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Walter Downie Campaign Banner Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0147
Content Description

An outdoor photograph of Walter Downie holding a painted banner draped over a cow that reads: 'This is no bull, Walt Downie for Vice President'. The image was taken during Downie's successful run for Washington and Lee University student body vice - president during the 1941 winter term. Walter Downie graduated from Washington and Lee in 1942 and returned to his home state of Texas where he was a rancher. He died in 1999. An unknown man is also in the image seated and milking the cow.

Dates: 1941

Walter E. Hoffman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0015
Dates: 1954-1999

Walter H. Ryland Briefs

 Collection
Identifier: 0018
Dates: 1968-2008

Walter Henry Hoffman Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0161
Scope and Contents

This collection contains his student notebooks for courses in civil engineering (applied mathematics) taught by an unknown professor (possibly Willam Allan). Also contains an account book with records of his expenditures as a student from 1872-1876.

Dates: Inclusive 1872-1876

Walter Worthington Bowie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0084
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 2 items: the muster roll of Captain Walter Bowie's Company G, 40th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, July 1, 1862 to Jan. 1, 1863; Miley photograph of Bowie.

Dates: Inclusive 1862-1863

Warren T. Taylor cemetery guide to the Teaford papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0338
Scope and Contents

The guide includes inscriptions from many Rockbridge County, Virginia cemeteries and an accompanying card file has names with genealogical information.

Dates: 1983

Washington and Custis Families account book

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0138
Scope and Contents This collection consists of an account book kept by the Washington and Custis families. The account book is stained and faded, having been buried during the American Civil War. It consists of 36 leaves containing George Washington's formal record of the settlement of the Daniel Parke Custis estate and of his guardianship of his stepchildren, John Parke and Martha Parke Custis and are in Washington's handwriting, 1761-1773. It also provides the inventories and proposed division of the Daniel...
Dates: 1757-1773

Washington and Lee Campus Inn Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0357
Scope and Contents

This ledger containing information about hotel guests was recorded by John P. Lynch, property trustee.

Dates: Inclusive 1931-1933

Washington and Lee Dance Cards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0526
Scope and Contents

This collection contains dance cards from various dances held at Washington and Lee University.

Dates: Inclusive 1886-1923

Washington and Lee law student notebook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0133
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a former Washington and Lee Unversity law student's class notes. The identity of the student is unknown.

Dates: Undated

Washington and Lee University Ambulance Unit Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0278
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence (1917-1919), histories, and memoirs of the Washington and Lee University Ambulance Unit during World War I.

Dates: Inclusive 1917-1962; Majority of material found within Bulk 1917-1919

Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Box: 1-21
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0668
Dates: Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016

Washington and Lee University Hillel - Record Group 42

 Record Group
Identifier: WLU-RG-0042
Scope and Contents

This Record Group contains materials created by Washington and Lee University's Hillel.

Dates: Not yet determined

Washington and Lee University Miscellaneous Archives

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0112
Scope and Contents

This collection includes early Washington and Lee University papers and miscellaneous materials supplementary to the university's trustee's papers - W&L University Archives - Record Group 2.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Washington and Lee University School of Law Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0003
Dates: 1859-2002

Washington College Bond Certificate

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0347
Scope and Contents

This bond certificate dated August 1869 in the amount of $250 is made out to Madison H. Effinger of Rockbridge County, Virginia, for the endowment of Washington College. The certificate is signed by J. M. Leech, University Treasurer, and John W. Brockenbrough, University Rector.

Dates: 1869-08

Washington College printed envelope

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0004
Scope and Contents

This collection is an envelope showing a lithograph of Washington College Colonnade between 1865-1875, which is addressed to J. R. Burns of Le Grange, Texas.

Dates: between 1865-1875

Washington Hall Ephemera Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0629

Welsh Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0203
Scope and Contents

This collection is primarily general family correspondence including Civil War letters (dated 1862-1864) from John P. Welsh, a Confederate infantry officer, and James L. Welsh. There are also 34 family letters on microfilm, 12 of which were written by John P. Welsh during his confinement in a Federal prison.

Dates: Inclusive 1817-1886

Wilfred J. Ritz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0006
Dates: 1953-1985

William A. Gordon Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0055
Scope and Contents

The memoirs include recollections of Gordon's childhood in Georgetown and Washington, D.C., of his relatives and friends, and of his career in the 1st Regiment of Engineers with the Army of Northern Virginia (1862-1865) as well as genealogical information.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1865 - 1886

William Alexander Graham Narrative

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0099
Scope and Contents

A narrative of William Alexander Graham's journeys, medical training, and career from 1816-1819, in Lexington, and Abingdon, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taken from his diaries and letters, including references to some well-known contemporary figures like actors James Wallack and Thomas Cooper and artist Benjamin West.There is a summary of included names and places in the control folder.

Dates: Inclusive 1816-1819

William and Anne Fleming Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0009
Scope and Contents Contains miscellaneous papers, 23 documents, photocopies from microfilm, a medical journal dated 1765, and an account book. Includes items of Col. William Fleming and the Fleming family, including the diaries of Col. Fleming, 1782-1790, with accounts of his trips to Kentucky; Fleming's journal of the first Kentucky convention, 1784-1785, of which he was chairman; c.250 letters to and from Fleming and his family about business, Kentucky land claims, and family affairs; commissions, wills,...
Dates: 1755-1833

William Anderson Glasgow correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0355
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two letters, dated 1857 and 1858, to Mrs. E. H. Carrington on matters of business.

