McCormick family

Collection relating to proposal to hang photos of McCormick family portraits in Rockbridge County Courthouse

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0108

Scope and Contents

This collection includes 35 items relating to a proposal to hang portraits of Cyrus, Leander, and Robert McCormick in the Rockbridge County Courthouse, including a memorandum from Cyrus Bentley II dated January 6, 1912 and copies of memoranda and correspondence from William A. Anderson, William G. McDowell, and other parties.

Dates: Inclusive 1911-1912

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Development Office papers on various W&L subjects

Collection

Scope and Contents

A few of the subjects listed as files of the collection, but most of them are agent links on the record.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / University Development - Record Group 20

Fancy Hill, 1956-12-20

File — Box 1, Folder: 36

Scope and Contents

This file consists of a bound manuscript of Mark Smulson's essay "Fancy Hill: A Study of Pre-Bellum Rockbridge County, Virginia Home." Includes sketches and photographs of the house. Topics cover the history of the house, architectural features, Fancy Hill Academy, and ownership of the property. Places the house in conversation with other greater American architectural trends. Includes sketch of floor plan.

Dates: 1956-12-20

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses / General through Houston House

McCormick Celebration Pamphlet, 1931-09-25

File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

This file consists of a pamphlet from the McCormick Celebration held by Washington and Lee Unversity on September 25, 1931.

Dates: Event: 1931-09-25

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Walker-Wood Family Papers / Box 1

McCormick, Cyrus - Information Concerning the Reaper and Family Farm

File — Box 9, Folder: 197

Scope and Contents

This folder includes a pamplhet written by T.S. Gillett, published by Weed Parsons and Company in 1855. The pamphlet describes the court case of Cyrus McCormick against William H. Seymour and Dayton S. Morgan.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Rockbridge Historical Society Biographical Collection / M-Mc

File — Box 9, Folder: 196

Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Marshall, Bonnie Martin, John Mathews, Mathew F. Maury, Donald McCraig, Ghost McChesney, Thomas Edward McCorkle, McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, Hugh White McCrum, Charles McCulloch Jr., Hunter McDonald, Catherine Feland McDowell, Charles R. McDowell, Ephraim McDowell, McDowell Family, McElroy, William McElwee, Henry McLaughlen, Alexander G. McNutt, MacMillon.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Rockbridge Historical Society Biographical Collection / M-Mc