George Earle Chamberlain Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0247

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence concerning Chamberlain's work on several Washington and Lee University committees from 1904-1908, including committee work on a chapter house for Phi Kappa Psi and on the new Carnegie library. It also includes his two notebooks from law courses (1875-1876) taught by John Randolph Tucker. Lastly, there is an 1874 photograph of Chamberlain and two fraternity brothers, G. M. Effinger, Class of 1874, and Floyd Farrar, Class of 1875.

Dates

Creation: Inclusive 1874-1908
Creation: Majority of material found within Bulk 1904-1908

Creator

Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle) (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

George Earle Chamberlain was an 1876 graduate of Washington and Lee University Law school, governor of Oregon (1902-1910), and a U. S. Senator from Oregon (1909-1920).