Mary Coulling Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primarily the materials gathered by Mary Price Coulling while doing research for her books The Lee girls (1987) and Margaret Junkin Preston (1993), including photocopies of Lee, Custis, Junkin and Preston family letters, scrapbooks, notebooks, genealogies, photographs and articles, as well as copies and critiques of Margaret Junkin Preston's poetry. It also includes notecards, articles and speeches by Coulling relating to her books.
Dates
- Creation: Inclusive 1806-1997
Use Restrictions
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.
Extent
6.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary P. Coulling in 1999.
Subject
- Preston, Margaret Junkin (Person)
- Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) (Person)
- Lee family (Family)
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 (Person)
- Preston family (Family)
- Custis family (Family)
- Junkin family (Family)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Mary Coulling Papers, 1806-1997
- Date
- © 2003 By Washingtonand Lee University
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository