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African Americans
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Folder includes four items: "A Community's Stories" article from The News Gazzette concerning an exhibit by the Rockbridge Historical Society; a list of 'Old Lexington Colored People,' from the early 1900's from Leslie Lyle Campbell's notes; information on a group of slaves from Caroline County (a page copied from Colonial Caroline: a History of Caroline County, Virginia); and a letter to Special Collections concerning information on the holdings of records concerning black history in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
African Americans at Washington and Lee website, 2013
File
Scope and Contents
A timeline is being developed on the university website by a special working group established in August 2013 by Washington and Lee President Kenneth P. Ruscio to explore the role of African Americans in the history of the University. The University Library is capturing this timeline using Archive-It.
Dates:
2013
Boy Scouts of America Letter, 1935-05-22
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
This file contains a letter from the Stonewall Jackson Area Council of Boy Scouts of America to Mr. Bozeman denying the formation of an African American Boy Scout Troop in Lexington at that time.
Dates:
1935-05-22