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
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Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Date range 1904

Stephen Dill Lee letter to Mrs. Gray, 1904 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Lee, Stephen Dill

This collection contains a letter written by Stephen Dill Lee to Mrs. Gray dated December 28, 1904. Lee thanks Mrs. Gray for her kind Christmas letter and writes that it caused him to recall events from the American Civil War era, during which he served with her husband.

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Stonewall Jackson Monument Images, Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Va. WLU Coll PP#0072, 1891/1965 5 Item

Miley, Michael, 1841-1918

This collection consists of three original photographs, one postcard, and one copy of a postcard of the bronze Stonewall Jackson statue at his grave site at Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, Va. The statue, designed by Edward V. Valentine of Richmond, Va., was unveiled on July 21, 1891. One of the original photos is a cabinet photograph by Lexington, Va. photographer Michael Miley, c. 1891-1900, one looks to be of four Washington and Lee University students standing by the grave, c. 1910-1920, one is a late 20th century black and white photograph by an unknown photographer, and the color postcard is c. 1965.

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Stonewall Jackson photos and sketch, Little Sorrel cabinet photo, 1862/1914 Box 2, Folder 27

Items in this folder are as follows: A cabinet photo of Stonewall printed from an 1862 Winchester, Virginia photo by Mrs. Mary Randolph Custis Lee and some Lexington, Virginia church ladies, with a piece of a scarf tied to it, which he wore in the war, circa 1872. A copy print photo of the same 1862 Winchester, Virginia photo of Stonewall. A cabinet photo of Stonewall's horse, Little Sorrel or Fancy taken at the Virginia Military Institue, Lexington, Virignia, with

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  2. Rockbridge Historical Society photographs and negatives, 1850/2000
  3. People

Stonewall Jackson related snapshot photos, post card and copy print photos, 1861/1986 Box 8, Folder 16

Photos included in this folder are as follows: A copy print photo of a map showing the Movements of Gen. T. J. Stonewall Jackson, 1861-1863, prepared and drawn by William Couper, December 25, 1933. A copy print photo of some of the Lexington, Virginia, Ann Smith Female Academy students, gathered around the first grave of Stonewall, circa 1863. A snapshot photo of possibly four Washington and Lee University students standing in front of the Stonewall statue, at his second grave in the Lexington, Virginia cemetery, circa 1891. A Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, Illinois post card of the Stonewall statue at Lexington, Virginia cemetery, sold by the Boley's Book Store, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1935. A copy print photo of the Stonewall statue at Lexington, Virginia cemetery, circa 1938. On the reverse side of this photo is a copy print photo of Natural Chimneys, located in Mount Solon, Virginia (Augusta County), with horses and riders, 1938. The Natural Chimneys are remnants of rock carved by a shallow sea, at an elevation of 1348 feet, 1938. A color snapshot photo of the Stonewall statue at Lexington, Virignia cemetery, taken by David Metzger, 1986.

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  2. Rockbridge Historical Society photographs and negatives, 1850/2000
  3. Places

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