Milton J. Elliott, IV Collection

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0388

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a videorecording made by digitizing an original 8 mm film, which is owned by Milton J. Elliott, III, who was a student at W&L during the 1956 Mock Convention. The video is in color and is silent. The footage of the 1956 Mock Convention runs about 8 minutes and is primarily of the parade. Sections of the video showing the convention floor and platform are brief and quite dark. There is also footage of a group of students picknicking at Goshen (about 3 minutes). The last 4 minutes of footage are shots of a wedding at The Homestead. It also consists of newspaper clippings pertainig to W&L Athletics, the 1956 Mock Convention, printed materails like the W&L Swing, and student papers from one of Dr. Leyburn's Sociology class.

Dates

Creation: 1950 - 1956

Creator

Elliott, Milton J., IV (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.