Obituary, Fred Hadsel died April 11, 2010
1 Item
Obituary, H. Marshall Jarrett died February 9, 2010.
The Story of Lykes. A Publication of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.
1 Item
General
John Wall Lykes, WLU 1908, Joseph Taliaferro Lykes, WLU 1909, Joseph Taliaferro Lykes, Jr. WLU 1941
Obituary, Odell McGuire died December 8, 2008.
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Obituary, James C. Rogers dies at Hyattsville.
1 Item
Ranson survived the Civil War, became Staunton lawyer, leader.
1 Item
General
Thomas D. Ranson WLU 1859-60
Georgetown's Itinerant Preacher: The Reverend Jacob Ross. Paper presented at the 46th Annual DC History Conference, By L. Paige Whitley.
Whitley, Paige1 Item
2019-11-22Dr. Bean Reads Historical Paper on Rev. John Skinner. Rockbridge County News. November 15, 22, 29, 1945,
3 Item
Obituary, American Artist, Cy Twombly, Who Scribbled a Unique Path, by Randy Kennedy. The New-York Times.
1 Item
Boats Beyond the Blue Ridge. The North River Canal Connected Lexington with Richmond and Benefited the Economy of Rockbridge County, but It Did Not Prove Profitable to the the Investors Who Financed It. By Elizabeth Dabney Coleman and W. Edwin Hemphill. Virginia Cavalcade. Spring 1954
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Boogher Family, embracing the Lineage of 13 Boogher children, Descendants of Nicholas Boogher, and Rebecca Davis Coombs (Boogher). Compiled and written by Avery H. Reed.
Reed, Avery H.1 Item
Jamestowne Society, Application for Membership of John Williams Knapp, Descendant of Thomas Gouldman.
1 Files
Barclay family genealogy.
1 Files
Gilvin family genealogy.
1 Files
General
Material given by Tangy (Gilven) Hunter-Hughes, a descendant of Jack Gilvin.
Garland family genealogy.
1 Files
General
Geneaology of Garland family, who bought some of the Washington College slaves.
Harman family genealogy.
1 Files
General
Genealogy on the Harman family given by Carolyn Scott, which has photos and biographies of Charles Price Harman, born 1868, and his wife, Rachel Primrose "Rose" Cameron Sherrard, and their children.
Hayslett family genealogy. A partial history of one of the Hayslett families of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
1 Item
2007Lewis family genealogy.
1 Files
William Ramsey, 1727-1789, Early Resident of Pre-Revolutionary Virginia and His Descendants
1 Item
2017General
Compiled by Tom Vansant Jr., Descendant of Dr. James Ramsey, Son of William.
Anna Clarke Rogers. Mrs. James Webb Rogers, the former Anna Phillips Clarke.
1 Item
General
Descendant of Robert Alexander of Virginia, founder of the first classical school west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which became the present Washington and Lee University.
The California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Application for membership of Robert Swartout Stearns, descendant of Major John Hays.
1 Item
The Way We Were by Ann McClung. Beginning three centuries ago, Scotch-Irish settlers built log cabins throughout Rockbridge County. More than 400 of these earliest of American homes still stand--some abandoned, others partially renovated or restored.
McClung, Ann1 Files
2009-11-19Some Ferries Along the James River above Lynchburg, Virginia, by Doug MacLeod
MacLeod, Douglas1 Item
Big Spring Mill, Works Progress Administration Survey, 1930s and For Sale or Rent Advertisem*nt, Staunton Spectator, September 25, 1860.
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The Weekly Independent, Circulates in Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig and Rockbridge Counties. Clifton Forge, Virginia (Photocopy)
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1885-11-06Scope and Contents
Includes a Clifton Forge, Virginia, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, notepad, "We Welcome You to Our City and the Beautiful Mountains of Virginia." On the back is Mileage from Clifton Forge to places in Virginia and as far away as Washington, D.C. and Charleston, West Virginia.
Discover History & Heritage. Born on the Rails: The Roanoke and New River valleys boomed during the golden age of the railroad.
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2015-08Midland Trail, U. S. 60, is the "Main Street" of America, newspaper articles, 1927-1929, 1931, photocopies.
