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Charles Page Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0093
Dates: 1906 - 1911
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Edward Miley Eustler scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0430
Scope and Contents Edward M. Eustler's photographic scrapbook (1910-1911) documents Eustler's experience as a student at Washington and Lee University. Eustler, then of Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled his photographic scrapbook with approximately 350 photographs taken between 1910 and 1911. Subjects of the photographs include campus and dorm life, athletics, architecture, local landmarks and historic sights, fraternity and club initiations, the Lexington, Virginia downtown area, the Virginia Military...
Dates: 1910-1911
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Edwin A. Pratt Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0479
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one original letter dated Oct 28, 1880 and a photocopy of a letter dated September 1, 1880. Both letters are from Edwin A. Pratt to Emma Earle Chenault, who was the first woman doctor to practice medicine independently in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pratt wrote the original letter while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and it describes campus and town life.

Dates: 1880
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Francis Baldwin Crawford Collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0564
Dates: 1884-1888
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Frank J. Gilliam Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0494
Scope and Contents The items in the collection include articles written by Lula Gilliam Hopkins, photographs taken by Sally Mann, a 1954 copy of a Matthew Brady photograph of Robert E. Lee, several family photographs, a booklet from a dance held in 1914, a letter from Gilliam as W&L Dean of Students to student John Willcoxon (class of 1952) presenting him with an award, and Frank J. Gilliam's (class of 1917) Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pins. The collection also includes a scrapbook created by Gilliam as...
Dates: Inclusive 1914-1964
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Henry Courtenay Selden Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0174
Scope and Contents

Letters written at Washington College by Selden to his sister, Mary Byrd ('Mollie') Selden describing college life. One letter refers to the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and the ceremonies attendant to his burial. Others include a letter from Alexander L. Nelson, Professor of Mathematics at the College, commending Selden; a letter after Selden left Washington College and joined the 3rd Virginia Cavalry.

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1863; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

John Rodman Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0463
Scope and Contents This collection contains four copies of letters written by Rodman while he was a student at Washington College and a transcription of each. They cover various aspects of campus life. All of the letters are addressed to his father. In the letter dated February 7, 1868, John writes about his finances, grades, and skating. In the second letter, February 3, 1868, John writes about receiving the highest score on an exam and about the temptation to neglect his studies for music and social...
Dates: Inclusive 1866-1868
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

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
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

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
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Victor Herrick Hanson Scapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0780
Content Description

This collection consists of the scrapbook of Victor Herrick Hanson, class of 1956. This scrapbook contains images relating to campus life including images of student activities and campus events from 1953. Of specific note is the inclusion of images related to Hanson's life as a member of Sigma Nu as well as when Alben Barkley passed away while speaking on campus on April 30, 1956.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1956
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Winborne Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0254
Scope and Contents

Family papers include Winborne Jr.'s school papers and notebooks from his years at Washington and Lee University, as well as information about his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. Three folders contain printed matter about his father, Roger M. Winborne, a Class of 1911 graduate of Washington and Lee University Law School.

Dates: Inclusive 1907-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1907-1909; Majority of material found within Bulk 1942-1946
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

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Crawford, Francis "Frank" Baldwin, 1864-1947 1
Dennis, William H. 1
Dold, Henry O. 1
Duval, Addison M., Mrs. 1
Engel family 1
Engel, Elizabeth G. C. (Gold Crawford) 1
Eustler family 1
Eustler, Edward Miley 1
Gaines, Richard Jennings 1
Gilliam, Frank Johnson 1
Hanson, Victor Herrick (1933-2005) 1
Hopkins, Lula Gilliam 1
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Leyburn, James Graham 1
Mann, Sally 1
Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910 1
Pease, Natalie S. 1
Pratt, Edwin A. 1
Robinson, Charles Page 1
Rodman, John 1
Selden, Henry Courtenay 1
Selden, Mary Byrd 1
Shaw, Robin Sledge 1
Shields, Jefferson 1
Sigma Nu Fraternity. Lambda Chapter (Washington and Lee University ) 1
Smith, Claude P., Mrs. 1
Turner, Richard Royden 1
Washington and Lee University. Delta Tau Delta 1
Washington and Lee University. Mock Convention 1
Washington and Lee University. School of Law 1
Washington and Lee University. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1
Willcoxon, John 1
Winborne family 1
Winborne, Roger M. 1
Winborne, Roger M., Jr. 1
Wolford, Susan 1
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