Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Subject
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Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
James Hubert Price Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0090
Scope and Contents
The papers of James H. Price, Governor of Virginia (1938-1942), including correspondence during his gubernatorial years; addresses to the General Assembly and of various organizations; radio speeches to the people of Virginia; World War II Virginia civil defense materials; photographs.
Dates:
Inclusive 1927-1943
James McDowell Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0449
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two letters written to James McDowell while he was a Congressman. In one, dated May 16, 1848, James Paxton writes that he is not sure if the administration of Washington College needs changes, discusses the pay of the professors, which varied from $800 to $1300 per year, Governor William Smith's recent appointment of George H. Lee to fill a vacant judgeship. The other from C. S. M. Lee, J. S. Fishburn, and W. P. Wharton, dated December 6, 1848, asks him to deliver a...
Dates:
1848
John W. Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0106
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a typescript of a speech delivered at Martinsburg, West Virginia (January 4, 1905); law license (1895); statements of assets (1904-1917); correspondence, and a legal document for the purchase of real estate (1898-1930).
Dates:
Inclusive 1895-1930
Lee: The Background of a Great Decision. August 1865, 1934
Item
Scope and Contents
An address by President Gaines to the officers and directors of The Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation.
Dates:
1934
LeRoy Hodges Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0162
Scope and Contents
The collection covers nearly all phases of Hodges' career as economist and public official, from 1908 until 1942, when he retired from the Army Ordnance office. Early materials include reports on Southern agriculture and immigration for various agencies. Hodges' first efforts to reform and streamline Virginia state government may be seen in the minutes and papers of the Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency. There is...
Dates:
Inclusive 1908-1942
Matthew Thompson McClure Typescripts
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0304
Scope and Contents
This collection includes unpublished typescripts of two books by McClure, Philosophy in Hellenistic Athens and Philosophy and Youth. It also contains several typescript essays and addresses.
Dates:
1900
Mortimer Norton Wisdom Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0308
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of copies of letters written by Mortimer Norton Wisdom, to his mother when he was a law student at Washington and Lee University from 1872-1873. There are also copies of exams given by John Randolph Tucker in 1873 and copies of speeches given by Wisdom in 1872.
Dates:
Inclusive 1872-1873
Roger Mudd Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0369
Scope and Contents
Includes graded papers, clippings, and correspondence with Washington and Lee University professors during Mudd's college years. Also includes speeches given for commencements, press/broadcasting associations, emcee roles, and acceptance of awards and honors. Includes correspondence with J. Stewart Bryan III, John Updike, Sandra Day O'Connor, Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. Includes scripts from Mudd's years at the Richmond News Leader, CBS radio and television, NBC, PBS, and THC (History...
Dates:
Inclusive 1948-2005; Majority of material found within Bulk 1953-2004
Rupert Nelson Latture Valedictory address
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0175
Scope and Contents
Rupert Latture's address recalls highlights of the Class of 1915 at Washington and Lee University. It makes an extended analogy to Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, 'The Great Stone Face.' It also includes humorous references to Washington and Lee President George Hutcheson Denny.
Dates:
1915
Samuel H. Chester papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0429
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two original manuscript copies and one photocopy of Samuel H. Chester's valedictory address given on June 27, 1872 at Washington and Lee University. It also contains correspondence about the presence of this address in the University's Special Collections and Archives.
Dates:
1872-06-27
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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