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Campbell, Henry Donald

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1862 - 1934

Biography

A.M., 1882, Ph.D., 1885, W&L; Sc.D., University Pittsburg, 1912. Instructor chemistry and geology, W&L, 1882; assistant professor, W&L, 1884-86; Robinson professor of geology and biology, W&L, 1887; Robinson professor of geology, W&L, 1920; Robinson professor of Geology, historian of university, W&L, 1932-34; dean academic college, W&L, 1906; dean university, W&L, 1908-32; acting president, W&L, 1912. See Who's Who, 1934-35; MSS Catalog.

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Campbell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0393
Scope and Contents

Items in the collection include a scrapbook, a bound volume of the Ring-Tum Phi, a book of pressed leaves, Miller family birth records, photographs of Lexington and Campbell family members, newspapers, and personal letters.

Dates: Inclusive 1843-1950

Campbell, Harry D.

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 0000006780], Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes folders on Campbell/Houston family, Edmund D. Campbell, Harry D. Campbell, John Lyle Campbell, John Poage Campbell, Leslie Lyle Campbell, Robert F. Campbell, Robert K. Campbell, W. A. Campbell, William S. Campbell, Horace Caruthers, John A. Champe, Chapin family, Chittum, John Coalter, Christopher Columbus, Robert Page Cooke, Mary Beard Copper, Rev. John Craig, Jane Todd Crawford, James S. A. Crawford, Crozet family, Ernest Cummings, and Cunningham family.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Campbell, Henry Donald , 1934 - 1935

 File — Box 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

File includes a biography excerpt from "Who's Who in America" and an obituary by the Lexington Gazette.

Dates: 1934 - 1935

Correspondence, 1930-01 - 1930-02

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 0000004963], Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of Sanders' correspondence to his parents regarding life at Washington and Lee University, including his participation in the Arcades Club fraternity (now Delta Upsilon), sports, classes, jobs, and the Lexington Presbyterian Church as well as comments on campus drinking and mention of his brother Irwin Sanders and friend Richard Gooch. Includes his correspondence during his job with his uncle, Stuart Sanders, in Richmond at Sanders Brothers from 1931-1934 with...
Dates: 1930-01 - 1930-02

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

Henry Donald Campbell Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0277
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters written to Henry Donald Campbell, mostly from his colleagues at Washington and Lee University when he was on a leave of absence from the university.

Dates: Inclusive August-October 1913

Henry Donald Campbell Map Collection

 Collection — Oversize Drawer 40: [Barcode: 0000005783]
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0619
Dates: Majority of material found within 1857 - 1900

Henry Donald Campbell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0059
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 20 speeches and copies of letters and papers collected on R. E. Lee's administration of Washington College, 1865-1870.

Dates: Inclusive 1865-1933

Lee, Robert Edward - "Lee Jackson Day" an address by Dr. Harry D. Campbell, 1925-01-19

 File — Box 8, Folder: 173
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains biographical and historical information on various people and places.

Dates: 1925-01-19

Reminiscences - Authors: B-J, 1900 - 1960

 File — Box 13: [Barcode: 0000004070], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of Robert E. Lee including manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, and published materials by subjects with surnames begininng with letters B through J. See agents list for authors.

Dates: 1900 - 1960

William McLaughlin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0044
Scope and Contents This collection contains items of Judge William McLaughlin, including letters from Henry D. Campbell and William L. Wilson. Many concern awarding of honorary degrees and elections to the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee, of which McLaughlin was rector (1888-1898). The collection also contains legal certificates and his papers, including his Confederate Army Commission dated October 7, 1862. Also included is a copy of his death from the minutes of the Board of Trustees of Washington...
Dates: Inclusive 1851-1898

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Type
Archival Object 11
Collection 5
 
Subject
Correspondence 3
Degrees, Academic 1
Education -- Curricula 1
Family records 1
Genealogy 1