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"A Card to the People of Rockbridge County," broadside

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0312
Scope and Contents

Candidate James B. Dorman appeals to Rockbridge County's voters for support as candidate for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney General . He outlines his platform and explains his voting record on key issues during his previous political appointments.

Dates: 1879

Alamby Miller Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0137
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a scrapbook of works written by Washington College student Alamby Miller between 1864-1868. Included are Virginia university magazines, clippings from the Southern Collegian, and original poetry. There is also a scrapbook titled Alamby Millington Miller by Professor James W. Massie dated 1870. This scrapbook is a typed biography including a letter from Alamby to his sister.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1864 - 1870

Andrew Hollinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll.-0481
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of eight bound diaries written by Andrew Hollinger and addressed to "The Team;" one binder of typed original poetry; and eight folders containing correspondences, materials related to Washington and Lee University, the ROTC Program, and Psi Upsilon fraternity, and a number of Hollinger's financial papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969 - 1977

Andrew Kerr Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0132
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Andrew Kerr's account book which records goods purchased and an employment record. Included on the last pages of the book is poetry.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1852 - 1856

Ashley Brown Christmas Poem

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0485
Scope and Contents

Christmas card sent to the Cyrus Hall McCormick Library containing original poem by Washington and Lee University student Ashley Brown printed in Lexington Virginia by C. Harold Lauck. It is number 29 of 50. It is a signed copy.

Dates: 1951

BOX A4: First Appearances (Poetry)

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Scope and Contents

All books are collections of poems by Dickey. . The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1945-1992, Poems, 1957-1967, The Zodiac, The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1948-1992, The Strength of Fields


Includes inscription, dedications, signatures.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

BOX A5: First Appearances (Poetry)

 Series
Scope and Contents Please see the Subject entries for scope of contents.Exchanges, James Dickey at 70, Drowning with Others, The Early Motion, Tucky the Hunter, Veteran Birth, Buckdancer's Choice, Metaphor as Pure Adventure, Poets of Today VII, ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

BOX B1: First Appearances (Contributions to Books)

 Series
Scope and Contents This box contains anthologies in which Dickey's work is published, as well as several biographical sources on Dickey. Includes inscriptions, dedications, signatures.The Great American Writers' Cookbook, Ah Men!, Translations by American Poets, Of Poetry and Poets, New Aquist of True Experience, Readings for Writing,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

BOX B2: First Appearances (Contributions to Books)

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Scope and Contents This box contains anthologies in which Dickey's work is published. Includes inscriptions, dedications, signatures.The Call of the Wild, The Craft of Poetry, John Keats's Porridge, Dear Scott, Selected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson, 45 Contemporary Poems: the Creative Process, Deliverance,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

BOX E3: Criticism and Mentions and Unpublished Typescripts

 Series
Scope and Contents This box contains unpublished typescripts of screenplays and other works by Dickey, as well as some biographical and critical works about Dickey.SCREENPLAYS: Deliverance; Gene Bullard; The Sentence ; The Claim; The Call of the Wild; Flying Blind; AnilhamPOETRY: ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

BOX F2: Anthologies & Reprints

 Series
Scope and Contents This box contains books and journals mostly, but not always, featuring work by Dickey.Christmas at The New Yorker; The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970; The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, 1973; Randall Jarrell, 1914-1965; Georgia Voices; Modern Poems: an Introduction to Poetry; Divided Light: Father...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

BOX T1: Dickey Poetry Series, Family Publications, and Miscellaneous

 Series
Scope and Contents This box contains issues of featured writers in the James Dickey Poetry Series. It also includes some writings by Dickey's children, and some miscellaneous items, such as a t-shirt related to the movie Deliverance and items from Dickey's desk at the University of South Carolina.James Dickey Contemporary Poetry Series; Caverns of Fire; James Dickey: a Celebration; ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1940 - 2013

C. F. Weldon poetry notebook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0422
Scope and Contents

This notebook contains various poems believed to have been written by C. F. Weldon. They cover various topics including his daughter's wedding and the death of a close friend.

