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.

POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Level Item

"A CIty Grows": Red Feather; Red Cross; YWCA; 1st Sunday School; Early Public Schools; Fire Alarm System; Great Court House Robbery; Thos. R. Jefferson; Rivermont Bridge; S.O. Fisher Co.; Ladies Build a Bridge; W.D. Duiguid; J.P. Bell Co.; Rivermont Park; Piedmont Milling Co.; Royalty Visits; Cleland CO.; Milleny Co. 1 Reels Brown 5 Reel Number 111 Box 14, Reel 4

"A CIty Grows": Red Feather; Red Cross; YWCA; 1st Sunday School; Early Public Schools; Fire Alarm System; Great Court House Robbery; Thos. R. Jefferson; Rivermont Bridge; S.O. Fisher Co.; Ladies Build a Bridge; W.D. Duiguid; J.P. Bell Co.; Rivermont Park; Piedmont Milling Co.; Royalty Visits; Cleland CO.; Milleny Co.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. WLUR Recordings and Broadcasts
  3. Recordings
  4. Local/WLUR/VMI

"A City Grows": The Magic Weed Tobacco; Visitors Looking at Lynchburg; Quaker Meeting House; 7 Hills of Lynchburg; The Sacred Furniture Shop; Lynchburg's Physicians; Lynchburg's Life Saving Crew; The Banks of Lynchburg; Lynchburg Becomes a City; Editorial Wards; Lynchburg's Early Courts & Judges; The Town Clock & human interest stories. 1 Reels Brown 2 Reel Number 108 Box 14, Reel 1

"A City Grows": The Magic Weed Tobacco; Visitors Looking at Lynchburg; Quaker Meeting House; 7 Hills of Lynchburg; The Sacred Furniture Shop; Lynchburg's Physicians; Lynchburg's Life Saving Crew; The Banks of Lynchburg; Lynchburg Becomes a City; Editorial Wards; Lynchburg's Early Courts & Judges; The Town Clock & human interest stories.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. WLUR Recordings and Broadcasts
  3. Recordings
  4. Local/WLUR/VMI

A. C. Niven to Robert E. Lee Box 7, Folder 31

Archibald C. Niven, a Democrat politician and former U. S. Congressman from New York, wrote to Lee to inform him the he was having the publications of Congress's committee "on the conduct of the war" sent to Lee in Lexington. Niven mentioned that he would be willing to donate to the Stonewall Brigade's proposed memorial to Stonewall Jackson.
  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
  5. Correspondences

A composite of unrelated tapes about Mock Con 1 Reels Blue 33 and Reel Number 129 Box 6, Reel 4

A composite of unrelated tapes about the '68 MC. Contains: 1. WFTV (Orlando) editorial against Gov. Kirk; 2. Bill Wilkerson's interview with MC Chairman Steve Saunders on Oct. 5, 1967; 3. Larry Honig's interview with Gov. Kirk in Nov. 1967; 4. comments by Red Patton to Don Husat in Nov. 1967; 5. Don Husat in Nov. 1967; 5. Don Husat's interview with Steve Saunders on March 22, 1968.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. WLUR Recordings and Broadcasts
  3. Recordings
  4. Politics, Elections, and Presidents

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