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John F. Swayne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0292
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Swayne's personal papers from his time as a student at Washington College, including correspondence with E. C. Gordon and Mary F. Dickson, a subscription to the Southern Collegian, and two essays. One letter is a response from the clerk of the faculty to Swayne's notice of withdrawal from the college. One essay entitled 'A trip to House Mountain' was written in 1869; it details a trip made there in the summer of 1867. There is an...
Dates: Inclusive 1867-1935; Majority of material found in Bulk 1867-1869

Rutherford R. Houston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0213
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a paper entitled 'A trip on foot to the top of the House Mountain' which details a trip Houston made on May 22, 1852 as a Washington College student. House Mountain is located in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: 1852

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  • Repository: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives X
  • Subject: College students X
  • Subject: Virginia -- House Mountain X

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Correspondence 1
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Virginia -- Rockbridge County 1
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Dickson, Mary F. 1
Donaldson, Harriet Houston 1
Gordon, E. C. (Edward Clifford), 1842 - 1922 1
Houston, Rutherford R 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1