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Davis, Jefferson Box 4, Folder 72

This folder contains a pamphlet from the Proclamation of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Jefferson Davis on June 3rd, 1908, officially dubbed a Confederate memorial day by the Hollywood Memorial association and endorsed by former Virginia Govenor, Claude A. Swanson. Pamphlet includes a photo of Davis.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Rockbridge Historical Society Biographical Collection
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Francis MacDonnell Research Materials Collection .4 Linear Feet

MacDonnell, Francis

This collection contains photocopies of research materials gathered by Francis MacDonnell in preparation of his article 'Reconstruction in the wake of Vietnam: the pardoning of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis,' which was published in Civil War History, Vol. XL, no.2, 1994. Included are materials from the Gerald Ford Library, government documents, and miscellaneous sources on the pardoning of Robert E. Lee, Vietnam draft evaders, Iva 'Tokyo Rose' Toguri and others during the Ford Administration and on the pardoning of Jefferson Davis during the Carter Administration.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection 0.25 Linear Feet

Maatman, Gerald L., Jr.

This collection consists of original manuscripts, documents, military orders, illustrations, photographs, and ephemera of the era of the American Civil War collected by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Key themes of the collection are the Paxton family of Lexington and Rockbridge County, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley history, the Army of Northern Virginia and Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate States Army, Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) (VA), and Robert E. Lee. The photographs within this collection consist of seven ambrotype and tintype images of unknown people of the Rockbridge and Augusta County (VA) vicinity.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Henry L. Gray Letters 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Gray, Henry L.
The collection includes correspondence by Henry L. Gray, written primarily between 1863 and 1865 during the American Civil War. There are also some official documents from Gray's military activities.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

"Jeff Davis in his Wife's Clothes" Song Sheet 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Auner, A. W. (Alfred Witman), 1826-1895
This collection contains a song sheet for "Jeff Davis in his Wife's Clothes," published by A. W. Auner and Wanamaker & Brown's, Clothing Store, both of Philadelphia. The song depicts a comical representation of Jefferson Davis' defeat by the Union army during the American Civil War in 1865.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jefferson and Varina Anne Davis Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898
This collection contains a July 25, 1886 letter penned by Varina Anne Davis on behalf of her father, Jefferson Davis, to James H. Lane, former confederate general and former VAMC Commandant of Cadets. The letter is in response to a previous letter from Lane asking Jefferson Davis for a recommendation. This letter informs Lane that Davis' recommendation won't carry the same weight as it might have once had.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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