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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Robertson Family Photographs, WLU Coll. 0335, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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Absalom Willis Robertson was a senator from Virginia (1946-1966). His son, Marion Gordon 'Pat' Robertson, graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1950 and is a well-known minister and televangelist in Virginia.
This collection includes prints and negatives of the Robertson family as well as their home, family trips, Boy Scouts, Washington, D.C., and cousin Gordon Walker at Virginia Military Institute.
Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish in 1995.