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Poague Family Agricultural Account Book and Slave Register

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0476
Scope and Contents This account book documents agricultural operations for a southern Rockbridge County farmer between April 1863 and June 1867. The compiler is possibly Johnathan Poague, whose son, John William Poague, signed the book on the inside front cover. John William Poague attended Washington College in 1868 for one year. Contents include expenditures and receipts for day to day farm operations, crop production numbers, and diary - like entries. Contents of specific note include a registry of names of...
Dates: Inclusive 1861-1867; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863-1867

Postcard of Miller's Mill, Lexington, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0063
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Randolph T. Shields Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0243
Scope and Contents

This collection includes American Civil War recollections of Shields' maternal grandfather, Coupland Randolph Page, including his service with the Liberty Hall Volunteers, the Stonewall Brigade, and the Battle of Gettysburg. In addition, papers contain significant documents about members of the Tucker family, including John Randolph Tucker and Judge Henry St. George Tucker.

Dates: Inclusive 1862-1920

Raymond J. Kirby collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0365
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three scrapbooks and sets of photographs taken by Raymond J. Kirby. The scrapbooks contain photographs and newspaper clippings related to the flooding that occurred as a result of Hurricane Camille in August 1969. The photographs document damage from both Rockbridge and Nelson Counties and the City of Lexington. The collection also includes approximately 170 photographs of the construction of the Route 11 corridor bypass around Lexington, Virginia.

Dates: 1953-1956, 1969

Robert E. Lee Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0064
Scope and Contents This collection contains primary and secondary resources pertaining to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family. Included are correspondences from, to, and about Lee and various family members; memorabilia, pamphlets, photographs, reminiscences, miscellaneous personal papers, family history and genealogy. The collection includes materials acquired from the Lee family and items donated to and purchased and compiled by W&L University since Lee's tenure as president of Washington College from 1865...
Dates: Inclusive 1792-1935; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1870

Robert H. Chilton letter

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0431
Scope and Contents

In this letter Robert H. Chilton seeks employment after the conclusion of the American Civil War. He mentions his previous employment as the Chief of Staff in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The recipient of the letter is unknown.

Dates: 1865-05-13

Robert Hanson Fleming Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0073
Scope and Contents

His diary describes Fleming's flight to Augusta, Ga. after the fall of Richmond, guarding the specie of the Confederate treasury. There is also a furlough permit, May 2, 1865, signed by Commandant William H. Parker.

Dates: Inclusive Mar. 28-May 16, 1865

Robert J. Bell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0639
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two sets of handwritten notes on debates hosted at Washington and Lee, likely by way of the Graham Philanthropic Society, written by Robert John Bell during his time as a student at the University. The first debate centers on the effect of the construction of railroads in the South by "Northern Capitalists" (sic.), while the second one follows the state of education in the South after the American Civil War, particularly in regards to race relations and public...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1869 - 1873

Rockbridge Historical Society files on regional forests

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0050
Scope and Contents

This collection contains newspaper clippings and papers about forests in the Shenandoah Valley.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1873 - 1925

Sallie White Bruce Manuscript

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0426
Scope and Contents

This manuscript is a memoir by Sallie White Bruce about her family's life in the Lexington area during the American Civil War and their involvement with Washington College. It references Hunter's Raid in 1864.

Dates: Inclusive 1940s

Shenandoah National Park Trading Card Set

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0042
Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of:
  • an image of the 'Seven Bends of the Shenandoah River'
  • an image of the Appalachian Trail seen from the Shenandoah National Park
  • an image of the Luray Singing Tower
  • an image of a view of Skyline Drive North from Hawkbill Mountain at Shenandoah National Park, Va.
  • an image of Mountain laurel in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
  • an image of Upper Falls, White Oak Canyon, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Dates: 1950 - 1960

Small engraving of General John B. Floyd

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0118
Content Description

A carte de visite sized engraving of General John B. Floyd in uniform by engraver 'Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St, NY.' The image of Floyd is bordered by a decorative red oval. It resembles a trading card. Floyd was 31st governor of Virginia and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

Dates: Majority of material found within Approximate

South Carolina Papers

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Identifier: WLU-Coll-0086
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of papers from South Carolina, including: two letters, January 11 and January 14, 1865, from Major General Joseph Wheeler to General Braxton Bragg; printed 1833 broadside of a restrictive bill concerning slavery in South Carolina; other Civil War documents.

