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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 Board of Trustees records Date range 1912

Board of Trustees records 20.5 Linear Feet 29 document cases, 6 flat boxes

Washington and Lee University. Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees records contain minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, subject files, committee files, recommendations, resolutions, and the oath book.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Correspondence, Reports Box 24, Folder 365

Adams, Charles Francis, Ashby, Thomas Almond (Alumnus), Benjamin, Marcus recommends G. Hunt for honorary degree, Bradford, Gamaliel recommended for honorary degree, Burks, Martin Parks (Faculty), Campbell, John Lyle, Jr. (Treasurer), Chester, Samuel Hall (Alumnus), Coale, R. Dorsey, Flournoy, Richard W., Jr. (Alumnus), Gordon, Edward Clifford (Trustee)

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Board of Trustees records
  3. Series: Records
  4. 1910-1919

Minute Book Box 5, Volume 1

Allan, Elizabeth P. (Mrs. William), Allan, William (Alumnus), Ambler James Markham Marshall (Student), Anderson, Douglas Smith (Student), Anderson, James William (Student), Anderson, William A. (Trustee), Bayly, Robert H. (Benefactor), Birely, Luther Seevers (Student), Blackburn, Samuel (Trustee), Bouedin, Wood receives honorary degree, Bradford, Vincent L., Brown, J. Thompson, Campbell, Leslie Lyle (Alumnus), Clinedinst, B. West (Artist) regarding portrait of G. W. C. Lee, Coles, J. A. (Benefactor), Converse, J. H. (Benefactor), Corcoran, William W. (Trustee), Crow, Charles Langley (Faculty), Currell, William Spenser (Faculty), Dabney, Charles W., Daniel, John W., Denny, George Hutcheson (President), Desha, Lucius, Jr. (Student), Drummond, William regarding purchase of land, Easter, De La Warr Benjamin (Faculty), Edmondson, James K. (Trustee), Ellis, Richard S., Jr. (Alumnus), Eubank, Thomas N., Everett, Thomas Thompson, Ewing, John D. (Trustee) regarding donation of relics, Ewing, William P. (Alumnus), Farrar, Thomas James (Faculty), Fay, Edwin W. (Faculty), Fishburne, Clement D. (Trustee), Fleming, Robert Hanson (Trustee), Glasgow, Frank Thomas (Trustee), Gorrell, [?] sells land to university, Graham, William regarding re-internment, Grigsby, Hugh Blair (Historian), Hogan, John, Hoge, Moses D., Hogue, Addison (Faculty)

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Board of Trustees records
  3. Series: Minute Books

Minute Book Box 6, Volume 1

Adam, L. W. (Faculty), Anderson, William A. (Trustee), Andereson, William D. A. (Alumnus), Bean, William Gleason (Faculty), Bibb, E. W. (Faculty), Caskie, James Randolph (Alumnus), Cooper, Paul P. (Faculty), Denny, George Hutcheson (President), Doremus, Robert P. (Benefactor), Dumble, Edwin Theodore (Alumnus), Ellard, Roscoe B. (Faculty), Francis, Mildred Lee, Gilliam, Frank J. (Faculty), Grasty, John Sharshall, Jr. (Faculty), Hancock, Glover Dunn (Faculty), Helderman, L. C. (Faculty)

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Board of Trustees records
  3. Series: Minute Books

Reports, Correspondence Box 24, Folder 366

Anderson, William A. (Trustee), Ashby, Thomas Almond (Alumnus), Blanton, Sallie McD. (Dining Hall Manager), Bradford, Gamaliel, Burks, Martin Parks (Faculty), Campbell, Harry Donald (Faculty), Campbell, John Lyle, Jr. (Treasurer), Campbell, Robert Granville (Faculty), Carnegie, Andrew, Cross, Elizabeth W. (Mrs. George) rents Letcher house from university, DeForest, Robert W., Dickey, Robert William (Student), Easter, De La Warr Benjamin (Faculty), Farrar, Thomas James (Faculty), Flournoy, Richard W., Jr. (Alumnus), Glasgow, Frank Thomas (Trustee), Glenn, John Mark (Alumnus), Hancock, Glover Dunn (Faculty), Hogue, Addison (Faculty)

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Board of Trustees records
  3. Series: Records
  4. 1910-1919

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