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Photographs

 Subject
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Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

John Paul Dull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0072
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 16 letters from Dull to his wife, written while serving, first in the valley, then in eastern Virginia near Petersburg, with the Stonewall Brigade, 5th Division, in the army of the Confederate States of America; a photograph; and printed genealogy of the Koiner family.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Joseph Eggleston Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0069
Scope and Contents

Includes Johnston's Order No. 18, April 27, 1865, to his troops after his surrender to Gen. William T. Sherman; a letter, Jan. 24, 1884, from Johnston to [James F. Rogers?] concerning some letters from Gen. R. E. Lee; autographed photograph of Johnston.

Dates: Inclusive 1865-1884

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

Kenneth Brooke Van de Water Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0296
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of photographs (115) and miscellaneous papers of Kenneth B. Van de Water from the Pacific theater during World War II. It includes photographs of the U.S.S. Curtiss, fleet post offices in various locations, and operations on or near the islands of Eniwetok, Guam, Kwajalein, Majuro, Okinawa, Saipan, and Tarawa. There are also photographs of Van de Water and his friends, including Henry Fonda.

Dates: Inclusive Dates 1941-1946

Lucius Desha Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0156
Scope and Contents

This collection includes student memorabilia of Lucius and Cave Desha, including programs, pamphlets and Michael Miley photographs of students and faculty.

Dates: 1868 - 1873

Madeley Family Genealogical Album

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0617
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three copies of a photo album created via the Snapfish service presumably by members of the Madeley family. Album contains genealogy of the Madeley family as respresented through reproduced family photographs.

Dates: Unknown

Mame Warren Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0239
Scope and Contents The Mame Warren Collection consists of 90 oral history interviews and historic photographs collected for her 1998 book project, 'Come cheer for Washington and Lee University: the University at 250 years!'. Warren conducted interviews with 90 individuals associated with Washington and Lee University, including former faculty, staff, coaches, employees, alumni, and friends. Each interview is boxed uniquely and includes audio cassette recordings, both master and user copies, and their...
Dates: date unknown

Margaret Junkin Preston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0101
Scope and Contents This collection includes poems and prose (manuscript and printed copies); A May Night Masque, written in 1872 for Ann Smith Academy; notebooks and scrapbooks. There is a Greek New Testament given to Preston by her father, George Junkin, and a glass plate negative of George Junkin's portrait. Additionally, Preston's scrapbooks include one volume of her printed poems and stories and one volume of her sketches and manuscript poems. There is also a broadside, and several...
Dates: Inclusive1839-1872

Mary Coulling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0248
Scope and Contents This collection contains primarily the materials gathered by Mary Price Coulling while doing research for her books The Lee girls (1987) and Margaret Junkin Preston (1993), including photocopies of Lee, Custis, Junkin and Preston family letters, scrapbooks, notebooks, genealogies, photographs and articles, as well as copies and critiques of Margaret Junkin Preston's poetry. It also includes notecards, articles and speeches by Coulling relating to...
Dates: Inclusive 1806-1997

McCormick-Goodhart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0615
Scope and Contents

This collection contains historic photographs and documents primarily related to Rockbridge County, Virginia and vicinity.

Dates: 1850 - 1950

McCown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0181
Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of business papers of the family including sale lists, indentures, land surveys, deeds, wills, promissory notes, and numerous receipts. It also includes 71 photographs from the collection of Samuel W. McCown, Jr. (WLU 1919).

Also incuded is a verse in remembrance of visit to Black Wall Cave, January 30, 1914, by H. M. Vest, which makes reference to several Rockbridge County, Virginia boys.

Dates: Inclusive 1811-1917

Michael Miley photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0268
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of contact prints made from Michael Miley's glass plate negatives, which are owned by the Library of Virginia.

Dates: Other: 199?

Negative, Lee Family Piano

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0101
Content Description

An image negative of the Lee family piano when it was on display in the Lee Chapel Museum. The piano is now located in president's house on Washington and Lee University's campus. The negative was sleeved in an envelope with a note for 'Miss Helen' from Charles Tolley that reads: 'This is a negative of the piano in the Museum. If you feel that you could ever use it, you may keep it'.

Dates: between 1940-1960

New Orleans Volunteer Trip for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0159
Scope and Contents This collection of materials relates to the February 2007 trip organized by Marguerite McClinton, Director of Elrod Commons and Campus Activities, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Response for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisana, in which W&L students travelled to New Orleans to help with disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. It contains information about New Orleans, original volunteer agreements and releases, a letter from the Diocese to McClinton thanking her for...
Dates: 2007

Oscar B. Barker, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0616
Scope and Contents The papers in this collection are largely focused on the construction of the Sigma Chi house. These go through all stages of construction, from the early discussion of the possibility through completion. Letters as well as financial and legal documents address the topic. There are also many documents related to the administration of the fraternity. Personal items such as photographs and dance booklets add a window on the time period in general. Besides house construction, there are many...
Dates: Inclusive 1890-1974; Majority of material found within Bulk 1920-1935

Photograph and Postcard of Ann Smith Academy

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0047
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a copy of a photograph of the Ann Smith Academy in Lexington, Virginia. The collection also includes the negative of the image, which was taken before 1899. The postcard is of the new structure of the Ann Smith Academy c.1910, which is now the Washington and Lee Chi Psi Fraternity house.

Dates: 1880 - 1900

Photograph of a Wall of Beatty's Mill

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0034
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color photograph of a large sign painted on an exterior wall of Beatty's Mill in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The sign reads 'J. W. Beatty flour, feed, meal' and 'Ballard's Famous Insurance Feeds and Obelisk Flour.'

Dates: 1981

Photograph of Annfield

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0048
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a copy of a photograph of Annfield, the birthplace of Mrs. Robert E. Lee, in Clark County, Virginia.

Dates: 1940 - 1950

Photograph of Bent Mountain High School

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0021
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an albumen photograph of Bent Mountain High School, which was established in 1915 in Bent Mountain, Virginia. The photograph includes men, women, and children in front of the school.

Dates: 1915

Photograph of Bruton Parish Episcopal Church in Williamsburg, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0026
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an albumen photograph of the Bruton Parish Episcopal Church in Williamsburg, Virginia c. 1875-1885. The image includes two people sitting on the ledge outside of the church.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1875 - 1885

Photograph of cave where Phoebe Cunningham was held captive

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0017
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a copy of a photograph of the cave where Phoebe Cunningham was held captive in 1795.

Dates: Unknown

Photograph of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0035
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a full plate mounted albumen photograph of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The photograph was inscribed to Benson J. Lossing by General William Reading Montgomery between 1864 and 1871. The handwritten inscription mentions history of Christ Church, including George Washington's pew being intact. A second inscription reads 'Photograph By Hartman Marshall House Alexandria, Va.'

Dates: Majority of material found within 1864 - 1871

Photograph of D. C. Humphreys' Home

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0057
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an albumen photograph of D. C. Humphreys' home in Lexington, Virginia. Humphreys was a professor at Washington and Lee University.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1894 - 1895

Photograph of Fort Phantom Hill, Texas

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0038
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a single photograph of Fort Phantom Hill, Texas, likely taken during the 1940s. The image shows multiple stone structures with chimney ruins in the background.

Dates: 1940s?

Photograph of Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, England

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0053
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an albumen photograph of the Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, England. The image shows the church in the distance and a man fishing in a body of water in front of the church.

Dates: 1860 - 1870