Lexington Presbyterian Church collectionWLU.Coll.0327Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and ArchivesThis finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-20 07:01:53 -0500.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Lexington Presbyterian Church collection Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson Preston, Margaret Junkin Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.) WLU.Coll.0327 /repositories/5/resources/197 1 Linear Feet Inclusive 1824-1927 Bulk 1877-1927 English Conditions Governing Use

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Blue sheet prepared by Susan L. Gates (2/8/89)Addtional blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (9/10/08)

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church, and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.

 Women in the Presbyterian Church Records Women in missionary work -- Societies, etc. Church history Virginia -- Lexington Washington College (Lexington, Va.) Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Connection Between Washington College and the Presbytery/repositories/5/archival_objects/4531Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)1 ItemEnglish11Scope and Contents

A one page history of the church's relation to Washington College.

Washington College (Lexington, Va.)Meeting Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/45321 Item1824-03-27English11Corporate minutesLexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)Leyburn, JohnAlexander, John, MajorPerry, JohnDavidson, William"An Appeal to the Women of the Southern Presbyterian Church"/repositories/5/archival_objects/45331 Item1908-07-07English12Scope and Contents

A newsletter about the debt in the Presbyterian Church from the Woman's Missionary Union of East Hanover.

Virginia -- Richmond"Controversy between the Rev. William Hill, D. D.: Late Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation of Winchester, Va. and Certain Members of the Session"/repositories/5/archival_objects/4535Davis, Samuel H.1 Item1825English13PamphletsVirginia -- WinchesterHill, William, D. D., ReverandLexington Gazette Reprint of 1845 Article About Dedication of the New Presbyterian Church/repositories/5/archival_objects/4534Lexington Gazette. (Lexington, Va.)1 Item1945English14NewspapersLexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)Letter from Trustees of Lexington Cemetery to Mrs. T. J. Jackson/repositories/5/archival_objects/4536Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910Barclay, John WoodsSteele, Joseph GrigsbyJackson, Mary Anna Morrison, 1831 - 19151 Item1880-09-11English15data_value_missing_861bfea7bbf9d8afe93e1c4f32416835Scope and Contents

This file consists of a letter to Mrs. T. J. Jackson from the Lexington Cemetery Trustees offering 'a suitable place for the erection of a monument to your lamented husband ... the circle situated in the center of the cemetary.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)Minute Books of Women's Foreign Missionary Association/repositories/5/archival_objects/4537Preston, Margaret Junkin5 Item1877-1882English16Scope and Contents

  • 1877 - Founding Year
  • 1878
  • 1879-1880
  • 1880-1881
  • 1881-1882

Corporate minutesMinute Books of Women's Foreign Missionary Association/repositories/5/archival_objects/4538Preston, Margaret Junkin2 Item1883-1913English1Scope and Contents

  • 1883-1889
  • 1909-1913

Minute Books of Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Association/repositories/5/archival_objects/4539Preston, Margaret Junkin2 Item1914-1922English1Scope and Contents

  • 1914-1921
  • 1921-1922

Corporate minutesMinutes of the Girls Missionary Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/45401 Item1899-1901English1Corporate minutesBook of the Boys Missionary Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/4541Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)1 Item1884-1889English1Minute Books of the Young Ladies Missionary Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/4542Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson2 Item1902-1919English1Scope and Contents

  • 1902-1906 (in Ellen Glasgow's hand)
  • 1913-1919

Corporate minutesMinute Book of Young Women's Missionary Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/4543Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)2 Item1914-1922English2Scope and Contents

  • 1914-1921
  • 1921-1922

Corporate minutesGlasgow, Bettie S.Paxton, Elizabeth WhiteDunlap, A. McCorkle, Mrs.Secretary's Books of Young Ladies Missionary Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/4544Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)2 Item1906-1922English2Scope and Contents

  • 1906-1910
  • 1910-1921

Business Women's Circle Secretary's Books/repositories/5/archival_objects/4545Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)2 Item1922-1925English2Scope and Contents

  • 1922-1923
  • 1923-1925
The books also contain the ninth and tenth annual yearbooks.

Programs of Young Woman's Missionary Society/repositories/5/archival_objects/4546Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)9 Item1907-1922English21Scope and Contents

  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909
  • 1910
  • 1911
  • 1912
  • 1920-1921 - 2 copies
  • 1921-1922

ProgramsDunlap, Henrietta C.Programs of Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Association/repositories/5/archival_objects/4547Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)4 Item1918-1922English22Scope and Contents

  • 2928-1919
  • 1919-1920
  • 1920-1921
  • 1921-1922

ProgramsAuxiliary and Executive Committee Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/4548Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)McCluer, Frank N., Mrs.1 Item1926-1927English2