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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.

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Start Over Repository Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library Names Jordan, John
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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

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Jordan, John Box 5, Folder 12

File includes a copy of a magazine titled "The Iron Worker" as well as handwritten and typewritten copies of "A Sketch of Colonel John Jordan (1777-1854). Also includes a paper, "John Jordan, Virginia Builder," by Marshall Fishwick, and a photocopy of Summer 1973 Virginia Cavalcade article, "John Jordan: Builder and Entrepreneur," by L. Moody Simms, Jr.

  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, 1969/1970 Box 1, Folder 2

This file consists of two copies of introductory notes to the Rockbridge Heritage House tour for the years 1969 and 1970. The convered houses in the notes have historical backgrounds. The following houses appear in the notes: Alexander-Withrow House, VMI Superintendent's Quarters, Stono, Clifton, Maple Hill, Timber Ridge Church, Horatio Thompson House, The Red House, Mulberry Grove, New Providence Presbyterian Church, Briarwood, Bellevue, Maxwelton, Level Loop, Windy Glen, Cedar Grove, Reeves Collection, Washington Hall, Lee Chapel, President's House, University Place, Blandome, Beaumont, the Manse, Marlbrook, Hickory Hill, Stonewall Jackson Cemetary (now Oak Grove), Red Mill (also known as Barclay's Tavern), Stone Castle, Herring Hall (formerly know as Clover Hall), and Fancy Hill.

  1. General through Houston House
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Ironmasters, 1930/1956

2 Files 2 Folders in RHS-Coll-0060-0076 box

This file contains records related to the history of Ironworks in Rockbridge County. Includes typescript papers on Ironmasters, different iron works locations, extracts from law suits, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, publication materials, and maps of Irish Creek.

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Ironmasters, 1930/1956 2 Files 2 Folders in RHS-Coll-0060-0076 box

Tompkins, Edmund Pendleton

This file contains records related to the history of Ironworks in Rockbridge County. Includes typescript papers on Ironmasters, different iron works locations, extracts from law suits, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, publication materials, and maps of Irish Creek.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rockbridge Historical Society Biographical Collection

12 Box

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

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J Box 6, Folder 118-133

This box contains folders on George Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Chauncy Jerome, Abner Nash Johnson, Mary Eddie Scott Jones, John Jordan, Charles Irwin Junkin, and William F. Junkin.

Jordan, John Box 6, Folder 127

This folder contains a copy of the magazine "The Iron Worker," dated August 1957, with a biographical piece on John Jordan. Also included is a photocopy of a November 7, 1873 Lexington Gazette article, giving the particulars of the blowing up of the Jordan Furnace in Amherst County, on October 28, 1873. Two men were killed, Henry Watkins and a black man, by the name of Tom Watson. An excerpt of this newspaper article, from the Virginia Cavalcade, Summer 1973, is also included in this folder.

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James River and Kanawha Company Papers - John Jordan, 1830

3 Item One folder, with three items in RHS-Coll-0068 - part of box RHS-Coll-0060 - 0076

This file consists of a contract for locks between the James River and Kanawha Company and James Jordan, dated November 26th, 1835. The contract also includes specification for locks, articles of agreement, and a signature by James Cabell. The file additionally includes a letter to John Jordan from W.P. Munford noting that a lock contract has been voided (dated October 3rd, 1830). Finally, the file contains a page of handwritten notes on financing for the lock, as well as participant investors.

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James River and Kanawha Company Papers - John Jordan, 1830 3 Item One folder, with three items in RHS-Coll-0068 - part of box RHS-Coll-0060 - 0076

This file consists of a contract for locks between the James River and Kanawha Company and James Jordan, dated November 26th, 1835. The contract also includes specification for locks, articles of agreement, and a signature by James Cabell. The file additionally includes a letter to John Jordan from W.P. Munford noting that a lock contract has been voided (dated October 3rd, 1830). Finally, the file contains a page of handwritten notes on financing for the lock, as well as participant investors.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

John Alexander Graham Papers, 1910/1947, bulk 1915/1947

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This collection includes Graham's compositions, World War I papers and correspondence, memorabilia of Washington and Lee University activities, scores, sheet music, notebooks, and other correspondence.

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John Alexander Graham Papers, 1910/1947, bulk 1915/1947 8 Linear Feet

Graham, John Alexander

This collection includes Graham's compositions, World War I papers and correspondence, memorabilia of Washington and Lee University activities, scores, sheet music, notebooks, and other correspondence.

Newspaper Clippings and Mementos, 1920/1942 13 Item Box 7, Folder 12

This file consists of newspaper clippings, Graham's Laissez, a correspondence with the editor of Choral Publications, and a photograph of Graham.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

John Jordan Correspondence, 1822

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In this letter, dated 1822 Aug. 15, John Jordan gives the Committee of the Board of Trustees, specifications for construction of the center building at Washington College in Lexington, Va.

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John Jordan Correspondence, 1822 1 Item

Jordan, John

In this letter, dated 1822 Aug. 15, John Jordan gives the Committee of the Board of Trustees, specifications for construction of the center building at Washington College in Lexington, Va.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

John Jordan Papers, 1835/1841

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This collection contains receipts and letters concerning John Jordan's financial matters.

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John Jordan Papers, 1835/1841 17 Item

Jordan, John

This collection contains receipts and letters concerning John Jordan's financial matters.

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