Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection, 1852/1930

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection, WLU Coll 0785, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet
Creator:
Maatman, Gerald L., Jr., Carrington, William C. P. (William Campbell Preston), 1835-1863, Depuy, Charles V., Huffman, Phillip Ira, Page, Mann, Patton, Alexander T., Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 1840-1864, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863, and Paxton, Elisha Franklin, 1828-1863
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection, WLU Coll 0785, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard