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College students -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Page Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0093
Dates: 1906 - 1911
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Charles Page Photographic Collection

Department of History, Transcripts of Exit Interviews with Black students and final report, 1997

 File — Box 1, Folder: Control, 1-6
Scope and Contents Anonymized transcripts of recorded exit interviews with forty graduating Black students from Washington and Lee University in 1997. The interviews were organized and arranged by WLU's Institutional Effectiveness Committee to gain a range of perspectives on campus climate and the WLU student experience. The interview questions were created by WLU professors Ted Delaney (History) and David Novack (Sociology), Associate Dean of Students for Minority Affairs Anece McCloud, and students Mogana...
Dates: 1997
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / WLU-RG-0009, Academic Departments - Record Group 9 / Department of History

Edward Miley Eustler Photographic Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0008
Scope and Contents Edward M. Eustler's photographic scrapbook (1910-1911) documents Eustler's experience as a student at Washington and Lee University. Eustler, then of Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled his photographic scrapbook with approximately 350 photographs taken between 1910 and 1911. Subjects of the photographs include campus and dorm life, athletics, architecture, local landmarks and historic sights, fraternity and club initiations, the Lexington, Virginia downtown area, the Virginia Military...
Dates: 1910 - 1911
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Edward Miley Eustler Photographic Scrapbook

Edwin A. Pratt Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0479
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one original letter dated Oct 28, 1880 and a photocopy of a letter dated September 1, 1880. Both letters are from Edwin A. Pratt to Emma Earle Chenault, who was the first woman doctor to practice medicine independently in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pratt wrote the original letter while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and it describes campus and town life.

Dates: 1880
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Edwin A. Pratt Correspondence

Francis Baldwin Crawford Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35101013592683], Folder: 1-6
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0564
Dates: 1884-1888
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Francis Baldwin Crawford Collection

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...
Dates: Inclusive 1914-1964
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Frank J. Gilliam Papers

Henry Courtenay Selden Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0174
Scope and Contents

Letters written at Washington College by Selden to his sister, Mary Byrd ('Mollie') Selden describing college life. One letter refers to the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and the ceremonies attendant to his burial. Others include a letter from Alexander L. Nelson, Professor of Mathematics at the College, commending Selden; a letter after Selden left Washington College and joined the 3rd Virginia Cavalry.

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1863; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Henry Courtenay Selden Correspondence

John Rodman Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0463
Scope and Contents This collection contains four copies of letters written by Rodman while he was a student at Washington College and a transcription of each. They cover various aspects of campus life. All of the letters are addressed to his father. In the letter dated February 7, 1868, John writes about his finances, grades, and skating. In the second letter, February 3, 1868, John writes about receiving the highest score on an exam and about the temptation to neglect his studies for music and social...
Dates: Inclusive 1866-1868
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / John Rodman Correspondence

Richard Jennings Gaines Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0081
Scope and Contents

This letter is written to William H. Dennis describing the girls and outings in Rockbridge County and the attraction of the study of astronomy.

Dates: 1819
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Richard Jennings Gaines Correspondence

Richard Royden Turner Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0227
Scope and Contents

This collection is a personal letter to Master W. O. Bickle of Staunton. Topics mentioned are football, school food, and Thanksgiving break.

Dates: 1892
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Richard Royden Turner Correspondence

Winborne Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0254
Scope and Contents

Family papers include Winborne Jr.'s school papers and notebooks from his years at Washington and Lee University, as well as information about his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. Three folders contain printed matter about his father, Roger M. Winborne, a Class of 1911 graduate of Washington and Lee University Law School.

Dates: Inclusive 1907-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1907-1909; Majority of material found within Bulk 1942-1946
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Winborne Family Papers

Zeta Beta Tau scrapbooks, 1948 - 1949, 1950 - 1951, 1951 - 1952, 1956 - 1957, 1959 - 1960, 1961 - 1962, 1976 - 1977

 Series
Scope and Contents

A collection of oversize scrapbooks from Washington and Lee University's Zeta Beta Tau (Z.B.T.) fraternity documenting student life, various annual university and fraternity specific events such as Homecoming Weekend, Fancy Dress, home football games, concerts, Mock Convention, fraternity social events, membership, and pledgeship. Scrapbooks include original photographs, artwork, clippings, and ephemera. There are nine scrapbooks between the years 1948 adn 1977.

Dates: 1948 - 1949; 1950 - 1951; 1951 - 1952; 1956 - 1957; 1959 - 1960; 1961 - 1962; 1976 - 1977
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / WLU-RG-0039, University and Student Organizations and Societies - Record Group 39 / Fraternities

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