Collections : [Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library]

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.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Douglas Southall Freeman Correspondence, 1934/1936

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This collection contains typed letters dated July 14, 1934 and July 25, 1936 to Miss Helen Webster of Sunnyside, Lexington, Virginia.

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Freeman, Douglas Southall

This collection contains typed letters dated July 14, 1934 and July 25, 1936 to Miss Helen Webster of Sunnyside, Lexington, Virginia.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Douglas Southall Freeman Manuscript, 1946

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This collection consists of seven chapters of an original manuscript by Dr. Freeman titled R. E. Lee.

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Douglas Southall Freeman Manuscript, 1946 1 Item

Freeman, Douglas Southall

This collection consists of seven chapters of an original manuscript by Dr. Freeman titled R. E. Lee.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Giles B. Cooke Papers, 1874/1929

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This collection contains the following correspondence: Letter to Rev. Cooke from G. T. Bearnegan (1874) thanking Cooke for his journal with reference to Petersburg in 1866; letter to Mr. Cooke from U.A. Jackson (1895) asking Cooke for information about Stonewall Jackson for the republishing of U.A. Jackson's book; letter from Rev. Cooke to Mrs. H.B. Lee (1924) asking for information about an incident in the life of General Lee that was similar to the incident that took the life of Stonewall Jackson; letter from Rev. Cooke to Douglas Freeman (1929) about Freeman's review of 'The Tragic Era' by Claude Bowers; letter dated January 8 (no year) from Natta Lee Goldsborough about the incident between Edwin Lee and General Lee at Harpers Ferry.

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Giles B. Cooke Papers, 1874/1929 7 Item

Cooke, Giles B.

This collection contains the following correspondence: Letter to Rev. Cooke from G. T. Bearnegan (1874) thanking Cooke for his journal with reference to Petersburg in 1866; letter to Mr. Cooke from U.A. Jackson (1895) asking Cooke for information about Stonewall Jackson for the republishing of U.A. Jackson's book; letter from Rev. Cooke to Mrs. H.B. Lee (1924) asking for information about an incident in the life of General Lee that was similar to the incident that took the life of Stonewall Jackson; letter from Rev. Cooke to Douglas Freeman (1929) about Freeman's review of 'The Tragic Era' by Claude Bowers; letter dated January 8 (no year) from Natta Lee Goldsborough about the incident between Edwin Lee and General Lee at Harpers Ferry.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Robert Selph Henry Correspondence, 1936/1938

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Includes copies of correspondence between Robert Henry and Douglas Southall Freeman about Freeman writing a foreword for Henry's book The Story of the Conferderacy as well as copies of correspondence between Washington and Lee University Dean Frank Gilliam and Major Edward C. Betts about a Boude and Miley photograph of Robert E. Lee owned by Betts and used by Henry in this book.

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Robert Selph Henry Correspondence, 1936/1938 .2 Linear Feet

Freeman, Douglas Southall

Includes copies of correspondence between Robert Henry and Douglas Southall Freeman about Freeman writing a foreword for Henry's book The Story of the Conferderacy as well as copies of correspondence between Washington and Lee University Dean Frank Gilliam and Major Edward C. Betts about a Boude and Miley photograph of Robert E. Lee owned by Betts and used by Henry in this book.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection, 1920/1939

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Consists of miscellaneous correspondence related to the Lee Memorial Fund at Washington and Lee University in 1921. Includes newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning the Confederacy, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and primarily, the passing of a resolution naming Lincoln's birthday as a national holiday. Also includes correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman and others.

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United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection, 1920/1939 3 Linear Feet

Freeman, Douglas Southall

Consists of miscellaneous correspondence related to the Lee Memorial Fund at Washington and Lee University in 1921. Includes newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning the Confederacy, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and primarily, the passing of a resolution naming Lincoln's birthday as a national holiday. Also includes correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman and others.

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