Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 362 Collections and/or Records:
Blain Family Papers
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-7
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0066
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal papers of the Blain family of Albemarle County and Williamsburg, Virginia, including the Civil War period diary (1861-63) of school teacher Mary Randolph Blain. The diary, written near the York River in Gloucester County, Va. provides a picture of civilian life both in that area and in Williamsburg, Va. where her parents lived during the period. Also included are two letters written from Randolph Harrison Blain, brother of the diarist and a member of the...
Dates:
Inclusive 1861-1905; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1864
Botts Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0091
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 11 items from various descendants and relatives of John Minor Botts (1802-1969), all discussing Botts family genealogy.
Dates:
Inclusive 1933-1946
Brooks Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0350
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of correspondence of the Brooks family of Augusta County, Virginia, including Andrew, Charles, Emmet and William Brooks.
Dates:
Inclusive 1841-1884
C. R. Sutphen Letter
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0232
Scope and Contents
This letter from Sutphen to Seymour Eaton, dated February 16, 1907, is about accomodations at the Duquesne Club.
Dates:
1907-02-16
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
Card Written by Julia Marlowe Sothern
Item — Box 1: [0000004691], Folder: 12, Page: 71
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains 19th and early 20th century British and American theater memorabilia, including autographs of major actors, writers, and managers; and letters, broadsides, and photographs.
Dates:
Inclusive 1805-1923
Carl David Swanson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0298
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was made by Swanson, the 1956 W&L Mock Convention chairman, featuring photographs and news items regarding the death of Alben W. Barkley while giving the event's keynote address. It includes letters from various senators (including Willis Robertson, Richard B. Russell, and Herman Talmadge) concerning Mock Convention and contains photographs of Sharon Ritchie, Miss America 1956, who attended the convention.
Dates:
1956
Carter Newman Bealer Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0094
Scope and Contents
Includes family and business correspondence and a variety of private collections, such as diaries, playbills, ship menus, as well as a significant collection of autographed photographs and letters of late 19th and early 20th century theatrical and musical performers.
Dates:
1905 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950
Charles Page Bryan papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0141
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of certificates of appointment by United States President McKinley to Minister of Brazil, letters from President McKinley, news of the president's death, and of photos, clippings, and memorabilia related to McKinley.
Dates:
1897 - 1902
Charles Pomeroy Stone Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0023
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of items of Charles P. Stone and his family, including four letters, [1878]-1881, written while General Stone was chief of staff of the Egyptian army; a reprint of the diary of his daughter, Fanny Stone, kept in Cairo during the war of 1882; and obituaries of General Stone.
Dates:
Inclusive 1863-1887
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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