Fairfield High School, Commencement Exercise undated invitation and program
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1927Summer program, Theater at Lime kiln presents On Borrowed Time program, and a Season program
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1994, 1999, 2009William Drummond home, 1878 to 1896, North Main Street, Lexington, Virginia, which was also owned by the Beeton family and was the Beeton Laundry. Also photocopies of photos of the Beeton home on North Randolph Street, Lexington, Virginia.
1 Files
Obituary, Prof. Severn Duvall, Dies at 87. Reminiscenses by W&L Professors Jim Warren and George Ray.
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2012-03-02Obituary, Prof. of Art Emeritus I-Hsiung Ju Dies.
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2012-03-17Friends of W&L Library Honors Betty Kondayan. Receives John Rogers Award, along with Roger Mudd, a 1950 graduate of Washington and Lee.
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2012-05-12Gardening in Rockbridge County, A Monthly Guide, compiled by The Rockbridge Area Master Gardeners Association.
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2000-08First to Fight: The American Flyers of the Lafayette Escadrille in World War One, by Chalres Flood.
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Australia on the Brain: Mary Custis Lee in Hobart Town, January-March 1877, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, December 2010, by Susan Carter Vogel.
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History of the First Baptist Church, Buena Vista, Virginia.
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Long-Time Service by Brown Colbert Borgus Remembered During Ceremony at VMI.
1 Item
1999-02-04General
Borgus served VMI as head waiter during the period between September 1919 and September 1955. He then returned for a brief period between the months of September and December 1958.
No Stranger to Difficulty: The Friends and Relations of Patrick Henry, by Neal O. Hammon.
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Descendants of Adam Dickinson.
1 Item
Mason family genealogy and family group sheets.
2 Item
Griffin family genealogy.
1 Item
General
William Griffin born 1792 in Lexington, married November 21, 1816 in Virginia, and died 1850 in Boone County, Indiana.
Grigsby family genealogy.
22 Item
Scope and Contents
Includes "Genealogy of the Grigsby Family," In Part, Including a Brief Sketch of the Porter Family, Republished by Robert Hall McCormick, Chicago, 1905. Originally published by William H. Grigsby, December 1878.
Holder's of Tavern's Licenses 1778-1864.
1 Item
Self-Guided Tour of Washington and Lee
2006-03Information on Marriage registers of Freedmen, by Elaine C. Everly, The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration, Fall 1973.
Celebrating 100 Years of Collegiate Registrars, by Scott Dittman, W&L University Registrar.
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General
Washington and Lee first established a registrar's office in 1910.
Two In Family Fatally Injured by Lightning, Fairfield, Virginia.
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1969Hartless family
1 Item
Obituary, Joseph Goldsten died October 11, 2012.
Obituary, Charles F. "Chuck" Phillips, Jr. died October 17, 2012.
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The Jurisprudence of Slavery, Freedom, and Union at Washington College, 1831-1861, by Alfred L. Brophy.
2 Item
General
Also includes: Multivariate Analysis Through Narrative History, by Alfred L. Brophy. Reviewing G. Edward White, Law in American History: From the Colonial Years Through the Civil War.
Kerrs Creek Ruritan Club
2 Item
50th AnniversaryScope and Contents
Includes 50th Anniversary Program and a 50th Anniversary Booklet with history, which includes members. The Location of Organizational Meeting, December 1939, held at the Mayflower in Lexington, Virginia.
Catherine Von Bora Alphin Hotinger,1901-1980, biography and miscelleaneous papers.
36 Item
1916-1950Scope and Contents
Includes school reports, marriage certificate, wedding invitation, and letter from Harvey before marriage. Also included are photographs of Catherine Alphin, her parents and siblings.
Scope and Contents
A Lutheran Sunday School pin, which may have belonged to Catherine or one of her Alphin family members, while members at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Contains the photos photos as follows: Catherine in basem*nt at home with crocks, maybe about 1950; a photo of her, maybe on Mother's Day; and a group photo of her three high school aged children, Josephine, Harvey, and Harold.
Scope and Contents
Catherine's Mirror Drawing Experiment, August 19, 1925.
Supplemental Gasoline Ration and Mileage Ration, American & Reliance Scales receipt, and Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, Sales Permit No.2, Civilian Registrant, Coupon book, which belonged to Harvey Lewis Hotinger, and memorandum book with farming expenses
8 Item
1930-1944Scope and Contents
Also includes a Myers Hardware Company memorandum book, which has some of Harvey's farm expenses for 1943.
