This record group contains archived materials about and created by Washington and Lee University's museums, comprised of Lee Chapel and Museum, the Reeves Collection, and the university's art collection, during the course of its regular business, such as official publications and records of its management.
The collection is open for research use.
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[Identification of item], Museums at Washington and Lee Records (RG 34), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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This website was created by Washington and Lee University faculty as as Associated Colleges of the South grant funded project. It seeks to facilitate the cross-disciplinary use of Washington and Lee's art collection by creating a series of multidisciplinary lesson plans focused on objects in the collection.
Parchment document from Robert Washington and Peter Begin to John Peter.
This item (# 280.357.2) is own deposit from Lee Chapel.
parchment document from Robert Washington to Nathaniel Woolinard.
Ths item (# 280.357.1) is on deposit from Lee Chapel.
There are two versions of the brochure.
There are two versions of this booklet, both undated.
title page reads 'Ceremonies Connected with the Inauguration of the Mausoleum and the Unveiling of the Recumbent Figure of General Robert Edward Lee.' Includes a historical sketch of the Lee Memorial Association by W. Allan, schedule of the inauguration program, and transcriptions of the speeches given including one by John W. Daniel, LL.D. The hard copy also includes several Michael Miley photos.
Nine betacam recordings from a talk by James Whitehead entitled "Fragile Union" given at the Reeves Center Dedication. Also includes box of assorted and unmarked VHS tapes and other video-taping technologies.
One betacam tape of L. Dobyns speaking about the Reeves Collection.
Program from the Reeves Center display about restoration of the Old George statue and a newspaper clipping about the statue.
Gift of Ron Fuchs II.
These 15 audio cassettes contain the recordings of the talks given on Decorative Arts Trust and Washington and Lee University during the 1982 Chinan Trade Symposium. These talks occurred for the opening of the Reeves Center.
Program from an exhibit entitled American Painting at Washington and Lee University: Some Nineteenth-Century Examples, which was held from January 5-22, 1976. The project was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Brochure about the Stan Kamen Collection of Western Art at Washington and Lee.
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Art Around Campus Videos, Record Group 34: University Collections of Art and History, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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These videos about pieces of art in Washington and Lee University's Art Collection were created by student interns during the summer of 2011. Students chose pieces that interested them and then researched the works of art.
View materials from this collection online via W&L's Digital Archive
This series includes the persona papers of James Whitehead, former director of University Relations, assistant to the president, treasurer, and director of the Reeves Center at Washington and Lee University. These records are from his time as the director of the Reeves Center, and reflect different exhibitions, donor relations, and general correspondence during that time. Much of the collection is correspondence between Whitehead and other museum curators, directors of historical societies, and donors. Includes museum pamphlets, institutional publications, and photographs of collections, and occasionally Whitehead himself. Major subjects of interests covered in the records include matierals concerning the Bicentennial Celebration of American Independence, Foreign Advisory Services (i.e. repossession of Reeves Collection), the Reeves Center, the Morris House, Skylark, Wamsutta Hills, exhibitions of Louise Herreshoff's work, the Reeves Collection of fine China, and miscellaneous correspondence. Also includes some files from Tom Litzenberg, the successor for Whitehead's role as director of the Reeves' center.
The bulk of this series is arranged alphabetically, using last names when referring to a specific person. Toward the end of the collection, especially in miscellaneous correspondence, the papers are organized chronologically.
Researchers might also use the Louise Herreshoff Papers for detailed correspondence and primary source records documenting her personal life, as well as those of her husband, Euchlin Reeves. Some of Whitehead's records and work on his biography of Louise Herreshoff, "A Fragile Union," are included in this collection. Washington and Lee University Record Group 34 also includes audio recordings of a presentation made by Whitehead on "A Fragile Union."
This is the first box of the James Whitehead Papers, and includes materials related to the Bicentennial in 1976, as well as correspondence with people and organizations between letters "A" through "Cha."
This box contains correspondence and related files between letters "Che" through "Lu." Also contains files related to Foreign Advisory Services.
This file contains correspondence from "Lu" to "Reeves Center," and also includes files related to the Morris House and the Reeves Center.
This box contains files from "Reeves Students" to "Washington Trip," and also includes files related to Skylar and Wamsutta Mills.
This box contains files from "George Washington" until the end of the alphabet, then going into a run of files dedicated to Louise Herreshoff, her paintings, and Whitehead's efforts to share her art with museums.
This box contains files related to Louise Herreshoff's paintings and exhibitions, as well as Euchlin Reeves and his collection of fine China that was donated to Washington and Lee.
This collection includes files related to Whitehead's efforts to share Louise Herreshoff's paintings, as well as miscellaneous correspondence.
This box contains files of miscellaneous correspondence.