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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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

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Published lecture by retired professor John McKenzie Gunn, dated April 25, 1994; "Can Economics be Both Relevant and 'good'?"

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Jackson, Stonewall Box 5, Folder 2

File includes article titled "Window on the Past: An Unusual Tribute to Stonewall Jackson;" "'Stonewall' Jackson's Grave;" "Jackson Day," and many more copies of similarly focused articles from local newspapers. Also included a brochure reprinted and distributed by Stonewall Jackson Memorial Incorporate, Lexington, Virginia, "The Religious Character of Stonewall Jackson," an address by James Power Smith, D.D., Captain and A.D.C. Staff of General Jackson. The address was delivered at the Inauguration of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Building, Virginia Military Institute, June 23, 1897. A printed map showing all of Stonewall Jackson's movements, Compliments of Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc., Lexington, Virginia.

  1. Biography, 1700/2018
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses, 1800/1995

1 Linear Feet Two boxes each measuring 7inches.

This collection consists of essays, reports, financial documentation, and other historic records documenting the presence, arcitecture, development, or evolution of local houses in and around Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia.

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General, 1938/1939 Box 1, Folder 7

This file consists of three newspaper articles, two of which are from Rockbridge County News, which all provide general histories of a variety of historic homes in the Lexington and Rockbridge Area. The file also includes a typescript essay on old homes in and near Lexington, as well as a housing bond and appraisal letter from Gauranty Bond and Mortgage Company in Richmond, Virginia.

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General, 1939 2 Item Box 1, Folder 4

This file consists of a Rockbridge County News article on historic houses and land donations given to the county, as well as a typescript essay entitled "Historic and Romantic Balcony Downs," which recounts early Rockbridge County conflict with Native Americans.

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General, 1946 1 Item Box 1, Folder 6

This file consists of a newspaper article entitled "Preservation of Old Buildings Is Commended" by Ellen G. Anderson. The contents of the article are related to various Lexington and Rockbridge County Sites that had historic preservation efforts.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Maps, 1890/1950

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This collection consists of historic maps of Lexington, Buena Vista, and Rockbridge County.

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Lexington, 1959 RHS Collections #0083 - #0087, Folder 2

This file includes a map of Rockbridge County showing primary and secondary highways with a zoomed in scope on Lexington, as well as a map of Lexington from a Rockbridge County News article.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Mining Industry, 1000/2000

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This file includes a document of share in the Goodman Gold and Silver Mining Company, as well as the manuscript entitled "Rockbridge County Furnaces," which includes historical information and photographs concerning local furnaces.

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Lucy Selina - Iron Foundry, 1936 1 Item RHS Collection #0088 - #0093, Folder 9

This file contains two copies of the newspaper article "the Saga of Queen Lucy Selina Lives On" by Ruth B. Scott.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Dunlap Family Papers, 1830/1878

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Papers contain information about Dunlap's family members, especially Madison Dunlap (1808-1883) of Kerr's Creek and his son, John Matthew Dunlap, a member of the Washington and Lee Class of 1857 who was killed at at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The collection includes compositions that John Matthew Dunlap wrote for Professor J. J. White in 1856-1857, transcripts of letters he wrote while serving in the Confederate Army, and letters concerning his death. The collection also includes the manuscript of J. D. Morrison's Old Monmouth and Its Times.

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