Ollinger Crenshaw Papers

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

Summary

Extent:
2 Linear Feet
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

Articles; correspondence 1946-1969; selected notes Gen. Lee's College; misc. papers; photos

Speech titled "A Virginia - Why in the Crisis." Discusses the life of John Minor Botts, a "black" Republican, and his attempted presidential campaign.

Paper read at Blacksburg, VA, 1937, USSA - "A Virginia College in the Fifties" - Washington College. This paper covers a 1859 financial report and the changes in name at Washington College.

Speech - "Writing a University's History: Some Episodes and a Few Problems"

Of General Lee's College (rough draft)

Quarrels with...

Lee letters in L of Congress

George Baxter: 1799-1830

Blacks in Lexington; Colonization Free Negroes

Vincent L. Bradford

William Alexander Caruthers

Washington and Lee in the 1920s including Chapel Controversy

Chinese Students and Washington and Lee

An undated MS outlining what happened in 1841 - 1842

Faculty

Hunter's Raid and Restitution

Notes on journalism (scholarships proposed)

Law school and faculty

Law school

"General Lee's Boyo" students

Lee's death

Lee as person meeting with Grant

Lee House and other buildings and beyond

R E Lee Personal

Lexington during Reconstruction

Lexington in the 1880s

Correspondence between John Letcher, James B. Dorman, J.D. Davidson - typed transcipts

Files concerning library

Matthew Fontaine Maury - Days in Lexington

Files concerning Peabody fund

Includes files concerning photostats

Files concerning Henry Ruffner at Washington College

Salaries

Files concerning student living conditions, costs, and fees

Files concerning Timber Ridge

Notes on the ugly club

Includes files regarding death and ser Lee's servant Thomas Hughes and other items reffering to blacks

Selected notes Gen. Lee's College; Glawgow papers 1870's and 1880's and other manuscript collections; correspondence re Lee Chapel; controversy

Notes on the Origin of Washington and Lee

Files concerning Wilson's memorial fund

Files concerning Washington and Lee during World War One

Contains letter from Patrick Henry Aylett, a student at Washington and Lee University, to his cousin Philip Fitzhugh.

A letter from John Lyle Campbell to Reverend William T. Price concerning remarks comparing Washington and Lee University and Hampden Sidney College.

This folder contains vouchers for the Fortnightly Club; a list of proposed members; a collection of letters about membership; and the constitution and by-laws of the club.

Papers of or about George Johnston, grad of Liberty Hall Academy, including: an agreement between Johnston and John Chapman, regarding a teaching position in Montgomery County; receipts related to Johnston's tuition; a letter from James Mayers; a note regarding the completion of Johnston's education; a letter from Johnston to his father about his career; and a letter from Johston to his brother concerning being snowed in. Archives of LHA by Miss Ann Johnston.

A report on Washington and Lee University during the administration of George Junkin (1848-1865), who succeeded Henry Ruffner. The report discusses how the college was practically closed during the Civil War, and changes put into place by Junkin, including Sunday services and the abolishment of the ten day Christmas break.

This folder includes Henry Louis Smith fund raising efforts for endowment at Washington and Lee and Confederate Veterans material, including letters from law offices, a life insurance company, and the United Confederate Veterans headquarters.

This folder includes Henry Louis Smith fund raising efforts for endowment at Washington and Lee and Bernard B. Shively and the Texas collection, including letters from law offices and a life insurance company concerning policies and bonds, a newspaper, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans headquarters.

Typed and printed items by and about John Randolph Tucker, including comments from the press of Tucker's election as a law professor, a eulogy, an address by Tucker, a biography on Tucker, and articles from the Lexington Gazette, County News, and Virginia Law Register on Tucker's death.

Letter from daughter (Born C. 1800) to Livingston Waddell on Washington College letterhead.

Programs from Washington and Lee programs from 1880 to 1899.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Crenshaw, Ollinger