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Ann Norvell Otey Scott Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0163
Scope and Contents
This collection contains chiefly correspondence with Washington and Lee University and United Daughters of the Confederacy officials, resolutions, and reports relating to her participation in the controversy over W&L President Henry Louis Smith's proposed renovation and expansion of the Lee Chapel. Also includes correspondence and clippings relating to fund-raising for the Stratford Hall restoration. Correspondents include members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Washington and...
Dates:
Inclusive 1920-1948
Baer Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0155
Scope and Contents
This collection contains principally business and family correspondence of Jacob, Joseph, and John Baer. Includes land maps, indentures, wills, militia fines, bills and receipts. Also included are a German family Bible (l744) and other genealogical materials, some relating to the Decker and Hite (Heyt) families, as well as two farming account books of Joseph Baer, 1853-1859. The collection mainly concerns the sale, rental, and inheritance of the Baer property.
Dates:
1744 - 1929
Elijah Forsythe Will
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0436
Scope and Contents
This is an undated copy, possibly a draft, of Elijah Forsythe's will. There is a signature of Archibald Graham Esq on the backside.
Dates:
1800 - 1820
George Washington Custis Lee papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0142
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of George Washington Custis Lee's correspondence, commission as major general, recollections collected by Greenlee Letcher, a copy of his will, transcripts of his letters, and a paper on G.W.C. Lee, possibly written by Letcher.
Dates:
1875 - 1913
McCown Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0181
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of business papers of the family including sale lists, indentures, land surveys, deeds, wills, promissory notes, and numerous receipts. It also includes 71 photographs from the collection of Samuel W. McCown, Jr. (WLU 1919).
Dates:
Inclusive 1811-1917
Walter Curtis Ayers Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0263
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of registers, indices, folios, plates, wills, charts and data related to the Benjamin Borden Grant of 92,100 acres of land.
Dates:
Inclusive 1940-1963
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Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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