Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 362 Collections and/or Records:
Frank Field Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0207
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two letters that are dated December 26, 1872, and June 21, 1874, and which were written from Frank to his sister, Mrs. McCartney, while he was a student at Washington and Lee University.
Dates:
Inclusive 1872-1874
Frank J. Gilliam Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0494
Scope and Contents
The items in the collection include articles written by Lula Gilliam Hopkins, photographs taken by Sally Mann, a 1954 copy of a Matthew Brady photograph of Robert E. Lee, several family photographs, a booklet from a dance held in 1914, a letter from Gilliam as W&L Dean of Students to student John Willcoxon (class of 1952) presenting him with an award, and Frank J. Gilliam's (class of 1917) Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pins. The collection also includes a scrapbook created by Gilliam as a...
Dates:
Inclusive 1914-1964
Frank M. Cockrell papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0135
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence from Frank M. Cockrell during his time as a student at Washington and Lee to his mother and his brother, Alexander. He writes about his classes and examinations, health, and the weather. Included are report cards, proficiency certificates, and his diploma from Washington and Lee University.
Dates:
1873 - 1877
Franklin Lafayette Riley Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0060
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence connected with the book Gen. Robert E. Lee After Appomattox edited by Dr. Riley; letters from Riley to his wife while he was with the American Expeditionary Force University in France in 1919; other correspondents include Edward Clifford Gordon, Mary Custis Lee and Jo Lane Stern. Also includes letters to his daughter (Frances Riley, later Frances Denton), her Daughters of the American Revolution card, and photographs and postcards...
Dates:
Inclusive 1897-1927
Franklin Society Archives
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0103
Scope and Contents
Includes membership records, officers' reports, business papers, subscription library records, minutes of the Society's meetings and debates. Includes receipts and letters expressing pleasure at being honored by the society. Receipt dated December 2, 1841 from Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson while he was a Virginia constable, which was later given to the Franklin Society.
Dates:
1801 - 1891
G. Raymond Womeldorf Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0530
Scope and Contents
George (G.) Raymond Womeldorf was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1893 and raised on the family farm near east Lexington (Va.). He attended Washington and Lee University, graduating in 1917. During that year Womeldorf volunteered to join Washington and Lee University's ambulance unit, which would become U.S. Army Ambulance Service Section 534 and serve with distinction in France. During his deployment, Womeldorf was wounded in the right leg and gassed. He subsequently lost the leg just above the...
Dates:
1917-1919
Gardiner Family Letters, 1828 - 1842
File — Box 1: [0000004567], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains photocopies of typed copies of a diary (1840-1841) and correspondence of the Gardiner family of New York, with information about their business dealings, political associations, and their relation to the Tylers of Virginia. The photocopies contain Seager's annotations.
Dates:
1828 - 1842
Gardiner Family Letters, cont., 1843
File — Box 1: [0000004589], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Margaret, Julia, Juliana, and Alexander are the main correspondents in this file.
Dates:
1843
Gardiner Family Letters, cont., 1845
File — Box 1: [0000004591], Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains photocopies of typed copies of a diary (1840-1841) and correspondence of the Gardiner family of New York, with information about their business dealings, political associations, and their relation to the Tylers of Virginia. The photocopies contain Seager's annotations.
Dates:
1845
Gardiner Family Letters, cont., 1846
File — Box 1: [0000004592], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains photocopies of typed copies of a diary (1840-1841) and correspondence of the Gardiner family of New York, with information about their business dealings, political associations, and their relation to the Tylers of Virginia. The photocopies contain Seager's annotations.
Dates:
1846
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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