Dates: Inclusive 1795-1867

Speech by an unknown student

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0455
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a hand written patriotic speech entitled 'On the Military Condition of College' given by an unknown Washington College (Va.) student in the college chapel in February 1861. The orator uses Washington College's three significant historical themes linking it to the American Revolution: the schools George Washington connection, its support by the Society of the Cincinnati, and the raising of the academy's military company, the "Liberty Hall Volunteers," against...
Dates: 1861-02

Stephen A. Sharp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0007
Dates: 1969-1980

Stephen Dill Lee letter

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0444
Scope and Contents

In this letter from Stephen Dill Lee to Mrs. Gray, dated 1904 from Columbus, Missippi, Lee thanks Mrs. Gray for her kind Christmas letter and writes that it caused him to recall events from the American Civil War era, during which he served with her husband.

Dates: Single 1904

"The Battle Rainbow" Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0310
Scope and Contents

This broadside of the poem 'The Battle Rainbow' by John R. Thompson was printed for the June 1862 Southern Literary Messenger.

Dates: 1862

Thomas Connors Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0299
Scope and Contents

Contains 19th and early 20th century British and American theater memorabilia, including autographs of major actors, writers, and managers; and letters, broadsides, and photographs.

Dates: Inclusive 1805-1923

Thomas J. Neel Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0454
Scope and Contents This collection consists of five letters, four of which are written by Neel to his friends and family. In a letter to his mother dated June 22, 1864, Neel writes about receiving orders to travel to Lynchburg to meet Union General Hunter's forces, which had just moved through Lexington, Virginia. In the letter to Hicks, Neel requests for Captain Hicks to speak on his behalf as he is a candidate for the Commissioner of Revenue in Bland County, Va. In a letter dated September 1861, Neel...
Dates: Inclusive 1863-1865

Thomas L. Broun Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0553
Scope and Contents

This collection contains typescripts of letters from Thomas L. Broun to his sister Anne and brother Edwin. The letters discuss Broun's life as a member of the Kanawha Riflemen in the Confederate States of America's army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1865; Majority of material found within 1861-04 - 1861-10

U. S. Navy Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0348
Scope and Contents

Printed pamphlets about the U. S. Navy in the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and in modern times; also includes pamphlets on shipbuilding.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0204
Scope and Contents

Consists of miscellaneous correspondence related to the Lee Memorial Fund at Washington and Lee University in 1921. Includes newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning the Confederacy, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and primarily, the passing of a resolution naming Lincoln's birthday as a national holiday. Also includes correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman and others.

Dates: Inclusive 1920-1939

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winnie Davis Chapter Minute Book

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0205
Scope and Contents

This minute book of the Winnie Davis Chapter dates from 1938 to 1951 and includes a group photo dated 1937. It also includes four pages of notes concerning the history of the Buena Vista Chapter.

Dates: Inclusive 1938-1951

Virginia Tourism Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0614
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 10 different advertisement pieces dating from the 2nd half of the 20th Century that are from Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Rockbridge County, Virginia in general.

Dates: 1906 - 2000

Walter E. Hoffman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0015
Dates: 1954-1999

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Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 2
Princeton Theological Seminary 2
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Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900 1
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Ballenger, David 1
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Barclay, Ted, II (Alexander Tedford) 1
Barnwell, Robert Woodward 1
Batista, P. R., Mrs. 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1
Bell, Robert J. 1
Bethel Presbyterian Church (Augusta County, Va.) 1
Blain, Daniel, 1838-1906 1
Blain, Mary Randolph, 1840-1939 1
Blain, Randolph H. (Randolph Harrison), 1842-1929 1
Blain, Susan Harrison, 1806-1891 1
Breckinridge, Peachy Gilmer, 1835-1864 1
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Chilton, R. H. (Robert Hall) 1
Clack, Franklin H., Lieutenant Colonel 1
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Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 25th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Kanawha Artillery. Captain Thomas E. Jackson's Battery 1
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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 14th 1
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Currie, Albert 1
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 1
Daniels, Jonathan 1
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Davidson, Charles A. (Charles Andrew) 1
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Davidson, Mary 1
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