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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
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Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Collection Schoenbrun Collection of Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1813/1895

Letter, Hannah Turner to Thomas E. Hale, Esq., 1818 Box 1, Folder 9

Hannah Turner writes from "Rutland" (perhaps Rutland, Vermont)to her son Thomas Hale, Esq. about day to day business, family matters, and Hannah (perhaps her daughter?)planning for travel to a school called Windsor. The letter is addressed to Thomas E. Hale, Esq. "at the Legislature, Boston."

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Schoenbrun Collection of Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1813/1895

Letter, Henry J. Furber, Sr. to Robert E. Lee, 1869 Box 1, Folder 8

Henry Jewett Fuber, Sr., the Vice President of Universal Life Insurance Company basedin New York, writes to Robert E. Lee to once again offer him an opportunity to join the company as its Southern officer or agent. According to the letter, Lee had turned down a previous offer from Furber and his company. The letter is ten pages.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Schoenbrun Collection of Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1813/1895
  3. Robert E. Lee family material, part 2

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