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144th Regiment Militia (Va.) Order Book

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0401

Scope and Contents

This order book contains information about the members and actions of the Virginia Militia's 144th regiment of Rockbridge County between 1834 and 1843.

Dates: Inclusive 1834-1843

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

"A Card to the People of Rockbridge County," broadside

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0312

Scope and Contents

Candidate James B. Dorman appeals to Rockbridge County's voters for support as candidate for the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney General . He outlines his platform and explains his voting record on key issues during his previous political appointments.

Dates: 1879

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

Adair-Hutton Department Store Fire Photograph

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0015

Scope and Contents

The image depicts the aftermath of the Adair-Hutton Department Store fire in Lexington, Virginia on December 16, 1949. The building was located on the southwest corner of Main and Washington Streets. There are onlookers and cars parked up the street. This photograph is a modern copy of the original, which was taken a few days after the fire.

Dates: Event: 1949-12-16

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

African-American Heritage Exhibit materials

Collection

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0001

Scope and Contents

This collection contains research materials gathered during 2001 for an African American heritage exhibit put on by Rockbridge Historical Society. It also contains a booklet from 125th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, Va.

Dates: Inclusive 1992-2001 approximate

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

Alexander Lockhart Nelson Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0303

Scope and Contents The Alexander Lockhart Nelson Papers consist of materials related to Nelson’s life as mathematician at Washington and Lee University; Nelson, Guy, Matthews, Archer, and Rennick family genealogy; an address by Nelson on his teaching experience during Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington College; some family and miscellaneous correspondences; and photographs. Included and, perhaps, the primary aspect of the collection is Nelson’s notebook used during his time as both student and professor...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1848 - 1902

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

Alexander Sterrett Paxton Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0372

Scope and Contents This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...

Dates: Inclusive 1858-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1865

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

Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay correspondence

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0002

Scope and Contents This collection includes original letters and typescript copies of letters Ted Barclay sent to his family in Lexington, Virginia during the American Civil War. Subjects include information about the activities of the Liberty Hall Volunteers of the Stonewall Brigade in major battles within Virginia; accounts of life in Confederate camp; information about food, clothing, diseases, religious services, attractive women, and deaths of friends while serving with the Volunteers; and accounts of...

Dates: 1861-1864

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

Alexander White Pitzer Speech

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0223

Scope and Contents

This collection is a handwritten copy of a speech given by Alexander White Pitzer to the Synod of the Virginias at Charles Town, West Virginia in 1873 about the history of Washington and Lee University.

Dates: 1873

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

Alpine, Va. Railroad Photograph

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0013

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a photo of a railroad in Alpine, Virginia, which is in Botetourt County.

Dates: Unknown

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

American Shakespeare Center Collection

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0371

Scope and Contents

This collection includes 65 Shakespeare plays, additional plays by George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Molière; 12 Beta videotapes and audiocassettes; 26 cast scrapbooks with photographs; correspondence between Ralph Cohen and James Warren, founders of American Shakespeare Center, Hank Dobin, Washington and Lee University Dean (2005-2012), and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Shakespeare Center.

Dates: Inclusive 1987- ongoing; Majority of material found within Bulk 1987-1995

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

Anderson Family papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0001

Scope and Contents This collection contains items of the Anderson and Alexander families including correspondence dealing with legal business, family matters, and Lexington, Virginia affairs. Consists largely of the family correspondence of William Alexander Anderson, Francis T. Anderson, and Mary Anne Alexander Anderson; includes letters to and from Virginia Governor John Letcher, and two letters from Mildred Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. Other correspondents include William A. Glasgow, George Hutcheson...

Dates: 1755-1958

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

Anne Carter Lee Records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0274

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records (copies of clippings and Lee family correspondence, photographs of Lee Chapel) pertaining to the re-interment of Anne Carter Lee (Annie) in Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia on September 29, 1994 from Warren County, North Carolina.

Dates: 1993-1994

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

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0025

Scope and Contents This collection contains records of the association, such as meeting minutes, budget information, membership records, constitution and bylaws, as well as information about preservation easements and county mills, the organization's promotional materials, newsletter, publications, photographs, and a survey, by questionaire, of the portraits painted before 1914 that are owned and located in Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia. The survey was conducted under the auspices of the APVA....

Dates: 1971 - 2003

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

Augusta County 19th Century Court Records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0482

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three 19th century court documents from Augusta County, Virginia. They all relate to the circuit court case where William J. Shumate is suing the business of Woodword & Coalter (Samuel M. Woodword, Joseph Woodword, and Thomas S. Coalter) for $300 owed to him.

