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      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Crenshaw, Albert B.</persname>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>WLU Coll. 0450 William D. Lewis account book was removed from this collection and is housed and described separately.</p>  </separatedmaterial>
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<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Ollinger Crenshaw Papers, WLU Coll. 0320, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Gift of Albert B. Crenshaw.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (12/18/2001)</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>Crenshaw was an alumnus of Washington and Lee University class of 1925 and a faculty member in history department at Washington and Lee University, 1926-1969. He also authored 'General Lee's College: the rise and growth of Washington and Lee University'.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>These papers include correspondence, articles, and selected notes for Crenshaw's <i>General Lee's College</i> and manuscripts given to him in the process of his research for the book.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Ollinger Crenshaw Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0262</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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    <persname authfilenumber="n 88218910" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Smith, Henry Louis</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Reid, Samuel McDowell</persname>
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    <persname role="fmo" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Crenshaw, Albert B.</persname>
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