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Contains 32 Results:

Alone Mill

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

Folder includes a copy of a report of "Approval of Site, Plans, etc." for a school house at Alone Mill; a balance sheet by Alone Canning Co., and a photocopy of a pencil drawn map of Alone Mill. Also includes a lecture paper by Anne McClung, which includes many photos.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016

Black In Lexington: Endurance and Hope in a Vanishing Community. education, business, religion, profiles, etc., 2010

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: 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: 2010

Black History Month 2016 in Lexington, Virginia. A Series of Interviews with Prominent Members of the African American Community, sponsored by the Historic Lexington Foundation.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: 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

A Community's Stories: Vistors Wander Through Past At Opening of African-American Heritage Exhibit. The News-Gazette., 2001-02-28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: 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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 2001-02-28

Black cemetery doubt remains: Were the bodies ever buried at Evergreen in Lexington, Virginia?, Washington Post., 2007-09-29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: 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: 2007-09-29

Program, A Celebration of Life for Mother Frances Price Ragsdale, 1906-2011., 2011-03-8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: 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: Event: 2011-03-8

Lexington's African American School, Randolph Street, papers.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: 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

Staunton, Virginia

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Includes program for the All Saints Memorial Celebration at the Augusta Street United Methodist Church, Nov. 1, 2009, a Fairview Cemetery brochure, and Friends of Fairview Christmas wreath order form, Nov. 23, 2009.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016

Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Box: 1-21
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0668
Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016

Agricultural Society of Rockbridge, 1839-10-17

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Address delivered before the Agricultural Society of Rockbridge, at its annual Fair, at Fancy Hill, October 17, 1839, by the Rev. Henry Ruffner, D. D., President of Washington College. The Lexington Gazette, and Rockbridge Farmer, June 23, 1840.

Dates: Event: 1839-10-17

Archaelogy, 1989

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Folder includes "Selected Bibliography for Historic Artifact Identification and Analysis" prepared by Kurt C. Russ and John M. McDaniel, for distribution at 1989 ASV Historic Artifact Workshop.

Dates: 1989

Lee Memorial, 1883, 1999

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Contains student paper authored by Emily Barnes '01 titled "Lee Memorial Association." In addition, a copy of a sketch from 1883 about the Lee Memorial Association titled "Southern Historical Society Papers."

Dates: 1883; 1999

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools , 1996-04 - 1996-05

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

"Procedings" publication published by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, including reports and activities of the 100th Annual Meeting in Atlanta Georgia as well as current lists of member insitutions.

Dates: 1996-04 - 1996-05

History, 1758

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of a 1758 schedule titled "To the Militia of the Coutny of Augusta, and for Provisions furnished by sundry inhabitants of the said county, viz."

Dates: 1758

Academics: Economics, 1994-04-25

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

Published lecture by retired professor John McKenzie Gunn, dated April 25, 1994; "Can Economics be Both Relevant and 'good'?"

Dates: 1994-04-25

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