programs from Washington and Lee University, Hollins College, and the University of Virginia. It also includes a letter to Stewart from Anne McClenny of Hollins College, Va., a schedule of rehearsals and performances, and a page of financial records. Robert Stewart played the violin in the Blue Ridge Chamber Music Players.

Dates: 1961

Paper by Wayne Kille for American Vernacular Architecture class for professor Dell Upton on Willson-Walker House

 File — Box 4, Folder: 98
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a paper written by Wayne Kille for the WLU course American Vernacular Architecture 557 for professor Dell Upton in February of 1957, entitled "The Willson-Walker House: A Provincial Neoclassical Revival Building." The paper provides an architectural and stylistic analysis and evaluation of the building, as well as numerous photos depicting the interior and exterior of the building.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Programs, 1928 - 1936

 File — Box 9: [Barcode: 0000005275], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This file consists of glee club programs from universities other than Washington and Lee. Included are programas from the Intercollegiate Glee Club Contest, Emory University, Sweet Briar, Hollins College, Westminster Choir, University of Virginia, and Iowa State University.

Dates: 1928 - 1936

Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-31

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents

This letter to Robert E. Lee is from the book publisher Sargent, Wilson and Hinkle. This letter asks Lee for his approval of McGuffey Eclectic Readers books on the American Civil War.

Dates: 1866-03-31

Tintype photograph of an unidentified man

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0162
Scope and Contents

A small tintype photograph of a suited man with a hat taken by Woodrich of Albany, New York. The tintype was discovered during a research survey called BookTraces by a team of scholars from the University of Virginia. The tintype was within a copy of the "Works of William Gilmore Simms."

Dates: 1860 - 1900

Tucker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0024
Scope and Contents

This collection includes items of John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) and Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) including 18 letters, 16 of which are to J.R. Tucker, legal lecture notebooks, 54 printed speeches in Congress and before other organizations by both father and son, obituaries, in memoriams and miscellaneous items. Correspondents include Thomas Mann Randolph and George Washington.

Dates: Inclusive 1794-1934

William Andrew Quarles to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-12

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents

William Andrew Quarles wishes to send his son to Washington College and asks for a catalog. He notes that his son in Canada and was formerly a lieutenant in the Confederate Army.

Dates: 1866-04-12

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Archival Object 7
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Subject
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 2
Correspondence 2
Obituaries 2
Photographs 2
Programs 2