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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
Primary Collecting Areas:
American and Virginia history, regional genealogy, history of propaganda, Southern literature, theater, local and regional portraiture, landscapes and architecture, late 19th-century travel
Description:

The Washington and Lee University Special Collections and Archives Department houses over 1,000 unique manuscript collections including those of the Rockbridge Historical Society, The American Shakespeare Center, and the Mountain Valley Preservation Association. These collections vary greatly in size, format, and scope. Subjects covered within the collections are diverse and include concentrations in American and Virginia history, regional genealogy, history of propaganda, Southern literature, and theater.

It also houses over 10,000 photographs and prints. Beyond our photograph and print collections, which include scrapbooks, images can also be found within the manuscript collections and University Archives described above. Our photographic holdings vary greatly in size and include numerous formats representative of the evolution of the photographic process. Strengths are local and regional portraiture, landscapes and architecture, W&L University history, including athletics, and late 19th-century travel.

POC: SCA Staff
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Ann Smith Academy Papers, 1807/1910

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Includes 2 bound volumes of minutes of the meetings of its Board of Trustees (1807-1910), yearly reports of the various principals, miscellaneous correspondence, business papers, bills and receipts.

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Ann Smith Academy Papers, 1807/1910 370 Item

Graham, Edward

Includes 2 bound volumes of minutes of the meetings of its Board of Trustees (1807-1910), yearly reports of the various principals, miscellaneous correspondence, business papers, bills and receipts.

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Reid Family papers, 1760/1896

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Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc. There are also some Washington College papers.

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Claude N. Feamster Papers, 1895

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This collection contains typescripts of reference letters concerning Feamster while he was a student at Washington and Lee University, and then a teacher at Lee Military Academy in Lewisburg West Virginia, Seven Islands School in Arvonia, Virginia, Summerville Normal School in Summerville, West Virginia, Church High School for Boys in Salisbury, North Carolina, and Gordonsville Female College in Gordonsville, Virginia. It also contains signed copies of two of Feamster's French exams dated December 13, 1895 and December 16, 1895.

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Claude N. Feamster Papers, 1895 4 Item

Feamster, Claude E.

This collection contains typescripts of reference letters concerning Feamster while he was a student at Washington and Lee University, and then a teacher at Lee Military Academy in Lewisburg West Virginia, Seven Islands School in Arvonia, Virginia, Summerville Normal School in Summerville, West Virginia, Church High School for Boys in Salisbury, North Carolina, and Gordonsville Female College in Gordonsville, Virginia. It also contains signed copies of two of Feamster's French exams dated December 13, 1895 and December 16, 1895.

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Washington and Lee University and Regional Virginia History Research Collection, 1609/2016

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Schools Box 18, Folder 20-31

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Ebenezer Dickey Junkin Scrapbook, 1853/1856

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Presbyterian minister Ebenezer Dickey Junkin's pocket sized bound scrapbook of articles submitted to the Presbyterian Watchman and Observer newspaper by his father, George Junkin, D.D. between 1853-1856. George Junkin, under the pen name Theophilus, wrote the series of letters to the Richmond, Virginia publication on the role of the church in higher education. They include his commentary on the relationship between chuch and government. Junkin penned the letters during his tenure as President of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. E.D. Junkin titled the scrapbook, "Lux Mundi - A series of newspaper articles on the education question by the Rev. Dr. George Junkin, 1854 or 6"

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Ebenezer Dickey Junkin Scrapbook, 1853/1856 1 Item

Junkin, Ebenezer Dickey

Presbyterian minister Ebenezer Dickey Junkin's pocket sized bound scrapbook of articles submitted to the Presbyterian Watchman and Observer newspaper by his father, George Junkin, D.D. between 1853-1856. George Junkin, under the pen name Theophilus, wrote the series of letters to the Richmond, Virginia publication on the role of the church in higher education. They include his commentary on the relationship between chuch and government. Junkin penned the letters during his tenure as President of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. E.D. Junkin titled the scrapbook, "Lux Mundi - A series of newspaper articles on the education question by the Rev. Dr. George Junkin, 1854 or 6"

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Fork Union Military Academy Yearbook, 1907/1908

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This collection consists of a single Fork Union Academy Yearbook, 1907-1908. The yearbook contains the photographs and information on the student body at that time. Included within this student body is Francis P. Gaines, who would later become president of Washington and Lee University.

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Fork Union Military Academy Yearbook, 1907/1908 1 Files

This collection consists of a single Fork Union Academy Yearbook, 1907-1908. The yearbook contains the photographs and information on the student body at that time. Included within this student body is Francis P. Gaines, who would later become president of Washington and Lee University.

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"Home School for Young Boys" Broadside, 1870

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This broadside titled 'Home School for Young Boys, Grace Church Rectory, Lexington, Va.' by Reverend William Nelson Pendleton and Mrs. General Edwin G. Lee, who was his widowed daughter, provides information about the upcoming semester at their school.

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"Home School for Young Boys" Broadside, 1870 1 Item

Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883

This broadside titled 'Home School for Young Boys, Grace Church Rectory, Lexington, Va.' by Reverend William Nelson Pendleton and Mrs. General Edwin G. Lee, who was his widowed daughter, provides information about the upcoming semester at their school.

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