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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

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

Benjamin Franklin Doswell Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0061
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters written by Doswell to his family while he was a student at Washington College.

Dates: Inclusive 1847-1849

Betty E. Munger Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0252
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters from more than 60 Washington and Lee University students to Munger that discussed the war in Vietnam and military life, as well as politics, books, and travel abroad.

Dates: Inclusive 1968-1991; Majority of material found within Bulk 1968-1980

Carl David Swanson Scrapbook

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0298
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook was made by Swanson, the 1956 W&L Mock Convention chairman, featuring photographs and news items regarding the death of Alben W. Barkley while giving the event's keynote address. It includes letters from various senators (including Willis Robertson, Richard B. Russell, and Herman Talmadge) concerning Mock Convention and contains photographs of Sharon Ritchie, Miss America 1956, who attended the convention.

Dates: 1956

Cockrell Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0185
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one original letter to Alexander Cockrell, a student at Washington and Lee University, from Miss Sallie Bullington, a family friend; one photocopy of a letter dated Oct. 24, 1874, from Frank Cockrell, a student at Washington and Lee, to his brother Alexander, a graduate of Washington and Lee; and a photocopy of a letter dated Dec. 25, 1875, from Frank Cockrell to his mother.

Dates: Inclusive 1872-1875

Daniel Harvey Hill letter to Phelps Collins

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0030
Scope and Contents

In this Jan. 31, 1849 letter to Phelps Collins at West Point, New York, Hill describes the students he is teaching at Washington College and the townspeople of Lexington.

Dates: 1849

Dunlap Family Papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0245
Scope and Contents Papers contain information about Dunlap's family members, especially Madison Dunlap (1808-1883) of Kerr's Creek and his son, John Matthew Dunlap, a member of the Washington and Lee Class of 1857 who was killed at at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The collection includes compositions that John Matthew Dunlap wrote for Professor J. J. White in 1856-1857, transcripts of letters he wrote while serving in the Confederate Army, and letters concerning his death. The collection also includes the...
Dates: Inclusive 1830-1878

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

Edward Graham Correspondence

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0031
Scope and Contents

Letter [183-] from 'a citizen' [Edward Graham] extolling the military worth of students. In addition, a document, dated July 5, 1822, which is signed by John Quincy Adams, stipulating what government documents Washington College will receive.

Dates: Inclusive 1822-183?

Edwin A. Pratt Correspondence

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0479
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one original letter dated Oct 28, 1880 and a photocopy of a letter dated September 1, 1880. Both letters are from Edwin A. Pratt to Emma Earle Chenault, who was the first woman doctor to practice medicine independently in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pratt wrote the original letter while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and it describes campus and town life.

Dates: 1880

Fitzgerald Flournoy papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0187
Scope and Contents

This collection includes letters to and from John L. Campbell, Dean at Washington and Lee University, as well as letters to, from, and concerning Frank J. Gilliam, who was a member of the Washington and Lee class of 1917, 1912-1926. Campbell and Gilliam correspond about several members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity being unable to return for the next semester due to grades. They also correspond about a prospective student from Lynchburg.



Dates: 1912 - 1963

Frank Field Correspondence

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0207
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two letters that are dated December 26, 1872, and June 21, 1874, and which were written from Frank to his sister, Mrs. McCartney, while he was a student at Washington and Lee University.

Dates: Inclusive 1872-1874

Frank J. Gilliam Papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0494
Scope and Contents The items in the collection include articles written by Lula Gilliam Hopkins, photographs taken by Sally Mann, a 1954 copy of a Matthew Brady photograph of Robert E. Lee, several family photographs, a booklet from a dance held in 1914, a letter from Gilliam as W&L Dean of Students to student John Willcoxon (class of 1952) presenting him with an award, and Frank J. Gilliam's (class of 1917) Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pins. The collection also includes a scrapbook created by Gilliam as...
Dates: Inclusive 1914-1964

Frank M. Cockrell papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0135
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence from Frank M. Cockrell during his time as a student at Washington and Lee to his mother and his brother, Alexander. He writes about his classes and examinations, health, and the weather. Included are report cards, proficiency certificates, and his diploma from Washington and Lee University.

Dates: 1873 - 1877

George Earle Chamberlain Papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0247
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence concerning Chamberlain's work on several Washington and Lee University committees from 1904-1908, including committee work on a chapter house for Phi Kappa Psi and on the new Carnegie library. It also includes his two notebooks from law courses (1875-1876) taught by John Randolph Tucker. Lastly, there is an 1874 photograph of Chamberlain and two fraternity brothers, G. M. Effinger, Class of 1874, and Floyd Farrar, Class of 1875.

Dates: Inclusive 1874-1908; Majority of material found within Bulk 1904-1908

George W. Rader Letter

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0499
Scope and Contents

In this letter George Rader, while a student at Washington and Lee University, writes to his sister Susan.

Dates: 1902

Henry Courtenay Selden Correspondence

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0174
Scope and Contents

Letters written at Washington College by Selden to his sister, Mary Byrd ('Mollie') Selden describing college life. One letter refers to the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and the ceremonies attendant to his burial. Others include a letter from Alexander L. Nelson, Professor of Mathematics at the College, commending Selden; a letter after Selden left Washington College and joined the 3rd Virginia Cavalry.

