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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Lexington Presbyterian Church Records, WLU Coll. 0327, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Church history
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
- Records
- Virginia -- Lexington
- Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
- Women in missionary work -- Societies, etc.
- Women in the Presbyterian Church
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Alexander, John, Major
- Barclay, John Woods
- Davidson, William
- Davis, Samuel H.
- Dunlap, A. McCorkle, Mrs.
- Dunlap, Henrietta C.
- Glasgow, Bettie S.
- Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
- Hill, William, D. D., Reverand
- Jackson, Mary Anna Morrison, 1831 - 1915
- Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
- Leyburn, John
- McCluer, Frank N., Mrs.
- Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910
- Paxton, Elizabeth White
- Perry, John
- Preston, Margaret Junkin
- Steele, Joseph Grigsby
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia -- Lexington
- Virginia -- Richmond
- Virginia -- Winchester
Container List
A one page history of the church's relation to Washington College.
A newsletter about the debt in the Presbyterian Church from the Woman's Missionary Union of East Hanover.
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.
1877 - Founding Year 1878 1879-1880 1880-1881 1881-1882
1883-1889 1909-1913
1914-1921 1921-1922
1902-1906 (in Ellen Glasgow's hand) 1913-1919
1914-1921 1921-1922
1906-1910 1910-1921
1922-1923 1923-1925 The books also contain the ninth and tenth annual yearbooks.
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1920-1921 - 2 copies 1921-1922
2928-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922