Dates: 1921

Clinton Scollard Poem

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0233
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a poem by Clinton Scollard entitled 'Happiness.' There is both a signed handwritten and typed copy. The poem reads, 'The luring and elusive form we chase/ Down Life's long vista till our parting breath;/ Who knows but that we first behold her face/ The hour we look on Death!'

Dates: 1892

Dabney Stuart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0364
Scope and Contents

This collection includes drafts, manuscripts, and corrected typescripts of published and several unpublished novels, short story collections, volumes of poetry, his lectures, and a list of all of Stuart's publications from 1959-2009.

Dates: Inclusive 1989-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 2000-2009

Dale Cornelius Papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0260
Scope and Contents

These papers include five binders containing copies of Cornelius' poems, plays, musical compositions, and paintings.

Dates: Inclusive 1982-2001

Davidson Family Papers

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-19
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0113
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers of Lexington, Virginia lawyer James D. Davidson and his daughter Mary Davidson and includes some correspondence, manuscript and printed poems of James D.Davidson, clippings, and some miscellaneaous papers from the family. James Davidson's printed and handwritten writings in the collection were compiled for his book "A Curiosity in the Chancery and Rhyme and Prose," (N.D., but likely 1876-81). The collection contains detailed genealogy of the Davidson,...
Dates: 1830 - 1915

Dr. Sidney Isenberg Collection on Carson McCullers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0097
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 67 items collected by Dr. Sidney Isenberg, a member of the Class of 1942, Washington and Lee University, from his friendship with Carson McCullers, including letters to him from McCullers, from other people about her, an inscribed poem, and memorabilia.

Dates: Inclusive 1948-1971

E. W Randall Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0049
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an autographed notebook by E. W. Randall containing an essay on friendship and poems.

Dates: 1867

Edward Ferguson Devol Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0240
Scope and Contents

These papers include an account of his student life at Washington and Lee University from 1940-1943, which mentions faculty members Fitzgerald Flournoy and Lawrence E. Watkin. There are also letters to his parents, documents, poetry and essays about his service in World War II, primarily in the European theater.

Dates: Inclusive 1940-1946

Ellinor Porcher Gadsden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0189
Scope and Contents This collection came from the estate of Ellinor Gadsden in 1985. Highlights of the collection include the letters of Alexander Swift(Sandie) Pendleton, a Washington College graduate who was a top aide to Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson during the American Civil War. These approximately 70 letters were a major source for the book. Sandie was the uncle of the Gadsden sisters. Included in the collection are also a few items of Gen. William Nelson Pendleton who was Robert E. Lee's friend and...
Dates: Inclusive 1839-1975

Isaac Newton Campbell Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0177
Scope and Contents

Isaac Newton Campbell kept this notebook while a student at Washington and Lee University and at Campbell's Divinity School. It consists primarily of his notes on Greek grammar from Professor James Jones White's class at Washington and Lee and notes on biblical history from T.E. Peck's classes at divinity school. Includes a poem about Professor White.

Dates: Inclusive 1874-1876

James D. Davidson Poetry Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0582
Scope and Contents

This broadside is an emotional expression written by James Davidson in 1829 and 1830 while an 'Old Field School Master' in Botetourt County. It was later published in the Virginia Gazette.

Dates: 1871-05-12

James D. Davidson Scrapbooks

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-4, Item: Loose Scrapbook
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0154
Scope and Contents

This collection contains newspaper clippings of Dorman's poems, letters, and essays on various subjects published in the Lexington Gazette and other papers.

Dates: 1832 - 1878

James Lane Allen Poem

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005631], Folder: 1, Box: data_value_missing_6d878af63cb0c2103a841cc5cc2b625a
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0214
Scope and Contents

A printed copy of a poem entitled 'The Two Psyches. A November Garden' by James Lane Allen with a written inscription 'For Mr. Virgil McClure from James Lane Allen, Lexington, 20 May, 1892.'

Dates: Other: 1892-05-20

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