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Obituaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Anderson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0001
Scope and Contents This collection contains items of the Anderson and Alexander families including correspondence dealing with legal business, family matters, and Lexington, Virginia affairs. Consists largely of the family correspondence of William Alexander Anderson, Francis T. Anderson, and Mary Anne Alexander Anderson; includes letters to and from Virginia Governor John Letcher, and two letters from Mildred Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. Other correspondents include William A. Glasgow, George Hutcheson...
Dates: 1755-1958

Biographies and Obituaries, The documents are all from the 2000s, but they describe some 20th century events

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000007996], Folder: 6
Dates: The documents are all from the 2000s, but they describe some 20th century events

Biography of Edward Lacy Graham

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000005228], Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes Graham's compositions, World War I papers and correspondence, memorabilia of Washington and Lee University activities, scores, sheet music, notebooks, and other correspondence.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947

Charles Pomeroy Stone Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0023
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopies of four letters, a reprint of the diary of Fanny Stone, which she kept while living in Cairo during the war of 1882, obituaries for Charles Stone, a magazine article about him, a photograph copy of Jennie Stone and John Stone as children, and an original manuscript copy of a certificate issued to Stone on May 10, 1880 from the Vice Counsel General of the United States.One letter is to John Horace Stone from his sister Jeannie Stone, one is...
Dates: 1880 May 10, 1972

Colonel Charles A. Davidson Memorial Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0581
Scope and Contents

This broadside, which contains a tribute to the memory of Colonel Charles A. Davidson, was originally written for the Lexington Gazette.

Dates: 1879-03-14

Genealogy, 1960, undated

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000007755], Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various obituaries of members of the Shields family.

Dates: 1960, undated

Graham Family Obituaries, 1912

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000005230], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes Graham's compositions, World War I papers and correspondence, memorabilia of Washington and Lee University activities, scores, sheet music, notebooks, and other correspondence.

Dates: 1912

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

Newspaper Clippings, 1914 - 1957

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

Clippings include news of the deaths of Harry Lee Walker, Harry Walker, and Clarence M. Wood. There is also a profile on Mrs. Nannie W. Wood and clippings of Eliza's poems.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1957

Vincent Loockerman Bradford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0042
Scope and Contents

This collection includes six letters, three of which concern a celebration at the First Presbyterian Church of Niles, Michigan, miscellaneous papers, and obituaries.

Dates: Inclusive 1866-1872

Wartime Papers, 1862 - 1863

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004832], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Elizabeth Paxton's obituary and many articles about the death of General Paxton. It also includes sympathy notes to Mrs. Paxton at the time of his death. There is notification of Paxton's death by d R. E. Lee.

Dates: 1862 - 1863