Scope and Contents
Inludes a pencil marked Southern States Cooperative.
Albert Orr McCown farm, Kerrs Creek, 8 miles west of Lexington. Insurance of buildings by son and daughter-in-law, Albert T. and Josephine H. McCown,1983-1984 and Excavation and Grading Contract between the heirs of Albert O. and Buddy Sibold, December 23, 1985.
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Sketch of Mary Rader farm near Buffalo Creek, by W. E. Tilson and Realtors.
1 Item
Margaret Virginia Tardy (Mrs. Albert Orr McCown) miscellaneous papers
8 Item
1913-1949Scope and Contents
Includes biography, a couple of letters , one of which is from her sister, Elizabeth, a letter that School Board has raised her salary, a post card from brother Thomas, wedding invitation announcing marriage to Albert Orr McCown, and an W&L Bicentennial Celebration invitation to her and Albert. Also included is insurance receipt, no date.
Voters, Rockbridge County, Applications and Registrations.
1 Files
1942-11-02-1965Scope and Contents
One item is a Guide Ballot for the General Election, November 2, 1942 for Senator from the 20th Senatorial District of Virginia. (Rockbridge County)
Other material, 1964-1965.
Rockbridge National Bank, Lexington, Virginia. miscellaneous
Hank, J. D., Jr.4 Item
Scope and Contents
Virginia Laws Made Plain: Laws and Legal Forms Prepared for the Use of Business Men, Farmers, and Mechanics, compiled by Hon. J. D. Hank, Jr.. Presented by Rockbridge National Bank, Lexington, Virginia, 1923.
Rockbridge National Bank, Lexington, Virginia, pocket calendar, 1930.
Rockbridge National Bank, Lexington, Virginia, check, Sept. 21, 1935, made to Fred Berry from Mrs. Harvey L. Hotinger.
The Rockbridge National Bank pencil showing the 1960 Football Schedule for the Lexington Scarlet Hurricanes.
F. W. Kling, Jr. material
Kling, F. W., Jr.3 Item
1968-11-20-1976-10-12PURINA CHOWS pencil, Farmer's Supply Co., Lexington, VA and Purina Mills, St. Louis, Missouri advertisem*nt for Ralston-Purina Cereals.
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Rockbridge Laundry and Dry Cleaners, Inc. Envelope
Rockbridge Farmer's Coop pocket ledger and money pouch.
2 Item
Highland Maple Syrup and Festival brochure
2 Item
1975-03Scope and Contents
Included is a Highland Maple Syrup advertisem*nt, no date.
Glen Maury Park, Buena Vista, Virginia brochure
1 Item
Lake Robertson, Rockbridge County, Virginia brochure
1 Item
Rockbridge Vineyard and Winery Company history, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Rouse, Parke Shepherd, III1 Item
1989General
Shep Rouse, W&L Graduate 1976.
Located one mile west of I-81/64 at the Raphine, Virginia interchange.
Franklin Gardner Walter, Civil War Diary and Letters , with sketch of his life
Carter, Erle PrestonWalter, Frederick WilliamWalter, Dorsey1 Item
1863-1865Scope and Contents
The War Time Diary, F. G. Walter (1837-1930), Co. A, 39th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army, June 20, 1863 - April 19, 1865.
Correspondence from Frank, to his brother and mother, December 10, 1862 - June 23, 1864. One letter from Frank's brother, Dorsey, to him, December 31, 1862.
University Cleaners calendar
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1978General
The University Cleaners businesses were located at 7 N. Jefferson Street, Lexington, VA and 2028 Magnolia Street, Buena Vista, VA.
Cleopatra Evalina "Party" Hughes journals on everyday life and families in the Upper Kerrs Creek Rockbridge County community
Hartbarger, Cleopatra Evalina "Party" HughesBennington, Stewart9 Files
1738-1971Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of photographs given by Stewart Bennington.
General
See also book, "Big Hill Road," in our Rare Book Collection (Rare F 232 .R68 B466 2022), which was compiled by Stewart Bennington and his sister Barbara Nunley.