Dates: Inclusive 1857-1858

William Beverley Pettit Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0199
Scope and Contents This is a collection of correspondence between William B. Pettit and his wife Arabella ('Bell') with scattered letters from other friends and relatives. The letters that date from 1850 to March 1862 include correspondence between husband and wife while Pettit was away on business. The war letters begin in March 1862 and end with Pettit's last war letter to his wife on March 3, 1864. After that date there are letters from Pembroke, the Pettit's son, while he attended school at Ashland, Va....
Dates: Inclusive 1850-1918

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Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives 990
Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives 22
 
Subject
Correspondence 254
Photographs 96
Virginia -- Lexington 90
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 85
Virginia -- Rockbridge County 74
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College students 55
Records 42
Account books 38
Genealogy 32
Printed ephemera 32
Postcards 31
Virginia 28
Diaries 27
Poetry 27
Scrapbooks 26
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 25
Speeches, addresses, etc., American 25
Broadsides 24
Personal narratives 24
Personal narratives -- Confederate 24
Receipts (Acknowledgments) 23
Legal documents 22
World War (1939-1945) 18
Manuscripts 17
Universities and colleges -- Faculty 17
Research 16
United States -- Confederate States of America 16
Slavery 14
Virginia -- Augusta County 13
American Revolution (1775-1783) 12
Virginia -- Natural Bridge 12
Fraternal organizations 11
Note-taking 11
World War (1914-1918) 11
College students -- Social life and customs 10
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Virginia -- Buena Vista 9
Voyages and travels 9
Carte de visite photographs 8
Church history 8
Deeds 8
Elections 8
Land grants 8
Military orders 8
Newspapers 8
Presbyterian Church 8
Registers 8
Schools 8
Virginia -- Richmond 8
Washington and Lee University 8
Agriculture 7
Biography 7
Militia 7
Portraits 7
United States -- Shenandoah River Valley 7
Virginia -- House Mountain 7
Virginia -- Staunton 7
Architectural photography 6
Cabinet photographs 6
Diplomas 6
Indentures 6
Maps 6
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Missionaries 6
Obituaries 6
Political science 6
Sheet music 6
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United States 6
Wills 6
Business 5
Cemeteries 5
College presidents 5
Education 5
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France 5
General stores 5
Governors 5
Land use surveys 5
Landscape photography 5
Literature -- Societies, etc. 5
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 5
Playbills 5
Shenandoah Valley Campaign (May-August, 1864) 5
South Carolina 5
Travel 5
Virginia -- Botetourt County 5
Virginia -- Brownsburg 5
Virginia -- Lynchburg 5
African Americans 4
Alumni and alumnae 4
Autobiography 4
Autograph albums 4
Ballroom dancing 4
Church buildings 4
Coeducation 4
College sports 4
Commencement ceremonies 4
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Language
English 1010
French 1
French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) 1
Latin 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
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Sumerian 1
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Names
Washington and Lee University 141
Washington College (Lexington, Va.) 42
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 41
Miley, Michael, 1841-1918 27
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 18
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Lee Chapel (Washington and Lee University) 15
Virginia Military Institute 13
Lee, George Washington Custis 10
Liberty Hall Academy 10
Confederate States of America 9
Gaines, Francis Pendleton 9
Junkin, George, 1798 - 1868 9
Leyburn, James Graham 9
Washington College 9
Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 8
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.) 8
Anderson, William Alexander 7
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities 7
Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle) 7
Lee family 7
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883 7
Smith, Henry Louis 7
Tucker, John Randolph 7
Washington and Lee University. School of Law 7
Anderson family 6
Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers 6
Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington (Lexington, Va.) 6
Letcher, Greenlee D. (Greenlee Davidson) 6
Letcher, John 6
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 6
Preston, Margaret Junkin 6
Washington and Lee University. Trustees 6
Alexander family 5
Brockenbrough, John 5
Campbell family 5
Campbell, Henry Donald 5
Confederate States of America. Army 5
Freeman, Douglas Southall 5
New Monmouth Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.) 5
Tompkins, Edmund Pendleton 5
Washington Academy (Lexington, Va.) 5
Washington and Lee University. Mock Convention 5
White, James J. (James Jones) 5
Ann Smith Academy 4
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 4
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia 4
Crenshaw, Ollinger 4
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Edmondson, James K., Colonel 4
First Baptist Church (Lexington, Va.) 4
Gilliam, Frank Johnson 4
Glasgow family 4
Graham family 4
Graham, Edward 4
Graham, John Alexander 4
Graham, William A. (William Alexander) 4
Groner, Duncan G. 4
Humphreys, D. C. (David Carlisle), 1855-1921 4
Hunter, David, 1802-1886 4
Jefferson, Thomas 4
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 4
Jordan, John 4
Lee, Mary Custis 4
Lexington Gazette. (Lexington, Va.) 4
McDowell, James 4
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 4
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 4
Powell, Lewis F. 4
Reid, Samuel McDowell 4
Wilson, William Lyne 4
Alexander, Archibald 3
Anderson, Ellen Graham 3
Barclay, Ted, II (Alexander Tedford) 3
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 3
Bowyer, John, General 3
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) 3
Carter, Jimmy 3
Carter, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry) 3
Cole, Fred Carrington 3
Davidson, Charles A. (Charles Andrew) 3
Davidson, Greenlee 3
Davidson, James D. (James Dorman) 3
Davis, John W. (John William) 3
Denny, George Hutcheson 3
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935 3
Dunlap Family 3
Flood, Henry D. (Henry Delaware) 3
Glasgow, William Anderson 3
Graham, William 3
Grigsby, Reuben 3
Henry, Patrick 3
Hotchkiss, Farris Pierson 3
Hotinger family 3
Houston, Sam, 1793 - 1863 3
James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.) 3
Johnston, William Preston 3
Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905 3
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905 3
Letcher, S. H. (Samuel Houston) 3
Lexington Development Company (Lexington, Va.) 3
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