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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

Carl David Swanson Scrapbook

 Collection
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

Edward Miley Eustler scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0430
Scope and Contents Edward M. Eustler's photographic scrapbook (1910-1911) documents Eustler's experience as a student at Washington and Lee University. Eustler, then of Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled his photographic scrapbook with approximately 350 photographs taken between 1910 and 1911. Subjects of the photographs include campus and dorm life, athletics, architecture, local landmarks and historic sights, fraternity and club initiations, the Lexington, Virginia downtown area, the Virginia Military...
Dates: 1910-1911

Francis Baldwin Crawford Collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0564

Frank J. Gilliam Papers

 Collection
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

Frederick William McWane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0313
Scope and Contents

This collection includes Washington and Lee University-related photographs, documents, and mementos from McWane's days as a student and member of Omicron Delta Kappa, as well as a citation for his later work with the Virginia State Ports Authority.

Dates: Inclusive 1909-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1909-1913

George Earle Chamberlain Papers

 Collection
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

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

Lucius Desha Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0156
Scope and Contents

This collection includes student memorabilia of Lucius and Cave Desha, including programs, pamphlets and Michael Miley photographs of students and faculty.

Dates: 1868 - 1873

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).

Also incuded is a verse in remembrance of visit to Black Wall Cave, January 30, 1914, by H. M. Vest, which makes reference to several Rockbridge County, Virginia boys.

Dates: Inclusive 1811-1917

New Orleans Volunteer Trip for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0159
Scope and Contents This collection of materials relates to the February 2007 trip organized by Marguerite McClinton, Director of Elrod Commons and Campus Activities, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Response for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisana, in which W&L students travelled to New Orleans to help with disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. It contains information about New Orleans, original volunteer agreements and releases, a letter from the Diocese to McClinton thanking her for...
Dates: 2007

Samuel M. Engelhardt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0604
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 10 photos of an unidentified archaeological dig, two photographs of Washington and Lee University students, one photograph of the Lexington Passenger Train Station, two fraternity letters from Phi Kappa Alpha, and a Washington and Lee University English exam on Charles Dickens dated 1907-1908.

Dates: 1907 - 1909

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Archer family 1
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 1
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Brady, Matthew B. 1
Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle) 1
Crawford Family 1
Crawford, Francis "Frank" Baldwin, 1864-1947 1
Desha, Cave 1
Desha, Jack C. 1
Desha, Lucius, Jr. 1
Dold, Henry O. 1
Effinger, Gerard M 1
Engel family 1
Engel, Elizabeth G. C. (Gold Crawford) 1
Engelhardt, Samuel M. 1
Episcopal Diocese of Louisana. Office of Disaster Response 1
Eustler family 1
Eustler, Edward Miley 1
Farrar, Floyd 1
Gilliam, Frank Johnson 1
Guy family 1
Hall, Lorenza 1
Hall, Willie 1
Hart, Harvey 1
Hopkins, Lula Gilliam 1
Lackey, Harry 1
Lackey, Issac 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Leyburn, James Graham 1
Mann, Sally 1
Matthews Family 1
McClinton, Marguerite 1
McCown family 1
McCown, Samuel W., Jr. 1
McWane, Frederick William 1
Men's Glee Club . Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee University ) 1
Miley, Michael, 1841-1918 1
Muterspaw, Amos 1
Nelson family 1
Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910 1
Rennick family 1
Ritchie, Sharon 1
Robertson, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) 1
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard) 1
Shaw, Robin Sledge 1
Shields, Jefferson 1
Swanson, Carl David 1
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene) 1
Tucker, John Randolph 1
Varner, Jeanette 1
Varner, John Grier 1
Vest, H. M. 1
Vest, Herbert 1
Virginia Military Institute 1
Virginia State Ports Authority 1
Washington College (Lexington, Va.) 1
Washington and Lee University. Omicron Delta Kappa 1
Washington and Lee University. Phi Kappa Alpha 1
Washington and Lee University. Phi Kappa Psi 1
Washington and Lee University. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1
Wilhelm, Herb 1
Willcoxon, John 1
Wilson, Alex 1
Woodward, Pollard, Mrs. 1
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