Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
144th Regiment Militia (Va.) Order Book
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0401
Scope and Contents
This order book contains information about the members and actions of the Virginia Militia's 144th regiment of Rockbridge County between 1834 and 1843.
Dates:
Inclusive 1834-1843
Cabinet Photograph of Unknown Mountain and Valley Scene
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0040
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one cabinet photo of a field and a creek bed with mountains in the distance. It is likely taken of Virginia or West Virginia.
Dates:
1880 - 1920
Contracts for hire of enslaved persons by the William Ackerly estate
Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0004
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of seven one year contracts between Abraham Lovell, curator of William Ackerly's (deceased) estate, and individuals for hire of enslaved persons, Rachel, Fanny, Nancy, James Alexander, Elisha, and Caroline with her three children. Each contract includes the name of the enslaved person, dates for her/his hire, the cost, and the name of the leasee. Further, each document states that the individuals were to be treated "with humanity" or "humanely" and returned with 'the...
Dates:
Inclusive 1860-1864
Dillon Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0105
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the family and personal correspondence (1806-1897), business correspondence, deeds, legal papers, account books (1849-1862) of Dr. Alexander S. Dillon (1813-1870), and family Bible along with ledgers and employee time books of various Dillon limestone companies, especially Edward Dillon and Co. in Botetourt County. Correspondents include Dr. Alexander S. Dillon (1813-1870), Edward Dillon (1835-1897), Edward Davis Dillon (1766-1818), Fanny Polk Dillon, and Patrick Henry...
Dates:
1805 - 1944
Francis McFarland Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0053
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 54 miscellaneous letters, 1821-1866; diaries and financial records McFarland kept while he was a missionary and during his two pastorates, 1823-1836, and 1841-1871, at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Augusta County, Va.; lecture notes taken while a student at Princeton University; and printed biographical sketches and engravings of McFarland.Correspondents include Stonewall Jackson, George Junkin, William Spottswood.
Dates:
Inclusive 1815-1871
G. William Whitehurst Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0378
Scope and Contents
The General Files contain various letters and other materials sent to Whitehurst by constituents and associates and typically include his reply. The subjects dealt with in these files cover the general comments pertaining to local and national matters of interest as well as current legislative issues and Republican Party business. Among the notable issues included in the General Files are files of correspondence covering the Watergate scandal, the Vietnam War, and the oil crises of the 1970's....
Dates:
[1925]-1987
Henry Donald Campbell Map Collection
Collection — Oversize Drawer 40: [0000005783]
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0619
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1857 - 1900
James D. Davidson Scrapbooks
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-4, Object: Loose Scrapbook
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0154
Scope and Contents
This collection contains newspaper clippings of Dorman's poems, letters, and essays on various subjects published in the Lexington Gazette and other papers.
Dates:
1832 - 1878
James Hubert Price Papers
Collection — Box 1-7, Folder: 1-98
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 Huffman Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0089
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the manuscript of 'Ups and downs of a Confederate soldier' by James Huffman, a member of the Confederate States of America, 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company I, and correspondence concerning its publication; approximately 270 items, including letters to and from his son Oscar C. Huffman, a member of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Class of 1898, as well as genealogical correspondence and charts.
Dates:
Inclusive 1935-1941
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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