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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Control Folder

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Content Description From the Collection:

Eleven papers written by Washington and Lee University alumnus Robert W. Hilton, Jr. (Class of 1939) and read to the Literary Club of Cincinnati, Ohio between 1973 and 1999.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1973 - 1999

Papers, 1973 - 1989

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Paper Titles: 1. Old Grad, 1973 2. Faith, Fantasy, and Kitsch, 1978 3. Speech to Alumni (Washington and Lee), 1979 4. For the Good of the Order, 1982 5. Washington and Lee University - An Unofficial Retrospective and Prospective from the Point of View of Two Members of the Class of 1939, 1989

Dates: Majority of material found within 1973 - 1989

Papers, 1993 - 1999

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Papers include: 1. The College Years, 1993 2. The Dinner Party, 1993 3. The University Years, 1993 4. Geeks, Preachers, and an Honest Man, 1997 5. My Last Sermon, 1999 6. Where is the Little Girl Who Can't Read or Write, 1999

Dates: Majority of material found within 1993 - 1999

Broadside Announcing Robert E. Lee's Presidency of Washington College

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0660
Content Description

A broadside announcing Robert E. Lee's acceptance of the presidency of Washington College. The broadside was printed at the Lexington Gazette. The announcement was officially made by John W. Brockenbrough, Rector of Washington College.

Dates: 1865-09-01