Ruby Leighton Family History 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:

The 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. 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], Ruby Leighton Family History Collection, WLU Coll. 0693, 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:
15 Linear Feet
Creator:
Leighton, Ruby
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ruby Leighton Family History Collection, WLU Coll. 0693, 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 folder also contains personal notes from Leighton on geneological facts related to Dr. Diehl and his work in the Lexington News Gazette.

Charles Whiteside's silk confederate flag in oversize.

Poem is, "I'll Look To You in 2004."

Letter from I. T. Amadeo to Ruby, with attached family charts.

Includes Naomi Hendrickson correspondence, of Annondale, Virginia, June 23, 1987 to November 26, 1990.

Includes Violet Moore correspondence, of Brier, Washington, January 21, 1985 to Christmas 1991, with family charts.

Includes a printed color drawing of the present day Mountain View School, by Christian.

Includes newspaer cipping and photos.

Includes correspondence with Nancy Torphy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 1992 and January 1997.

Includes correspodence with Rachel McCabe Thompson of Jacksonville, Florida, September 22, 1980 to December 13, 1984 and Agnes (Mrs. Robert) Cobb of Jacksonville, Florida, September 9, 1987, and Florence Cornett (widow of Charles Wesley Cornett), May 16, 1996.

Newspaper clippings, which include the following: Rockbridge Hotel (Glasgow), Stonewall Jackson's death place, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, the Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Steele's Tavern, and News of 50, 75, 100 years ago.

Newspaper clippings which include the following: Moses Moore (Rockbridge County slave of Zachariah Johnston), the landscaping of the Rockbridge County Courthouse, Steve's Diner and Stevesville (owned by Nefotis of Lexington), Broad Creek Church history, Brownsburg High School, and Spelling Bees (local news).

Also included are cards for all occasions, and drawings by Ruby's brother Thurman Whiteside.

Color unused, related to the following: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Astor's Beechwood, Lake Tahoe, Donner Memorial and Lake, London, Hampton Court, Sheep breeds of the North of England, Fitzgerald and Campbell Coat of Arms and History, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Sir Winston Church Family plot, Grasmere, Chester, and Welsh girls.

Includes a photo of the C&O train wreck at South River, Virginia and a Homecoming program for the Stone Church of the Brethren, 1908-1978. Also included is a supplement to the Buena Vista Weekly News, June 2, 1916.

Includes photos of the 1969 flood, and "History Stories by Mountain View 4th Graders," MAIN STREET, March 1979.

Includes folded pocket official map, an adult ticket, and a two-day pass.

Most of these Whiteside families came out of Virginia.

Physical location:
Box 1-2, Shelf 07-05-07; Box 3-6, 8-9, and notebooks 1-6, Shelf 07-05-08; Box 7, which includes framed oil painting of Coffeytown Church, two scrapbooks, and postcards; Shelf 07-06-07; notebooks 7-34 , Shelf 07-06-08; three bibles and oversize genealogical chart, Shelf 07-07-08.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Genealogy
Places:
Virginia -- Rockbridge County