James Ridout Winchester Family photograph album, 1865/1900

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
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James Ridout Winchester Family Photograph Album (WLU Coll. 0563), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.80 Linear Feet 1 flat box
Creator:
Butler, Evelyn Lee Day
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James Ridout Winchester Family Photograph Album (WLU Coll. 0563), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a photograph album of carte de visites and cabinet cards of individuals related to James Ridout Winchester and his wife Eliza Atkinson Lee. Images are of women, men, and children. There is a mix of photography studios represented, including one photograph of a VMI cadet was taken by Michael Miley of Lexington, Va. A small portion of the photographs are inscribed and/or identified. Almost all are studio portraits. There is a cabinet card photograph of a man and a woman sitting in chairs outside of their home. The woman is holding a cat and the man is holding one dog with his left arm while his right arm is around another dog that is sitting on a separate chair. A couple of men appear to be ministers.

Biographical / historical:

James Ridout Winchester was born in Maryland on March 15, 1852. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1874. He died in Illinois on October 27, 1941.

According to information provided by the donor, James Ridout Winchester met his wife, Eliza Atkinson Lee, in the parlor of the Lee House while Robert E. Lee was President of Washington College. She was a cousin of President Lee and Winchester was a student. Winchester sat with President Lee's body in the honor guard and decided to become an Episcopal priest. He became Bishop of Arkansas.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Evelyn Lee Day Butler
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard