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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

African-American Heritage Exhibit materials, 1992/2001

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This collection contains research materials gathered during 2001 for an African American heritage exhibit put on by Rockbridge Historical Society. It also contains a booklet from 125th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, Va.

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Rockbridge Historical Society

This collection contains research materials gathered during 2001 for an African American heritage exhibit put on by Rockbridge Historical Society. It also contains a booklet from 125th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, Va.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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

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African Americans 1 Files Box 1, Folder 2

Folder includes four items: "A Community's Stories" article from The News Gazzette concerning an exhibit by the Rockbridge Historical Society; a list of 'Old Lexington Colored People,' from the early 1900's from Leslie Lyle Campbell's notes; information on a group of slaves from Caroline County (a page copied from Colonial Caroline: a History of Caroline County, Virginia); and a letter to Special Collections concerning information on the holdings of records concerning black history in Virginia. Nine Historic Lexington Foundation interviews done for Black History Month 2016, mostly by Beverly Tucker, one by Anne McClung, and one by W&L Students Caitlin Mullen '05 and Anne Young '04, with Lexington African Americans and one Buena Vista resident.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Lexington, Virginia, 1818/1991

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Brady Survey, 1947 RHS Collection #0078, Folder 2

This file consists of materials related to surveying done in the town of Lexington by Douglas E. Brady.

Fire, 1914 RHS Collection #0078, Folder 6

This file includes materials related to the fire that damaged Lexington in the early 20th century. Includes photographs, a newspaper article, and handwritten notes from Rockbridge Historical Society.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses, 1800/1995

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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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Campbell House, 1994 2 Item Box 1, Folder 25

This file consists of two copies of terms of agreement and contract for repair on the Campbell house located at 101 E. Washington Street, as well as a letter from Allie Waddell Hedges to the Rockbridge Historical Society concerning the same house.

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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.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Charles "Cookie" Walker scrapbook, 1948/1955

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This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Charles "Cookie" Walker documenting his athletic accomplishments while a student at both Lylburn Downing School in Lexington, Virginia and Virginia State College (now University) in Petersburg. The scrapbook includes rosters, school yells, photographs, clippings, certificates, and programs for sporting events. The scrapbook is dated 1948-1955. Due to its fragility, the scrapbook was disbound and pages foldered in effort to ensure its preservation. The front and back covers were kept.

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Charles "Cookie" Walker scrapbook, 1948/1955 1.5 Linear Feet 1 oversize flat box

Walker, Charles Henry, Jr., 1931-1964

This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Charles "Cookie" Walker documenting his athletic accomplishments while a student at both Lylburn Downing School in Lexington, Virginia and Virginia State College (now University) in Petersburg. The scrapbook includes rosters, school yells, photographs, clippings, certificates, and programs for sporting events. The scrapbook is dated 1948-1955. Due to its fragility, the scrapbook was disbound and pages foldered in effort to ensure its preservation. The front and back covers were kept.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Freeman Hansford Hart Collection, 1910/1965

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Correspondence 1940-1949 Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence related primarily to the publication of Hart's doctoral dissertation, 'The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution,' his gift of the work to friends, which are often personal letters, and reviews of this book. There is also correspondence concerning his speaking engagements, his review of a book by Foner,bibliographic information provided for Who's Who in America, a teaching position, a chapter Hart wrote for a book about several Presbetyrian chuches in the Valley of Virginia, his position in the Rockbridge Historical Society, and personal letters.

  1. Correspondence 1910-1965
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. Collection, 1860/1870

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This collection contains thirty-four digital files given to Washington and Lee University by Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. Thirty-two contain 2-D renderings of Lexington's Main Street in 1867, which he created for the 2013 Rockbridge Historical Society exhibit. Some of these files contain the renderings themselves while others are photographs of the exhibit panels, which are composed of a rendering accompanied by a historic or modern photograph of the same geographic location and some informational text. The other two digital files are the Town of Lexington census files from 1860 and 1870, which he transcribed, corrected, and annotated.

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Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. Collection, 1860/1870 34 Item

Dooley, Edwin L., Jr.

This collection contains thirty-four digital files given to Washington and Lee University by Edwin L. Dooley, Jr. Thirty-two contain 2-D renderings of Lexington's Main Street in 1867, which he created for the 2013 Rockbridge Historical Society exhibit. Some of these files contain the renderings themselves while others are photographs of the exhibit panels, which are composed of a rendering accompanied by a historic or modern photograph of the same geographic location and some informational text. The other two digital files are the Town of Lexington census files from 1860 and 1870, which he transcribed, corrected, and annotated.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rockbridge Historical Society collection of papers, 1939/1978

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This collection consists of various records, such as meeting minutes, papers, and other printed materials, such as newspaper clippings. It contains several copies of a pamphlet of bicentennial historic dates that occured within Rockbridge County and the city of Lexington as compiled by Rockbridge Historical Society president Charles W. Turner. It also contains a typescript from 1956, entitled The River Crossing at Jordan's Point by Martha Ann Spencer, that was submitted to the society's annual high school essay contest.

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Rockbridge Historical Society collection of papers, 1939/1978 0.06 Linear Feet 6 folders

Turner, Charles W. (Charles Wilson)

This collection consists of various records, such as meeting minutes, papers, and other printed materials, such as newspaper clippings. It contains several copies of a pamphlet of bicentennial historic dates that occured within Rockbridge County and the city of Lexington as compiled by Rockbridge Historical Society president Charles W. Turner. It also contains a typescript from 1956, entitled The River Crossing at Jordan's Point by Martha Ann Spencer, that was submitted to the society's annual high school essay contest.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Rockbridge Historical Society Map collection

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