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This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Virginius Groner Papers, WLU Coll. 0062, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Duncan G. Groner in 1974.

Scope and Contents

Nineteen photocopied pages of newspaper clippings, concerning General Virginus D. Groner, including articles from a variety of papers dealing with the struggle between General Groner and other Republicans including General William Mahone for control of the Republican Party in Virginia at the 1888 national nominating convention in Chicago and during the gubernatorial campaign of 1889 in Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
• Governors
• Governors -- Election
• Groner, Duncan G.
• Mahone, William
• Presidential candidates
• Presidents
• Republican Party (U.S.: 1854-)