Lewis and Clark Trail brochures
Kentucky Lewis and Clark Bicentennial CommissionUnited States. National Park ServiceLewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.Partial History of Fincastle Presbyterian Church
Holladay, James Minor, Rev.1 Item
1902General
Photocopy
The Healthy Baby. Commonwealth of Virginia. State Department of Health. Bureau of Child Health. Correspondence Course for Mothers, Part 2, Lesson IV.
Hotinger, Catherine Von Bora Alphin1 Files
1924-1929Scope and Contents
Included are twelve handwritten lessons done by Catherine (Mrs. Harvey Hotinger), concerning the health of a baby.
Scope and Contents
Includes brochure, The Public Nurse, Outline of Activities. Commonwealth of Virginia. State Board of Health. Bureau of Child Welfare. Richmond, 1924.
Virginia Health Bulletin
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1926-11-1929-02Scope and Contents
Bulletins include topics as follows: Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Typhoid Fever, Measles, Mouth Hygeine, Simple Goiter, The Concrete Slab Pit Privy, Rules and Regulations for the Protection of Public Health, and Why Have Diphtheria?
Jamestown, Virginia ephemera
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1907, 1961-1962, undatedScope and Contents
Jamestown, Virginia National Park Service brochure, reprinted 1961. King's Arms Tavern Midday Fare menu, April 1962 and flyer. Postcard with raised image of the States Exhibit Building, Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Miss Cottie Fitzpatrick of Kerrs Creek, Virginia
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2006Biographical / Historical
Cottie was the daughter of John D. Fitzpatrick, the original owner of the Fitzpatrick General Store at Kerrs Creek, Viginia.
Pat Robertson
McCurdy, John2006-02Biographical / Historical
The author, John McCurday was a classmate of Pat Robertson at Lexington High School in Lexington, Virginia. Pat became a TV evangelistic preacher. Pat also attended Washington and Lee University, and ran for President of the United States 1988 bid.
Moonshine
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2006Biographical / Historical
Incomplete paper tells stories about the Radford Arsenal in the early 1950s.
Lexington High School Reunion Celebration book and Post War Years Reunions miscellaneous
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July 29, 1978, June 11, 1983Scope and Contents
Reunion Celebration for Classes of 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949 booklet, which includes "What We've Been Doing" forms for each class. Gift of Lisa McCown
Scope and Contents
Includes programs and newspaper articles for the Lexington High School Post War Year Reunions, July 29, 1978, College Inn Restaurant and June 11, 1983, W&L Evans Dining Hall. Also includes a Memorial Address by George S. Lauderdale, and a Memorial Message prepared by Rev. Marion "Pat" Roberston, read by Edwin Adair. Both July 29, 1978. Gift of Lisa McCown
Miss Rockbridge County Pageant programs
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19664-H Club Year Book, Rockbridge County
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1982-1983General
Gifts of Lisa McCown
Scope and Contents
Includes early booklet, West Central 4-H Educational Center, Wirtz, Virginia 24184. undated [1970's-1980's]
Shenandoah Acres brochure, Stuarts Draft, Virginia
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undated, about 1970General
"America's Finest Inland Beach Resort." Gift of Lisa McCown
Ceremonies Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan, at the George C. Marshall Research Library, Lexington, VA.
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1967-10-24General
Gift of Lisa McCown
Dan River Mills: Dan River's Dictionary of Textile Terms
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1948General
Gift of Lisa McCown
Alexander-Withrow House papers and photos
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1974Central Hotel papers and photos
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1971, 1974Jacob Ruff house papers and photos
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1906-1974Dold house papers and photos
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1974Scope and Contents
Includes deed trace.
Paper, "Benjamin Darst, Sr., Architect-Builder of Lexington, His Family and Their Connections"
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1974-01-28Remarks at the Introduction of the W&L African American Historical Marker, "A Difficult, Yet Undeniable, History," by Pres. Ruscio.
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2016-04-05W&L Athletic Association Season Student Ticket Book, James S. McCown
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1940-1941Emergency landing of airplane at Rockbridge Baths
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1921-06-01Scope and Contents
A history of the Caproni biplane, which was forced to land on the John McCown farm, near Rokbridge Baths. This history was compiled by Leon Johenning, and includes notes about the recovery of the airplane's propeller.
Lincoln Society of Virginia material
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Scope and Contents
Includes some of Abraham Lincoln's quotes on slavery.
