Collections : [Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library]

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: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Subjects Oral history
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Brownsburg Museum Oral History project, 2006/2010

1.0 Linear Feet 1 box

A team of volunteers interviewed residents of Brownsburg, Virginia between 2006-2010 as part of an oral history project to capture 20th century recollections of life in this area of the rural Shenandoah Valley.

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Brownsburg Museum Oral History project, 2006/2010 1.0 Linear Feet 1 box

Brownsburg Community Association. Museum

A team of volunteers interviewed residents of Brownsburg, Virginia between 2006-2010 as part of an oral history project to capture 20th century recollections of life in this area of the rural Shenandoah Valley.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Daniel T. Balfour Alumni Correspondence, 1974/1988

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This collection ncludes correspondence with various Washington and Lee University officials (Sessoms, Hotchkiss, Parsons and Wilson); other alumni concerning Washington and Lee University Admissions, athletics, fund raising, college history, the Washington Society, the 250th observance at Washington and Lee University; the minutes of the Alumni Board of Directors; course book from 1998 alumni college titled Older than America: an oral history of Washington and Lee.

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Daniel T. Balfour Alumni Correspondence, 1974/1988 3 Linear Feet

Balfour, Daniel T.

This collection ncludes correspondence with various Washington and Lee University officials (Sessoms, Hotchkiss, Parsons and Wilson); other alumni concerning Washington and Lee University Admissions, athletics, fund raising, college history, the Washington Society, the 250th observance at Washington and Lee University; the minutes of the Alumni Board of Directors; course book from 1998 alumni college titled Older than America: an oral history of Washington and Lee.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Academic Departments - Record Group 9

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This record group contains materials created by individual academic departments.

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Department of History, Transcripts of Exit Interviews with Black students and final report, 1997 .4 Linear Feet Box 1, Folder Control, 1-6

Anonymized transcripts of recorded exit interviews with forty graduating Black students from Washington and Lee University in 1997. The interviews were organized and arranged by WLU's Institutional Effectiveness Committee to gain a range of perspectives on campus climate and the WLU student experience. The interview questions were created by WLU professors Ted Delaney (History) and David Novack (Sociology), Associate Dean of Students for Minority Affairs Anece McCloud, and students Mogana Richards and Robert Taylor. The interviews were conducted by Jennifer Ashworth, the administrative assistant in the History Deapartment. The content of the interviews was assimilated into a final report titled "The Black Student Experience" by Professor of History Robert W. McAhren in 1999. A copy of the report is included with the interviews.

  1. Department of History
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection, 1940/2020

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The Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection is composed of materials from Dr. Ted DeLaney's personal and professional life including genealogy and personal history; historical research, correspondences, and papers as historian and professor at Washington and Lee University. The collection is arranged in three series. Of note are Dr. Delaney's research on school desegregation in Lexington, Virginia and in Southwest Virginia and a series of video interviews with Dr. DeLaney completed in 2018.

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Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection, 1940/2020 5 Box

Delaney, Theodore C., Jr., Dr.

The Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection is composed of materials from Dr. Ted DeLaney's personal and professional life including genealogy and personal history; historical research, correspondences, and papers as historian and professor at Washington and Lee University. The collection is arranged in three series. Of note are Dr. Delaney's research on school desegregation in Lexington, Virginia and in Southwest Virginia and a series of video interviews with Dr. DeLaney completed in 2018.

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