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1863; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863

Hugh A. Moran papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0005
Scope and Contents This collection consists of mainly correspondence, including letters between Hugh A. Moran and his family while he was a student at Washington College. There are letters from fellow students, college programs, and a class notebook. Correspondents include Alston Boyd, Lucius Desha, Jr., William Preston Johnston, Mildred Lee, Nathan M. Moran and Mrs. Nathan M. Moran. The collection also includes Moran's grade report for the half session ending February 1868 as well as ephemeral items...
Dates: 1865-1879

Irwin Taylor Sanders Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0253
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence from Sanders to his parents during his years as a student at Washington and Lee University (1925-1929), including accounts of a 1928 cross-country trip with a friend. There is also correspondence from Sanders to his parents during his residence at American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and later correspondence to his wife from Yugoslavia and while at several academic institutions, including Princeton Theological Seminary, Cornell University, and the...
Dates: Inclusive 1925-1950

James O. Hensley Letter

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0438
Scope and Contents

This is a letter written by Washington College student James O. Hensley to an unidentified friend. It is largely about his finances and text book expenses. He mentions the election of John Letcher to the office of Governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and expresses a favorable opinion of him. He also writes about an outbreak of smallpox in the area.

Dates: 1859

Jo Lane Stern Correspondence

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0047
Scope and Contents

This collection includes social notes written by Lexington, Va. ladies to Stern while he was a student at Washington College. Correspondents include Agnes Lee, Mary Custis Lee, and Mildred Lee.

Dates: Inclusive 1866-1872

John F. Swayne Papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0292
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Swayne's personal papers from his time as a student at Washington College, including correspondence with E. C. Gordon and Mary F. Dickson, a subscription to the Southern Collegian, and two essays. One letter is a response from the clerk of the faculty to Swayne's notice of withdrawal from the college. One essay entitled 'A trip to House Mountain' was written in 1869; it details a trip made there in the summer of 1867. There is an...
Dates: Inclusive 1867-1935; Majority of material found in Bulk 1867-1869

John Grier Varner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0160
Scope and Contents

Principally concert programs, correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to the Washington and Lee Glee Club and its participation in the Fred Waring National College Glee Club competition, 1942. Includes personal correspondence mainly relating to his Washington and Lee career, 1926-1973.

Dates: 1905 - 1978; Majority of material found in Bulk 1926-1978

John Rodman Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0463
Scope and Contents This collection contains four copies of letters written by Rodman while he was a student at Washington College and a transcription of each. They cover various aspects of campus life. All of the letters are addressed to his father. In the letter dated February 7, 1868, John writes about his finances, grades, and skating. In the second letter, February 3, 1868, John writes about receiving the highest score on an exam and about the temptation to neglect his studies for music and social...
Dates: Inclusive 1866-1868

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Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 1
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Booth, Emily W. 1
Boyd, Alston 1
Brady, Matthew B. 1
Brown, William G. 1
Bullington, Sallie 1
Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle) 1
Campbell, L. L. (Leslie Lyle) 1
Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle) 1
Chenault, Emma Earle 1
Cockrell family 1
Cockrell, Maurice F. 1
Collins, Phelps 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 3rd 1
Converse, F. B., Reverend (Francis Bartlett) 1
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Dennis, William H. 1
Desha, Jack C. 1
Desha, Lucius, Jr. 1
Devol, Edward Ferguson 1
Dickson, Mary F. 1
Dold, William E. 1
Doswell, Benjamin Franklin 1
Dunlap Family 1
Dunlap, John M., Jr 1
Dunlap, John Matthew 1
Dunlap, Madison 1
Duval, Addison M., Mrs. 1
Effinger, Gerard M 1
Engelhardt, Samuel M. 1
Farrar, Floyd 1
Field, Frank 1
Fowlkes, Richard W. 1
Gaines, Francis Pendleton 1
Gaines, Richard Jennings 1
Glasgow, William Anderson 1
Gordon, E. C. (Edward Clifford), 1842 - 1922 1
Graham, Edward 1
Guy family 1
Harris, Carter James 1
Harrison, James Albert 1
Hart, Mary Virginia 1
Hayes, Sydney Walker 1
Hensley, James O. 1
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 1
Hogshead, Elijah 1
Hogshead, Margaret 1
Hogshead, Meredith W. D. 1
Hogshead, Preston 1
Hopkins, Lula Gilliam 1
Humphreys, W. J. (William Jackson) 1
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 1
Johnston, William Preston 1
Joynes, Edward S. 1
Junkin, George, 1798 - 1868 1
Lee, Agnes 1
Lee, George Washington Custis 1
Lee, Mary Custis 1
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905 1
Letcher, John 1
Mann, Sally 1
Matthews Family 1
McCord, Evan S. 1
Men's Glee Club . Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee University ) 1
Moger, Allen Wesley 1
Moger, Marguerite 1
Moran, Hugh A. (Hugh Anderson) 1
Moran, Nathan M. 1
Munger, Betty E 1
Nelson family 1
Pease, Natalie S. 1
Pratt, Edwin A. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary 1
Rader, George W. 1
Rader, Susan 1
Reed, Jefferson D., Jr. 1
Rennick family 1
Ritchie, Sharon 1
River Crest Sanitarium (Astoria, Long Island, N.Y.) 1
Robertson, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) 1
Rodman, John 1
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard) 1
Sanders, Irwin T. (Irwin Taylor) 1
School for Personnel Services (Lexington, Va.) 1
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