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Allen Wesley Moger Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0183
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 5-page paper by Allen Moger concerning the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (E.R.C.) at Washington and Lee University and letters received by Moger from students who were called to active duty from the E.R.C.
Dates:
Inclusive 1943-1945
Daniel Crump Buchanan Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0145
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Daniel Crump Buchanan on Japanese culture with some information on China, Korea, and other Asian countries generally organized by subject. The files on Japanese culture and history are arranged alphabetically by subject. They contain some significant memos and position papers on propaganda and psychological warfare against Japan during World War II. Other files on similar themes include "Espionage," "Target Operations", and "Reorientation." Also...
Dates:
1935 - 1957
Duncan G. Groner Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0195
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three booklets entitled: International conciliation, dated January 1936; After defense - what?, dated 1941; and Dollars for democracy, not dated. There is also a ten-page story entitled 'The committee to defend America by aiding the Allies'. Additionally, there are various letters and telegrams.
Dates:
Inclusive 1936-1942
E. Dean Finney Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0588
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two letters written by Washington and Lee University student E. Dean Finney to his mother on December 8 and 11, 1941. He writes about the bombings at Pearl Harbor and how he expects many students will enlist in the military soon.
Dates:
1941-12-08 - 1941-12-11
Edward Ferguson Devol Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0240
Scope and Contents
These papers include an account of his student life at Washington and Lee University from 1940-1943, which mentions faculty members Fitzgerald Flournoy and Lawrence E. Watkin. There are also letters to his parents, documents, poetry and essays about his service in World War II, primarily in the European theater.
Dates:
Inclusive 1940-1946
Henderson Family Photographs of the U.S. Army School for Special and Morale Services
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0149
Content Description
A collection of 14 photographic prints with a CD of digital copies of attendees of the U.S. Army School for Special and Morale Services at Washington and Lee University during World War II. Washington and Lee became a center for special services training during the war. Images include group photos of members of the school in front of the colonnade and a shot of the footbridge to Wilson Field. These are modern color prints from the original negatives and include captions. The physical prints...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Beginning of the U.S. Army Specialized Training Program at Washington and Lee
James Hubert Price Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0090
Scope and Contents
The papers of James H. Price, Governor of Virginia (1938-1942), including correspondence during his gubernatorial years; addresses to the General Assembly and of various organizations; radio speeches to the people of Virginia; World War II Virginia civil defense materials; photographs.
Dates:
Inclusive 1927-1943
James S. Moffatt Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0390
Scope and Contents
The James S. Moffatt, Jr. Papers consist of ten multi-page type-written letters from Washington and Lee University English professor James S. Moffatt, Jr. to his mother Jennie Grier Moffatt of Due West, South Carolina between 1941 and 1944. Two of the letters are undatet. Moffatt describes his day to day affairs as well as those of his wife, Leila Nance Moffatt, and his son Joseph N. Moffatt. Family members from Due West, South Carolina and Miami, Florida are also mentioned along with other...
Dates:
Inclusive 1941-1944
Kenneth Brooke Van de Water Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0296
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of photographs (115) and miscellaneous papers of Kenneth B. Van de Water from the Pacific theater during World War II. It includes photographs of the U.S.S. Curtiss, fleet post offices in various locations, and operations on or near the islands of Eniwetok, Guam, Kwajalein, Majuro, Okinawa, Saipan, and Tarawa. There are also photographs of Van de Water and his friends, including Henry Fonda.
Dates:
Inclusive Dates 1941-1946
LeRoy Hodges Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0162
Scope and Contents
The collection covers nearly all phases of Hodges' career as economist and public official, from 1908 until 1942, when he retired from the Army Ordnance office. Early materials include reports on Southern agriculture and immigration for various agencies. Hodges' first efforts to reform and streamline Virginia state government may be seen in the minutes and papers of the Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency. There is...
Dates:
Inclusive 1908-1942
Lewis F. Powell Jr. Papers
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS 0001
Dates:
1921-1998
Found in:
Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives
Lloyd R. Cole Collection
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 0-10
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0679
Content Description
This small collection primarily contains a series of letters between various individuals and Anna C. Cole, mother of Lloyd R. Cole. Dated between 1940 and 1946, these letters largely detail the difficulties Capt. Lloyd R. Cole experienced throughout his service during World War II through his death in 1943 while prisoner of war (POW). In addition, the collection features several photographs of Capt. Lloyd R. Cole during the war, in addition to a photograph taken on his wedding day with his...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940
Ollinger Crenshaw Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0262
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence to Robert McLean Jeter, Jr., an alumnus of the Washington and Lee University class of 1941. The letters cover issues regarding curricula, faculty, and faculty social life at Washington and Lee University, including curricular changes under Dean James Leyburn and the administration of University President Fred Carrington Cole (1959-1967). Other topics include integration, World War II and the Vietnam War, and publication of Crenshaw's ...
Dates:
Inclusive 1939-1969
Paul Ayres Rockwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0301
Scope and Contents
The Paul Ayres Rockwell Papers consists primarily of Rockwell's personal archive and research collection on the history of the French and American volunteer air combat corps, the "Lafayette Escadrille," and the American volunteers of the French Foreign Legion during the First World War. Highlights of this collection include the war period letters to Paul Rockwell from various pilots and related officials of the Lafayette Escadrille, members of the French Foreign Legion and the letters of his...
Dates:
Inclusive 1914-1985; Majority of material found in Bulk 1915-1919, 1960-1980
Photographs of the Washington and Lee University Campus from the World War Two era.
Collection
Identifier: WLU -Coll -PP-0109
Content Description
12 photographs of Washington and Lee University campus which include the colonnade and academic buildings, Lee Chapel, Doremus gym, dorms, and fraternity houses. The photographs were taken by Army officer J.W. 'Bill' Stevens, who attended the U.S. Army's School for Personnel Services hosted by Washington and Lee University during World War Two.
Dates:
Majority of material found within Creation of the photographs
Richard Hotinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0687
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and legal documents related to the military service of Richard Hotinger. The material primarily consists of registration information, correspondence, insurance information and notifications to Hotinger's mother, Susan Rice Hotinger, from the 6th Armored Division at Camp Cooke, CA. The majority of the material pertains to Richard Hotinger's accidental death and subsequent notifications pertaniing to it, as well as insurance claims....
Dates:
1943
William "Burris" Bryan Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0103
Content Description
A collection of photo copied images (total 30 pages - 90 images) of Word War Two veteran WIlliam 'Burris' Bryan, Sr. (W&L class of 1944) at the World War Two Memorial dedication in Washington D.C. in May 2004. The photographs were taken by Mr. Bryan's son, William B. Bryan, Jr. (W&L Class of 1982) The collection includes a copy of a letter written by Dr. Harlan R. Beckley of W&L, who thanked Bryan for his service in the war and his donation of these photo copies to Washington...
Dates:
2004-05
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