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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 361 Collections and/or Records:

William H. Davis Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0276
Scope and Contents

The collection contains transcripts and copies of William H. Davis's letters home to his wife Millie, from Monterey, Petersburg, and other Confederate army posts in Virginia. The material is a record of a common, unlettered man pouring out his homesickness to his wife.

Dates: 1861
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William Jackson Humphreys Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0095
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter from William Jackson Humphreys written to Dr. Leslie L. Campbell. In the letter Humphreys gives an account of his time at Washington and Lee Univeristy. He mentions studies, dating, and nicknames of friends and professors.

Dates: 1941-03-17
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William L. Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0508
Scope and Contents This collection consists of nine letters from William C. Watson, Jr. to William L. (Billy) Wilson between 1927 and 1941. Both were students and graduated of Washington and Lee University. After college, Watson went to work for Standard-Vacuum Oil Company and was employed in Canton, China, among other places in the Far East. Of note is a letter written to Wilson on December 10, 1939, which describes his experinces in Canton, China during the Japanese invasion of the city during the...
Dates: 1926 - 1941
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William Lyne Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0029
Scope and Contents Includes letters from the American Civil War period; correspondence of Wilson while he was Congressman from West Virginia, Postmaster General under Cleveland, and President of Washington and Lee University; 3 bound, indexed volumes (not orginals) of Wilson's official correspondence as Postmaster General; 6 diaries; miscellaneous papers and printed speeches; 38 letters from the University of West Virginia collection (microfilm); photograph; correspondence with Isidor Straus concerning...
Dates: Inclusive 1852-1980
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William McLaughlin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0044
Scope and Contents This collection contains items of Judge William McLaughlin, including letters from Henry D. Campbell and William L. Wilson. Many concern awarding of honorary degrees and elections to the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee, of which McLaughlin was rector (1888-1898). The collection also contains legal certificates and his papers, including his Confederate Army Commission dated October 7, 1862. Also included is a copy of his death from the minutes of the Board of Trustees of Washington...
Dates: Inclusive 1851-1898
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William P. Wharton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0399
Dates: Inclusive 1848-1849
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William Paxton Houston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0068
Scope and Contents

Includes letters written to Houston (1900-1902) when he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee University; papers, notebook, clippings concerning the issue of sectarianism at Washington and Lee. Correspondents include David Carlisle Humphreys, William Caruthers Preston, Henry St. George.

Dates: Inclusive 1898-1903
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William Preston Johnston collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0015
Scope and Contents This collection consists of four items. The first item is a letter written November 4, 1870 to Johnston from a committee which was formed to solicit copies of remarks by various people given by associates of the Army of Northern Virginia for publication. The second item is a letter written to Johnston by William Davis and concerns money raised for a Robert E. Lee monument. It is dated January 13, 1872. The third item is a typescript broadside dated June 24, 1874. It was written by Johnston...
Dates: 1870, 1872, 1874, 1878
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William Taylor Thom Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0326
Scope and Contents

These papers include mainly reprints of Thom's publications on geology (1917-1955) along with several letters and a travel diary (1920).

Dates: Inclusive 1902-1976; Majority of material found within Bulk 1917-1955
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

William Taylor Thom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0048
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 34 letters, 1865-1870, written to his father while Thom was a student at Washington College, four letters to Thom from various correspondents, college grade reports and programs, and other printed material.

Dates: Inclusive 1865-1890
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Wilson, Whitmore, and Firebaugh Letters

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0638
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three letters dating to the American Civil War era. The first two were written by Captain Jacob J. Whitmore to William A. Wilson on matters of business. In them, Whitmore discusses the effect of the war on his ability to conduct business and the movement of his regiment from Alleghany mountain. The third letter is unrelated and written by an unknown author to her friend Lizzie Firebaugh. This letter discusses family matters and the status of several male relatives...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

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