Mary Poole photograph collection

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], Mary Poole Photograph Collection (WLU Coll. 0566), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Linear Feet 3 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mary Poole Photograph Collection (WLU Coll. 0566), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

his collection contains historic photographs collected by Mary Poole. The majority of the photographs were taken by Lexington-based photographers including Michael Miley and Mrs. N. L. Miller. The subjects are primarily unidentified individuals.

Michael Miley photographer. The woman is seated and the man is standing beside her with his left hand on the back of her chair.

Michael Miley photographer

Michael Miley photographer

Michael Miley photographer, studio image of a child seated in a wicker chair

Michael Miley photographer, studio image of baby less than one year of age seated in a wicker chair

Michael Miley photographer

Michael Miley photographer. The female subject of the photograph may be misidentified. The clothing and age do not match the timeline of the Phoebe McClung who resided in Rockbridge/Lexington.

Michael Miley photographer

Michael Miley photographer. The woman is wearing a mourning dress and veil

Michael Miley photographer

Michael Miley photographer

Michael Miley and Son photographer

Michael Miley and Son photographer. The man is seated and the woman is standing beside him with her left arm resting on his right shoulder.

Michael Miley and Son photographer. Per the information written on the back of the card, Helen was three years old when photographed.

Miller, Lexington, Va. photographer. Image of a young girl wearing a ruffled top and holding a white cat. On the back are the date and the initials S.W.G.

Michael Miley and Son photographer

J. L. McCown, Lexington, Va. photographer. The women is seated in a chair. The male child is standing on her right.

J. L. McCown, Lexington, Va. photographer. The woman is seated in a chair and the girl child is standing on her right.

Miller, Lexington and Buena Vista, Va. photograph. The woman is photographed standing wearing a corseted waist dress.

N. J. Miller, Lexington, Va. photographer

Subject may have lived near Goshen Bridge

Photographed by Kelley & Pettigrew of Lexington, Va.

Photographed by Mrs. N. J. Miller of Lexington, Va. The two men are each seated in a chair while the woman is standing behind them. Her right arm rests on the left shoulder of one of the men.

Mullen, Artistic Photographer, Lexington, Kentucky. Posed photograph of an unidentified woman pictured with her back facing the camera and her head turned to the right.

Michael Miley photographer. The woman is photographed sitting in a chair with her right arm posed along the chair's back. She is wearing a headdress. Of particular note is the brooch that is attached at her neckline. The brooch is a photographic brooch featuring the image of an unidentified man.

Biographical / historical:

Mary Poole was born on December 4, 1922 to Roy and Mary Wade. She died on September 11, 2020 in Rockbridge County, Va.

Acquisition information:
Purchased at auction from the estate of Mary Poole in August 2021.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard