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Autobiography

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

James Graham Leyburn collection

 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