Dates: 1857

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

Baer Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0155

Scope and Contents This collection in comprised principally business and family correspondence and general papers of the Baer family of the Panther Gap vicinity of Rockbridge County, Va. with a concentration of papers relative to the family's land holdings such as maps, indentures, and wills. Other highlights are a group of twenty-one manuscript weaving drafts for making household textiles, a family Bible in German(l744), local militia fines, genealogical materials, some relating to the Decker and Hite (Heyt)...

Dates: 1744 - 1929

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

Bank of Rockbridge Collection

Collection

Identifier: RHS-Coll-0028

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an Account Book dated 1862-1864 and a 1913 Everyday Almanac and Home Helps published by the Bank of Rockbridge. The almanac has a photograph of Natural Bridge on the back cover. It also includes a map of Fishersville and Chancellorsville.

Dates: Inclusive 1862-1913

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

Barbara Cary Johnston Willard Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0325

Scope and Contents

The scrapbook is a genealogical compendium of the Welsh family of Rockbridge County, Virginia and their descendants and includes many family photographs and documents.

Dates: Inclusive 1800-2006

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

Barbara Crawford Research for Rockbridge County Artists and Artisans

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0411

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

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

Benjamin Borden Land Grant

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0107

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one document, the original land grant to Benjamin Borden of a tract of land for settlement in what would become Rockbridge County.

Dates: 1739-11-06

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

Black and White Photograph of Two Ladies Inside of the Luray Caverns (Va.), 1950s era

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0075

Scope and Contents

The image shows two ladies within the interior of the cave.

Dates: 1950 - 1960

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

Black and White Postcard of Home of J. E. A. Gibbs

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0051

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a black and white postcard of the home of James Edward Allen Gibbs, who co-invented the Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine c. 1860. The home is in Steele's Tavern, Virginia.

Dates: Unknown

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

Blain Family Papers

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-7

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0066

Scope and Contents This collection consists of personal papers of the Blain family of Albemarle County and Williamsburg, Virginia, including the Civil War period diary (1861-63) of school teacher Mary Randolph Blain. The diary, written near the York River in Gloucester County, Va. provides a picture of civilian life both in that area and in Williamsburg, Va. where her parents lived during the period. Also included are two letters written from Randolph Harrison Blain, brother of the diarist and a member of the...

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1905; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1864

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

Buena Vista Presbyterian Church Register

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0295

Scope and Contents

This register of the Presbyterian Church of Buena Vista, Virginia was prepared during the pastorates of Reverend A.C. Hopkins and Reverend J.S. Montgomery, 1908-1926. It includes records of pastors, 1890-1924; elders, 1890-1925; deacons, 1912-1925; communicants, 1902-1926; baptisms, 1908-1924; marriages, 1925-1926; deaths, 1925-1926.

Dates: Inclusive 1908-1926

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

Cabinet Photograph of Lexington, Virginia

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0024

Scope and Contents

The photographer made this albumen photograph shot from high ground south and east of Lexington, Va. looking northwest. It's an unusual vantage point. The Lexington fair grounds and Stonewall Jackson Cemetery are visible.

Dates: 1880 - 1895

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

Cabinet Photograph of Unknown Mountain and Valley Scene

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0040

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one cabinet photo of a field and a creek bed with mountains in the distance. It is likely taken of Virginia or West Virginia.

Dates: 1880 - 1920

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

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144th Regiment Militia (Va.) Order Book

"A Card to the People of Rockbridge County," broadside

Adair-Hutton Department Store Fire Photograph

African-American Heritage Exhibit materials

Alexander Lockhart Nelson Papers

Alexander Sterrett Paxton Papers

Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay correspondence

Alexander White Pitzer Speech

Alpine, Va. Railroad Photograph

American Shakespeare Center Collection

Anderson Family papers

Anne Carter Lee Records

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Records

Augusta County 19th Century Court Records

Baer Family Papers

Bank of Rockbridge Collection

Barbara Cary Johnston Willard Scrapbook

Barbara Crawford Research for Rockbridge County Artists and Artisans

Benjamin Borden Land Grant

Black and White Photograph of Two Ladies Inside of the Luray Caverns (Va.), 1950s era

Black and White Postcard of Home of J. E. A. Gibbs

Blain Family Papers

Buena Vista Presbyterian Church Register

Cabinet Photograph of Lexington, Virginia

Cabinet Photograph of Unknown Mountain and Valley Scene

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