Stonewall Jackson Monument Images, Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Va. WLU Coll PP#0072

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

Summary

Extent:
5 Item
Creator:
Miley, Michael, 1841-1918 and Valentine, Edward Virginius, 1838-1930
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of three original photographs, one postcard, and one copy of a postcard of the bronze Stonewall Jackson statue at his grave site at Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, Va. The statue, designed by Edward V. Valentine of Richmond, Va., was unveiled on July 21, 1891. One of the original photos is a cabinet photograph by Lexington, Va. photographer Michael Miley, c. 1891-1900, one looks to be of four Washington and Lee University students standing by the grave, c. 1910-1920, one is a late 20th century black and white photograph by an unknown photographer, and the color postcard is c. 1965.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard