Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Hugh A. Moran papers
Moran, Hugh A. (Hugh Anderson)
WLU.Coll.0005
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0.5 Linear Feet
one document case
1865-1879
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hugh Anderson Moran, 1947.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of mainly correspondence, including letters between Hugh A. Moran and his family while he was a student at Washington College. There are letters from fellow students, college programs, and a class notebook. Correspondents include Alston Boyd, Lucius Desha, Jr., William Preston Johnston, Mildred Lee, Nathan M. Moran and Mrs. Nathan M. Moran. The collection also includes Moran's grade report for the half session ending February 1868 as well as ephemeral items associated with the Graham Philanthropic Society, both the Washington and Phoenix Literary Societies, The Ugly Club, the Southern Collegian, and commencement. The letters to Moran from his mother describe everyday life on a Kentucky farm. The collection ranges in date from 1865-1879.
Biographical Note
Hugh Anderson Moran lived at Stone Hedge, Silver Creek, Madison County, Kentucky. He was a student was Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, from 1867-1869. After graduation, he returned to Silver Creek where he engaged in farming and the breeding of cattle. He was a member of the Board of Visitors of the Kentucky A. and M. College and was a professor at Central University. He died in 1886.
College Students
Correspondence
Printed ephemera
Boyd, Alston
Johnston, William Preston
Moran, Nathan M.
Desha, Lucius, Jr.
Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206181865 January 1111Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206191866 December-1867 February12Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206201867 March-April13Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206211867 May-June, September14Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206221867 October-December15Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206231868 January-April16Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206241868 May17Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206251868 June-September18Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206261868 October-November19Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206271868 December110Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206281869 January111Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206291869 February112Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206301869 March113Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206311869 April114Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206321869 May115Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206331869 June116Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206341869 July-December117Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206351870 January-May118Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206361870 July-August119Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206371870 October-December120Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206381871121Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206391872-1873122Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206401876-1877, 1879123Correspondence and Ephemera/repositories/5/archival_objects/206411868, 1870, undated124Moral Philosophy notebook/repositories/5/archival_objects/206421868-1869125Notebook from a course given by William Preston Johnston/repositories/5/archival_objects/206431869126