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Meredith W. D. Hogshead Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0283
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of printed digital scans and transcriptions of 40 letters written between 1848-1853 from Elijah Hogshead to his son Meredith William David Hogshead, who was a student at Washington College.

Dates: Inclusive 1848-1853; Majority of material found within Bulk 1848-1851

Richard Jennings Gaines Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0081
Scope and Contents

This letter is written to William H. Dennis describing the girls and outings in Rockbridge County and the attraction of the study of astronomy.

Dates: 1819

Richard Royden Turner Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0227
Scope and Contents

This collection is a personal letter to Master W. O. Bickle of Staunton. Topics mentioned are football, school food, and Thanksgiving break.

Dates: 1892

Samuel M. Engelhardt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0604
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 10 photos of an unidentified archaeological dig, two photographs of Washington and Lee University students, one photograph of the Lexington Passenger Train Station, two fraternity letters from Phi Kappa Alpha, and a Washington and Lee University English exam on Charles Dickens dated 1907-1908.

Dates: 1907 - 1909

Schoenbrun Collection of Virginia Historical Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0394
Scope and Contents This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates: 1813-1895

William E. Dold Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0186
Scope and Contents

The collection includes an autograph book containing autographs of Washington and Lee students circa 1875. Also includes a brochure of River Crest Sanitarium (Astoria, Long Island) and three letters to Dr. Dold from Francis P. Gaines, which are dated October 20, 1932, May 24, 1933, and November 7, 1936.

Dates: Inclusive 1875-1936

William G. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0480
Scope and Contents

Handwritten manuscript draft of William Brown's protest to the Washington and Lee University Board of Trustees related to issues of religious life on campus and a handwritten response from Rev. F. B. Converse (Francis Bartlett Converse) to Brown.

Dates: 1866

William Jackson Humphreys Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0095
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter from William Jackson Humphreys written to Dr. Leslie L. Campbell. In the letter Humphreys gives an account of his time at Washington and Lee Univeristy. He mentions studies, dating, and nicknames of friends and professors.

Dates: 1941-03-17

William Taylor Thom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0048
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 34 letters, 1865-1870, written to his father while Thom was a student at Washington College, four letters to Thom from various correspondents, college grade reports and programs, and other printed material.

Dates: Inclusive 1865-1890

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Washington and Lee University 14
Washington College (Lexington, Va.) 11
Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910 3
Cockrell, Alexander F. 2
Cockrell, Francis Marion 2
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Flournoy, Fitzgerald 2
Gilliam, Frank Johnson 2
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Washington and Lee University. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 2
Adams, John Quincy 1
American College of Sofia 1
Ann Smith Academy 1
Archer family 1
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 1
Bickle, W. O., Master 1
Booth, Emily W. 1
Boyd, Alston 1
Brady, Matthew B. 1
Brown, William G. 1
Bullington, Sallie 1
Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle) 1
Campbell, L. L. (Leslie Lyle) 1
Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle) 1
Chenault, Emma Earle 1
Cockrell family 1
Cockrell, Maurice F. 1
Collins, Phelps 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 3rd 1
Converse, F. B., Reverend (Francis Bartlett) 1
Cornell University 1
Dabney, George E. 1
Dennis, William H. 1
Desha, Jack C. 1
Desha, Lucius, Jr. 1
Devol, Edward Ferguson 1
Dickson, Mary F. 1
Dold, William E. 1
Doswell, Benjamin Franklin 1
Dunlap Family 1
Dunlap, John M., Jr 1
Dunlap, John Matthew 1
Dunlap, Madison 1
Duval, Addison M., Mrs. 1
Engelhardt, Samuel M. 1
Field, Frank 1
Fowlkes, Richard W. 1
Gaines, Francis Pendleton 1
Gaines, Richard Jennings 1
Glasgow, William Anderson 1
Gordon, E. C. (Edward Clifford), 1842 - 1922 1
Graham, Edward 1
Guy family 1
Harris, Carter James 1
Harrison, James Albert 1
Hart, Mary Virginia 1
Hayes, Sydney Walker 1
Hensley, James O. 1
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 1
Hogshead, Elijah 1
Hogshead, Margaret 1
Hogshead, Meredith W. D. 1
Hogshead, Preston 1
Hopkins, Lula Gilliam 1
Humphreys, W. J. (William Jackson) 1
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 1
Johnston, William Preston 1
Joynes, Edward S. 1
Junkin, George, 1798 - 1868 1
Lee, Agnes 1
Lee, George Washington Custis 1
Lee, Mary Custis 1
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905 1
Letcher, John 1
Mann, Sally 1
Matthews Family 1
McCord, Evan S. 1
Men's Glee Club . Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee University ) 1
Moger, Allen Wesley 1
Moger, Marguerite 1
Moran, Hugh A. (Hugh Anderson) 1
Moran, Nathan M. 1
Munger, Betty E 1
Nelson family 1
Pease, Natalie S. 1
Pratt, Edwin A. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary 1
Rader, George W. 1
Rader, Susan 1
Reed, Jefferson D., Jr. 1
Rennick family 1
Ritchie, Sharon 1
River Crest Sanitarium (Astoria, Long Island, N.Y.) 1
Robertson, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) 1
Rodman, John 1
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard) 1
Sanders, Irwin T. (Irwin Taylor) 1
School for Personnel Services (Lexington, Va.) 1
Selden, Henry Courtenay 1
Selden, Mary Byrd 1
Skinner, John 1
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