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Christian Social Services Report, Lexington, Virginia 1 Item This collection is one folder location in the misc. RHS-Coll-0060 - 0076 box.

This file consists of a handwritten report of work accomplished in Christian Social Services from April 20th to July 15th of an unspecified year (likely in the 1930s). The report is written in first person. Christian Social Services helped provide food, clothes, and other needs for citizens living in poverty. The report includes a list of members of the group, with their resposibilities as far as charitable work.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

City Manger's Report on Lexington, Virginia Downtown Restoration Project 1 Item

Doane, John

The collection consists of the report submitted to the Virginia Municipal League by Lexington City Manager John Doane in April of 1978 concerning the restoration of the city's central business district. The report contains before-and-after photographs by Tom Bradshaw and the signature of the late Mayor Charles F. Phillips.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Clifton Box 1, Folder 31

This file consists of handwritten notes by Dr. E.P. Tompkins on the history of "Clifton at East Lexington." Includes information on the origin of the name, the history of ownership, and notes directly on the Alexander family. Includes some genealogical information about the Alexander family, including a list of children and descendants.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses
  3. General through Houston House

Clifton: Maury River House 1 Item Box 1, Folder 28

This file consists of a manuscript copy of "Clifton: Maury River House," written for the Ignorance Club in Lexington, Virginia by Elizabeth Harralson. The manuscript focuses on William Alexander, although it's historical analysis ranges back to Benjamin Borden. Includes historical and architectural descriptions and analysis of the title house.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses
  3. General through Houston House

Col Alto Box 1, Folder 32

This file consists of a typescript essay on the history of visitors, architecture, and ownership of Col Alto, a Roanoke Times article on a lawn party held at Col Alto, a letter from Mrs. Gordon G. Heiner, Jr. to Don Bruce McClelland related to a murder near Col Alto, and a printed copy of a Hampton Inn's historical description of the building.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses
  3. General through Houston House

Collection of Photographs of Lexington, Va. 57 Item 4 folders

Miley, Michael, 1841-1918

Photographs and negatives relating to Lexington, Va., compiled over 30 years by Washington and Lee University Special Collection Staff. Contents of collection include originals and copies and vary in size and format. Highlights include a c. 1900 stereoview of Washington Street looking west, and a mid-twentieth century print of Michael Miley's image of Robert E. Lee's funeral procession. There are also copies of an early interior view of the Lexington Presbyterian Church. Other copies include the Lexington Courthouse Square, other Miley street views, and a contemporary photographic copy of the rare lithograph print of Lexington, Va. looking west published by Casimir Bohn in 1857. There is also an early hand colored postcard of Main Street looking south by the McCrum's Drug Company. Aerial views include 33 contemporary 4 x 6' images of sections of 1968 and 1969 era oversize photograph of Lexington, Va.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Collection of research materials about William R. Clark 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Wood, Alexander Barbour

This collection consists of a donor letter and accompanying materials about William R. Clark, specifically a photograph of Clark with Michael Dukakis and a copy of his Curriculum Vitae. The letter includes memories of interactions with Clark. There is also a photograph of male members of the Randolph Street Methodist Church, Lexington, Virginia (circa 1955).

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Conrad M. Speece letter 1 Files

Speece, Conrad

This collection contains a letter from Professor Conrad M. Speece to Polly Hanna, daughter of prominent Lexington citizen Matthew Hanna, dated 1791 and a transcription of an article in the Rockbridge County News in which the letter was printed. The letter addresses gender roles of the 1700s, specifically the perceived innate characteristics of women and their ability and desire to learn.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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