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 Names Bowyer, John, General
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogy, 1700/1960

9 Box

This collection contains biographical and genealogical information on various people, primarily from in and around Rockbridge County.

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A-B Box 1, Folder 1-17

This box includes folders on Lucy P. Ackerly, the Alexander family, the Anderson family, the Baker family, the Beard family, James Beatty, the Bell family, the Bogan family, the Borden family, the Bowyer family, the Brooke family, and the Brown family.

Bowyer Family Box 1, Folder 15

This folder contains information on the Bowyers living in "Thorn Hill," a house outside of Lexington.

  1. A-B
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Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses, 1800/1995

1 Linear Feet Two boxes each measuring 7inches.

This collection consists of essays, reports, financial documentation, and other historic records documenting the presence, arcitecture, development, or evolution of local houses in and around Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia.

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Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses, 1800/1995 1 Linear Feet Two boxes each measuring 7inches.

This collection consists of essays, reports, financial documentation, and other historic records documenting the presence, arcitecture, development, or evolution of local houses in and around Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia.

Thorn Hill Box 2, Folder 89

This folder contains a report on Thorn Hill and its inhabitants, including General John Bowyer and Mrs. John White Brockenbrough, photographs, blueprints, and floorplans. Also included photocopies of newspaper articles and a declaration for assurance for Thorn Hill.

  1. Hull Farm through Walkerlands Farm
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James Monroe collection, 1800/1818

0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

This collection includes four documents signed by James Monroe: July 29, 1800 appointment of John Bowyer, Andrew Reid, and John Carthuers as presidential electors representing Rockbridge County, Va., March 16, 1802 proclamation by Monroe while governor authorizing the meeting house outside of Lexington, Va. as the proper place for holding court (2 copies), and a land grant awarded to Aaron Sanford of Illinois dated April 2, 1818,

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James Monroe collection, 1800/1818 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

This collection includes four documents signed by James Monroe: July 29, 1800 appointment of John Bowyer, Andrew Reid, and John Carthuers as presidential electors representing Rockbridge County, Va., March 16, 1802 proclamation by Monroe while governor authorizing the meeting house outside of Lexington, Va. as the proper place for holding court (2 copies), and a land grant awarded to Aaron Sanford of Illinois dated April 2, 1818,

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Millboro and Kerr's Creek Turnpike Company documents, 1836/1838

0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

This collection consists of two documents. One is an 1836 document to the stockholders of the Millsboro and Kerrs Creek Turnpike Company from the company's president Alexander T. Barclay. He provides background information, mentions accepting a proposal for making a road, tolls, and other business. There is also a letter written by John C. Bowyer to James Brown, Jr. of the Board of Public Works that serves as a report to the Board.

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Millboro and Kerr's Creek Turnpike Company documents, 1836/1838 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Millboro and Kerr's Creek Turnpike Company

This collection consists of two documents. One is an 1836 document to the stockholders of the Millsboro and Kerrs Creek Turnpike Company from the company's president Alexander T. Barclay. He provides background information, mentions accepting a proposal for making a road, tolls, and other business. There is also a letter written by John C. Bowyer to James Brown, Jr. of the Board of Public Works that serves as a report to the Board.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Photostatic copy of Otis Bowyer letter to T. Bowyer Campbell, 1973

0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

This collection contains a photostatic copy, made in 1973, of a letter dated September 6, 1938 from Otis Bowyer writes to T. Bowyer Campbell in Notre Dame, Indiana. The letter provides a description of the careers of General John Bowyer, T. Bowyer Campbell's great great grandfather, and of his nephew, John Bowyer.

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Photostatic copy of Otis Bowyer letter to T. Bowyer Campbell, 1973 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Bowyer, Otis

This collection contains a photostatic copy, made in 1973, of a letter dated September 6, 1938 from Otis Bowyer writes to T. Bowyer Campbell in Notre Dame, Indiana. The letter provides a description of the careers of General John Bowyer, T. Bowyer Campbell's great great grandfather, and of his nephew, John Bowyer.

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