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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: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Names Campbell family
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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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Bacon House, 1948 Box 1, Folder 16

This file consists of a typescript coopy of a letter with the title "The Bacon Home - Extracts from a Letter of Jennie Bacon Lacy." The letter includes familial information and a history of the house from the perspective of a family member.

  1. General through Houston House
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Lexington, Virginia, 1818/1991

1 Box
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Antebellum Days - History in and Around 1 Item RHS Collection #0078, Folder 8

This file consist of a bound copy of the paper "Antebellum Days in and Around Lexington" by Mary Edgar McClung of Lexington High School. No date.

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Land Grants, 1749/1985

14 folders in RHS-Coll-0067 Files

This collection includes copies and originals of 18th and 19th century land grants for acreage in Rockbridge County, Augusta County, Bath County, and other areas in southwestern Virginia. Three folders relate to the Borden land grant, which established Rockbridge County. There is a fragment of an undated, handwritten copy of the Borden land grant. Other folders related to the Borden grant include historical analysis and recounting of the development of the grant by E.P. Tompkins. Some land grants pre-date the Borden grant. Folders with the parenthetical note of "Copy" only include photocopies of the original land grants. The Trimble land grants can be found in oversized drawer 33.

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Borden RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder 5

This file consists of a typescript manuscript of the Borden Grant article by E.P. Tompkins. Also includes a photo of an annotated map of the Borden Land grant. Also includes a list of settlers who recieved the first Borden deeds between 1741 and 1743.

Land Grants, 1749/1985 14 folders in RHS-Coll-0067 Files

This collection includes copies and originals of 18th and 19th century land grants for acreage in Rockbridge County, Augusta County, Bath County, and other areas in southwestern Virginia. Three folders relate to the Borden land grant, which established Rockbridge County. There is a fragment of an undated, handwritten copy of the Borden land grant. Other folders related to the Borden grant include historical analysis and recounting of the development of the grant by E.P. Tompkins. Some land grants pre-date the Borden grant. Folders with the parenthetical note of "Copy" only include photocopies of the original land grants. The Trimble land grants can be found in oversized drawer 33.

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Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogy, 1700/1960

9 Box

This collection contains biographical and genealogical information on various people, primarily from in and around Rockbridge County.

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C Box 3, Folder 1-9

This box includes folders on the Cahoon family, the Campbell family, the Carr family, the Caruthers family, the Clyce family, the Coffey family, and the Crawford family.

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Rockbridge Historical Society Biographical Collection

12 Box

This collection contains biographical and historical information on various people and places.

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C Box 3, Folder 33-61

Includes folders on Campbell/Houston family, Edmund D. Campbell, Harry D. Campbell, John Lyle Campbell, John Poage Campbell, Leslie Lyle Campbell, Robert F. Campbell, Robert K. Campbell, W. A. Campbell, William S. Campbell, Horace Caruthers, John A. Champe, Chapin family, Chittum, John Coalter, Christopher Columbus, Robert Page Cooke, Mary Beard Copper, Rev. John Craig, Jane Todd Crawford, James S. A. Crawford, Crozet family, Ernest Cummings, and Cunningham family.

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Ruby Leighton Family History Collection, 1908/2010

15 Linear Feet
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Campbell Family Papers, 1843/1950

130 Item

Items in the collection include a scrapbook, a bound volume of the Ring-Tum Phi, a book of pressed leaves, Miller family birth records, photographs of Lexington and Campbell family members, newspapers, and personal letters.

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Campbell Family Papers, 1843/1950 130 Item

Campbell, Henry Donald

Items in the collection include a scrapbook, a bound volume of the Ring-Tum Phi, a book of pressed leaves, Miller family birth records, photographs of Lexington and Campbell family members, newspapers, and personal letters.

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Christian Social Services Report, Lexington, Virginia, 1930

1 Item This collection is one folder location in the misc. RHS-Coll-0060 - 0076 box.

This file consists of a handwritten report of work accomplished in Christian Social Services from April 20th to July 15th of an unspecified year (likely in the 1930s). The report is written in first person. Christian Social Services helped provide food, clothes, and other needs for citizens living in poverty. The report includes a list of members of the group, with their resposibilities as far as charitable work.

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Christian Social Services Report, Lexington, Virginia, 1930 1 Item This collection is one folder location in the misc. RHS-Coll-0060 - 0076 box.

This file consists of a handwritten report of work accomplished in Christian Social Services from April 20th to July 15th of an unspecified year (likely in the 1930s). The report is written in first person. Christian Social Services helped provide food, clothes, and other needs for citizens living in poverty. The report includes a list of members of the group, with their resposibilities as far as charitable work.

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Duncan Green Campbell Papers, 1789/1825

15 Item

This collection includes correspondence concerning Campbell's negotations (1824-1825) as commissioner to the Creek Indians; a transcript of the proceedings and subsequent treaty of agreement relating to the removal of the Indians to points west of the Mississippi River; land deed of Archibald Campbell (d. 1820); and Campbell family genealogy.

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Duncan Green Campbell Papers, 1789/1825 15 Item

Campbell, Duncan Green

This collection includes correspondence concerning Campbell's negotations (1824-1825) as commissioner to the Creek Indians; a transcript of the proceedings and subsequent treaty of agreement relating to the removal of the Indians to points west of the Mississippi River; land deed of Archibald Campbell (d. 1820); and Campbell family genealogy.

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Letter from O.P. Baldwin to Franklin Society, Lexington, Virginia, 1856

1 Item One folder in Box misc. RHS-Coll-0060 to RHS-Coll-0073

This file contains a letter from O.P. Baldwin to the Franklin Society of Lexington detailing his availability and topics for a series of lectures in December of 1856. The letter includes information on pay, and has a list of four members of the Franklin Society. Letter addressed from Richmond.

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Letter from O.P. Baldwin to Franklin Society, Lexington, Virginia, 1856 1 Item One folder in Box misc. RHS-Coll-0060 to RHS-Coll-0073

This file contains a letter from O.P. Baldwin to the Franklin Society of Lexington detailing his availability and topics for a series of lectures in December of 1856. The letter includes information on pay, and has a list of four members of the Franklin Society. Letter addressed from Richmond.

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