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Virginia -- Lexington

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander House - Two Forgotten College Houses, by L.L. Campbell

 File — Box 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a typescript essay entitled "Two Forgotten College Houses."

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 1995

Antebellum Days - History in and Around

 File — RHS Collection #0078, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This file consist of a bound copy of the paper "Antebellum Days in and Around Lexington" by Mary Edgar McClung of Lexington High School. No date.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1818 - 1991

Bacon House, 1948-08-30

 File — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a typescript coopy of a letter with the title "The Bacon Home - Extracts from a Letter of Jennie Bacon Lacy." The letter includes familial information and a history of the house from the perspective of a family member.

Dates: 1948-08-30

Campbell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0393
Scope and Contents

Items in the collection include a scrapbook, a bound volume of the Ring-Tum Phi, a book of pressed leaves, Miller family birth records, photographs of Lexington and Campbell family members, newspapers, and personal letters.

Dates: Inclusive 1843-1950

Christian Social Services Report, Lexington, Virginia

 Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0075
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a handwritten report of work accomplished in Christian Social Services from April 20th to July 15th of an unspecified year (likely in the 1930s). The report is written in first person. Christian Social Services helped provide food, clothes, and other needs for citizens living in poverty. The report includes a list of members of the group, with their resposibilities as far as charitable work.

Dates: 1930

Letter from O.P. Baldwin to Franklin Society, Lexington, Virginia

 Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0073
Scope and Contents

This file contains a letter from O.P. Baldwin to the Franklin Society of Lexington detailing his availability and topics for a series of lectures in December of 1856. The letter includes information on pay, and has a list of four members of the Franklin Society. Letter addressed from Richmond.

Dates: 1856-11-20