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Contains 6 Results:

Hurricane Camille Newspaper Clippings, 1969-08 - 1969-12

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

This collection contains: newspaper clippings about Hurricane Camille; a record of a song recorded by J. Mark Jones about the night of the hurricane; three copies of a report titled "Reaction of Flood Victims in Rockbridge County, Virginia" by a Washington and Lee class in Research Methods and Politics and Sociology; and a poster advertising the 50th anniversary commemoration of Hurricane Camille.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969-08 - 1969-12

Hurricane Camille, 1969 - 2019

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a record by J. Mark Jones, a Lexington musician (then high school teacher) who recorded a song about Hurricane Camille which was released in January 1970. Also included is a report about the flood written by a Washington and Lee class.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969 - 2019

Rockbridge County Flood of 1950, 1950-09

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

"'Flash' Flood Hits County Sunday," Losses Suffered in Kerrs, Whistle, Buffalo Sections, THE LEXINGTON GAZETTE, September 13, 1950. "Rockbridge Suffer Worst Floods In History," Two Lives Are Lost, Damage Estimated At Two Million Dollars, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NEWS, September 14, 1950.

Dates: 1950-09

Newspaper article, "Fury of a Flood", November 4-5, 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Roanoke Times & World News, November 11, 1985, Section C, pages 1-12.

Dates: Event: November 4-5, 1985

"Unpredictable By Nature", 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Article by Gayle Cohen, published in CURIO, Summer 1992.



Dates: Event: 1985

Rockbridge Historical Society files on floods and Hurricane Camille

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-4
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0049
Scope and Contents

This collection contains: newspaper clippings about Hurricane Camille; a record of a song recorded by J. Mark Jones about the night of the hurricane; three copies of a report titled "Reaction of Flood Victims in Rockbridge County, Virginia" by a Washington and Lee class in Research Methods and Politics and Sociology; and a poster advertising the 50th anniversary commemoration of Hurricane Camille.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950-09 - 2019-08