Autobiography
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
James Graham Leyburn Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0288
Scope and Contents
This collection contains many materials relating to the South African mission. Dr. Leyburn saved a number of newspaper articles concerning South Africa which are contained herein. Reports on various industries and other aspects of South Africa are included. Also within this collection are an assortment of Dr. Leyburn's speeches, some of which address South Africa. The remainder of the speeches concern the future of Washington and Lee University. Among the correspondence in...
Dates:
1902 - 1993
Milton W. Humphreys Autobiography
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0051
Scope and Contents
Typescript autobiography includes excerpts about Milton W. Humphreys' student and teaching years at Washington College and Washington and Lee University from 1866-1875.
Dates:
1860 - 1875
Sallie White Bruce Manuscript
Collection
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
Series 2, 1987 - 1993
Series
Scope and Contents
This series includes correspondence, proofs, and reviews concerning Leyburn's book The Way We Lived. Correspondents include Kenneth Rockwell, Marshall Fishwick, Rupert Nelson Latture, Michael Barr, and Lon K. Savage. There are also photographs of Leyburn, his music programs, and notices of his death.
Dates:
1987 - 1993
Stuart MacCorkle Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0550
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains primarily a series of photographs of Dr. Stuart McCorkle throughout his adult life, ranging from informal prints to professionally made portraits. In addition, the collection originally included copies of books authored by McCorkle and have since been transferred within the Special Collections department. The financial material contains legal papers describing the gift left by both himself and his wife, now worth $1.9 million, to advance development of the...
Dates:
1928 - 1981
"The Mildly Military Memories of a Refugee, Intelligence Officer and Civil Affairs Administrator in World War 1."
File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000005226], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
This file consists of Graham's war memoirs.
Dates:
Inclusive 1910-1947; Majority of material found within Bulk 1915-1947