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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
Collection of Staunton Virginia Broadsides
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0344
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fourteen broadsides from Staunton, Virginia, including King's Daughters Hospital rules, fire alarm information, a church directory, and advertisements.
Dates:
Inclusive 1895-1941; Majority of material found in Bulk 1900-1928
Democratic Party Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0349
Scope and Contents
Includes poll tax lists and letters to local party leaders from national Democratic figures, such as Harry Byrd and Harry Flood
Dates:
Inclusive 1912-1961; Majority of material found in Bulk 1912-1928
Staunton Development Company Trade Card
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0633
Content Description
Post card shows an aerial view of Staunton, VA, Nd. c.1890; Dimensions: 3 12" x 5 1/2"; Names of Staunton Development Company Officials inscribed at the bottom.
Dates:
1890
Two Postcards of Augusta Stone Church in Fort Defiance, Va.
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0019
Dates:
1930
William Thornton Owen Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0673
Content Description
The William Thornton Owen Papers consists of a three page letter written by Owen to his father, Robert E. Owen, dated September 24, 1855 on his experiences as a new student at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. The letter initially details his trip to the school from his home in Halifax County, Virginia, via Richmond, Waynesboro, Staunton, then Lexington, Va. by rail and stage. Also included is Owen's autograph album dated February 29, 1856 which is prolifically inscribed by friends and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1855 - 1856
William Webb Pusey Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0182
Scope and Contents
This collection includes miscellaneous articles on a variety of literary topics. It also includes approximately 25 items from Pusey's wartime duty in Germany in 1945, including eight photographs of Admiral Dönitz's surrender. Additionally, there is a typescript by Pusey entitled Theater in Staunton, Va, 1875-1912.Also contains a signed typescript of his book History of the theater in Staunton, Virginia, known as Grange Hall, the Opera House (1879) and the Beverly Theatre...
Dates:
Inclusive 1925-1992; Majority of material found within Bulk 1925-1962
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- Byrd, Harry Flood 1
- Cohen, Ralph Alan 1
- Democratic Party (Augusta County, Va.) 1
- Dobin, Howard N. 1
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Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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