Liberty Hall Academy Charter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use. When available, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

Liberty Hall Academy Charter (RG 33), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Liberty Hall Academy Charter (RG 33), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the legal document incorporating the Rector and Trustees of Liberty Hall Academy as a seminary passed in October 1782.

Biographical / historical:

Liberty Hall Academy was originally founded as Augusta Academy in 1749. The school became Liberty Hall Academy when the school moved from Augusta County to a location in Timber Ridge (in current day Rockbridge County). The name changed a couple of more times before being named Washington and Lee University in 1870.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard