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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
Primary Collecting Areas:
American and Virginia history, regional genealogy, history of propaganda, Southern literature, theater, local and regional portraiture, landscapes and architecture, late 19th-century travel
Description:

The Washington and Lee University Special Collections and Archives Department houses over 1,000 unique manuscript collections including those of the Rockbridge Historical Society, The American Shakespeare Center, and the Mountain Valley Preservation Association. These collections vary greatly in size, format, and scope. Subjects covered within the collections are diverse and include concentrations in American and Virginia history, regional genealogy, history of propaganda, Southern literature, and theater.

It also houses over 10,000 photographs and prints. Beyond our photograph and print collections, which include scrapbooks, images can also be found within the manuscript collections and University Archives described above. Our photographic holdings vary greatly in size and include numerous formats representative of the evolution of the photographic process. Strengths are local and regional portraiture, landscapes and architecture, W&L University history, including athletics, and late 19th-century travel.

POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Collection Administration records collection, 1776/1976

Invitations, 1854/1901 Box 14, Folder 9

Commencement Party (1854 June 1), Seventh Annual Congress of the Scotch Irish Society of America (1895 June), inaugration of President William Lyne Wilson (1897 September 15), Eighty-ninth annual celebration of the Graham-Lee Society (1898 January 19), dedication of new law building in memory of John Randolph Tucker 91900 June 19), university's eighty-ninth anniversary (1901 February 22), annual gymnastic tourney (1901 March 15)

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Administration records collection, 1776/1976
  3. Printed Material Series

Letter to the Surgeon General of the Confederate States from Washington College Faculty, 1862 Box 11, Folder 7

Regarding the request/order to open a hospital within campus buildings. Faculty ask that the buildings remain in use for educational purposes as they are not fit to accommodate a hospital and lists the various reasons how the buildings aren't compatible for use as a hospital. The letter is signed by Carter J. Harris, Alexander L. Nelson, James J. White, and John L. Campbell.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Administration records collection, 1776/1976
  3. Faculty Series

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