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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0025

Scope and Contents This collection contains records of the association, such as meeting minutes, budget information, membership records, constitution and bylaws, as well as information about preservation easements and county mills, the organization's promotional materials, newsletter, publications, photographs, and a survey, by questionaire, of the portraits painted before 1914 that are owned and located in Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia. The survey was conducted under the auspices of the APVA....

Dates: 1971-2003

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Glasgow Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0057

Scope and Contents This collection contains items of the Glasgow family of Virginia, including correspondence and business papers of William Anderson Glasgow (1825-1910), of Fincastle, and his son, Francis Thomas Glasgow (1854-1927), both lawyers; and of Francis T. Glasgow (1829-1916), brother of William A. and his uncle, Joseph Reid Anderson (1813-1892), both of Richmond; legal briefs, contingent claims contracts, and vouchers, 1880-1885, of the firm of Glasgow and Glasgow, Fincastle, Va.; legal papers,...

Dates: Inclusive 1858-1926

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Joseph Fauber Shaner Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0201

Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of photocopies of American Civil War letters written to and from Joseph Shaner and his family. It also includes a portion of Shaner's 1862 diary, his service records, one photograph, obituaries, history, reminiscences, and genealogies (1754-1978) pertaining to the Shaner family and other Rockbridge County families.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Rice Hotinger Ledger and Will

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0261

Scope and Contents

This accounting ledger contains records of the Hotingers' Mountain View Farm in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: Inclusive 1943-1971

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Rockbridge Baths Hotel Ledger

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0272

Scope and Contents

This register contains names of guests who visited the Rockbridge Baths, Virginia hotel between June 1871 and May 1882. Among them were many prominent faculty members of Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, as well as guests from the city of Lexington, Virginia.

Dates: Inclusive 1876-1882

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Rockbridge County, County Court memorandum book

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0461

Scope and Contents

This memorandum book contains entries in various hands of fines paid and damages assessed in court cases, including slander, property damage, and liability suits.

Dates: Inclusive 1801-1802

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Rockbridge County Militia, 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment Records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0128

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of rosters of the Rockbridge County Militia, 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment.

Dates: 1841 - 1862

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Rockbridge County records

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0067

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Rockbridge County records, including tax lists, ordinary licenses, muster rolls, lists of enslaved people, court cases, and election polls.

Dates: 1778-1912

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Superintendent of Schools for Rockbridge County, Virginia reports

Collection

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0116

Scope and Contents

This collection is an AMS notebook (120 p.) that contains clippings, financial reports, reports of teacher examinations, and lists of school committees. The notebook contains records from 1870-1876.

Dates: Inclusive 1818-1886

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives