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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Alan R. Shirkey photograph collection

0.02 Linear Feet 2 folders

This collection contains historic photographs collected by Alan R. Shirkey. Subjects include Natural Bridge, Jordan/Rockbridge Alum Springs, Lexington, and Buena Vista. The photographers were local and included Michael Miley.

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Alan R. Shirkey photograph collection 0.02 Linear Feet 2 folders

Shirkey, Alan R.

This collection contains historic photographs collected by Alan R. Shirkey. Subjects include Natural Bridge, Jordan/Rockbridge Alum Springs, Lexington, and Buena Vista. The photographers were local and included Michael Miley.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Friendship album

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This collection contains a friendship album presented to Miss Margaret Dixon by her friend Samuel M. Templeton, Lexington, October 26, 1846 as written on the first page. There's another handwritten note on the back of the front board that says "Presented to Miss Margaret Dixon by Samuel M. Templeton Lexington, Va. Oct. 22nd 1846." The album was presented to her friends and family to write something to her on an individual page. Some are notes specific to her. Others are poems. Most are signed, initialed, and/or dated.

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Friendship album 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

This collection contains a friendship album presented to Miss Margaret Dixon by her friend Samuel M. Templeton, Lexington, October 26, 1846 as written on the first page. There's another handwritten note on the back of the front board that says "Presented to Miss Margaret Dixon by Samuel M. Templeton Lexington, Va. Oct. 22nd 1846." The album was presented to her friends and family to write something to her on an individual page. Some are notes specific to her. Others are poems. Most are signed, initialed, and/or dated.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Jane McNabb Reid portrait and needlework sampler

4.0 Linear Feet one framed portrait, one framed sampler

This collection consists of a portrait and needlework sampler that belonged to Jane McNabb Reid. The needlework sampler was created by Reid when she was 18 years old in 1840 and includes several alphabets and the following four lines: Teach me to feel another's woe/To hid the fault I see/That mercy I to others show/That mercy show to me. The text is based on a poem by English poet Alexander Pope. The portrait is of an older Jane, likely created in the years preceeding her death in 1889.

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Jane McNabb Reid portrait and needlework sampler 4.0 Linear Feet one framed portrait, one framed sampler

Prewitt, Susan

This collection consists of a portrait and needlework sampler that belonged to Jane McNabb Reid. The needlework sampler was created by Reid when she was 18 years old in 1840 and includes several alphabets and the following four lines: Teach me to feel another's woe/To hid the fault I see/That mercy I to others show/That mercy show to me. The text is based on a poem by English poet Alexander Pope. The portrait is of an older Jane, likely created in the years preceeding her death in 1889.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Mary Poole photograph collection

0.03 Linear Feet 3 folders

his collection contains historic photographs collected by Mary Poole. The majority of the photographs were taken by Lexington-based photographers including Michael Miley and Mrs. N. L. Miller. The subjects are primarily unidentified individuals.

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Mary Poole photograph collection 0.03 Linear Feet 3 folders

his collection contains historic photographs collected by Mary Poole. The majority of the photographs were taken by Lexington-based photographers including Michael Miley and Mrs. N. L. Miller. The subjects are primarily unidentified individuals.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Mrs. G. J. Walker collection

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An autograph album of a Miss Glasgow, of Virginia, contains autographs, 1842-1847, of American statesmen including John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Alexander H.H. Stuart, and Henry A. Wise.

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Mrs. G. J. Walker collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 5 folders

An autograph album of a Miss Glasgow, of Virginia, contains autographs, 1842-1847, of American statesmen including John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Alexander H.H. Stuart, and Henry A. Wise.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Seth Goodhart collection

1.0 Linear Feet 2 document cases

This collection contains historic photographs and documents primarily related to the City of Lexington, Rockbridge County, and Washington and Lee University. Also included is small number of manuscripts and ephemeral items including broadsides and advertisements. Several photographs were produced by Michael Miley, Boude and Miley, or Miley and Son.

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Seth Goodhart collection 1.0 Linear Feet 2 document cases

McCormick-Goodhart family

This collection contains historic photographs and documents primarily related to the City of Lexington, Rockbridge County, and Washington and Lee University. Also included is small number of manuscripts and ephemeral items including broadsides and advertisements. Several photographs were produced by Michael Miley, Boude and Miley, or Miley and Son.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Womeldorf Family collection

0.19 Linear Feet 3 folders, 1 oversize folder

This collection contains items that came from the Womeldorf family farm in Lexington, Va. Included are photographs of family members and the farm, postcards, Cora Bell Womeldorf's obituary, and letters received from missionaries to China in 1938. The letters describe their work and the conditions of the people they encounter including various illnesses.

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Womeldorf Family collection 0.19 Linear Feet 3 folders, 1 oversize folder

This collection contains items that came from the Womeldorf family farm in Lexington, Va. Included are photographs of family members and the farm, postcards, Cora Bell Womeldorf's obituary, and letters received from missionaries to China in 1938. The letters describe their work and the conditions of the people they encounter including various illnesses.

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