Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
204 W. Washington St.Lexington, VA 24450
specialcollections@wlu.edu
URL: http://library.wlu.edu/specialcollections
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], James Lewis Howe Papers, WLU Coll. 0080, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.
Scope and Contents
This collection is the papers of James Lewis Howe, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University (1894-1938), which include his correspondence concerning the Presbyterian Church and foreign missions, the Washington and Lee University chemistry department, the American Chemical Society and philately. Also included are notes on archival material for and typescript of Annals of Washington and Lee University during the administration of George Washington Custis Lee, 1871-1896 and addendum on the administration of William Lyne Wilson (1897-1900) and of acting president Henry St. George Tucker (1900-1901). There are also copies of chemistry class examinations from 1941-1950 and a course outline for chemistry class in 1949-1950.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- American Chemical Society
- Correspondence
- Lee, George Washington Custis
- Manuscripts
- Missionaries
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
- Research
- Science -- Curricula
- Tucker, Henry St. George, II
- Washington and Lee University. Department of Chemistry
- Wilson, William Lyne
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Howe, James Lewis
- Lee, George Washington Custis
- Tucker, Henry St. George, II
- Wilson, William Lyne
Container List
Mixed Materials [0000004033] box: 1 folder: 1
Control Folder
English.
Text [0000002720] box: 1 folder: 2
Correspondence
1885-1899English.
Text [0000002728] box: 1 folder: 3
Correspondence
1901-1903English.
Text [0000002726] box: 1 folder: 4
Correspondence
1904English.
Text [0000002730] box: 1 folder: 5
Correspondence
1905-01-1905-06English.
Text [0000002732] box: 1 folder: 6
Correspondence
1905-07-1905-12English.
Text [0000002734] box: 1 folder: 7
Correspondence
1906-01-1906-07English.
Text [0000002736] box: 1 folder: 8
Correspondence
1906-08-1906-09English.
Text [0000002737] box: 1 folder: 9
Correspondence
1906-10-1906-11English.
Text [0000002739] box: 1 folder: 10
Correspondence
1906-12English.
Text [0000002742] box: 1 folder: 11
Correspondence
1907-01English.
Text [0000002743] box: 1 folder: 12
Correspondence
1907-02-1907-04English.
Text [0000002745] box: 1 folder: 13
Correspondence
1907-05-1907-08English.
Text [0000002746] box: 1 folder: 14
Correspondence
1907-09-1907-10English.
Text [0000002750] box: 1 folder: 16
Correspondence
1907English.
Text [0000002752] box: 1 folder: 17
Correspondence
1908-01English.
Text [0000002753] box: 1 folder: 18
Correspondence
1908-02English.
Text [0000002755] box: 1 folder: 19
Correspondence
1908-03English.
Text [0000002757] box: 1 folder: 20
Correspondence
1908-04English.
Text [0000002762] box: 2 folder: 21
Correspondence
1908-05English.
Text [0000002761] box: 2 folder: 22
Correspondence
1908-06English.
Text [0000002763] box: 2 folder: 23
Correspondence
1908-07English.
Text [0000002764] box: 2 folder: 24
Correspondence
1908-08English.
Text [0000002765] box: 2 folder: 25
Correspondence
1908-09English.
Text [0000002767] box: 2 folder: 26
Correspondence
1908-10-01-1908-10-15English.
Text [0000002768] box: 2 folder: 27
Correspondence
1908-10-16-1908-10-31English.
Text [0000002770] box: 2 folder: 28
Correspondence
1908-11-01-1908-11-13English.
Text [0000002771] box: 2 folder: 29
Correspondence
1908-11-13-1908-11-30English.
Text [0000002772] box: 2 folder: 30
Correspondence
1908-12English.
Text [0000002780] box: 2 folder: 31
Correspondence
1909-01-1909-02English.
Text [0000002776] box: 2 folder: 33
Correspondence
1909-04English.
Text [0000002777] box: 2 folder: 34
Correspondence
1909-05-1909-06English.
Text [0000002779] box: 2 folder: 35
Correspondence
1909-07-1909-08English.
Text [0000002781] box: 2 folder: 36
Correspondence
1909-09English.
Text [0000002783] box: 2 folder: 37
Correspondence
1909-10English.
Text [0000002784] box: 2 folder: 38
Correspondence
1909-11-1909-12English.
Text [0000002785] box: 2 folder: 39
Correspondence
1910-01-1910-02English.
Text [0000002786] box: 2 folder: 40
Correspondence
1910-03-1910-04English.
Text [0000002787] box: 3 folder: 41
Correspondence
1910-05-1910-08English.
Text [0000002788] box: 3 folder: 42
Correspondence
1910-09English.
Text [0000002789] box: 3 folder: 43
Correspondence
1910-10English.
Text [0000002792] box: 3 folder: 45
Correspondence
1911-01-1911-03English.
Text [0000002791] box: 3 folder: 44
Correspondence
1910-11-1910-12English.
Text [0000002793] box: 3 folder: 46
Correspondence
1911-04-1911-05English.
Text [0000002794] box: 3 folder: 47
Correspondence
1911-06-1911-07English.
Text [0000002796] box: 3 folder: 48
Correspondence
1911-08English.
Text [0000002797] box: 3 folder: 49
Correspondence
1911-09-1911-10English.
Text [0000002798] box: 3 folder: 50
Correspondence
1911-11-1911-12English.
Text [0000002800] box: 3 folder: 51
Correspondence
1912-01-1912-03English.
Text [0000002801] box: 3 folder: 52
Correspondence
1912-04-1912-06English.
Text [0000002802] box: 3 folder: 53
Correspondence
1912-07-1912-09English.
Text [0000002803] box: 3 folder: 54
Correspondence
1912-10-1912-12English.
Text [0000002804] box: 3 folder: 55
Correspondence
1913-01-1913-02English.
Text [0000002805] box: 3 folder: 56
Correspondence
1913-02-25-1913-03English.
Text [0000002806] box: 3 folder: 57
Correspondence
1913-04English.
Text [0000002807] box: 3 folder: 58
Correspondence
1913-05-1913-06English.
Text [0000002808] box: 3 folder: 59
Correspondence
1913-08-1913-12English.
Text [0000002810] box: 3 folder: 60
Correspondence
1914-01-1914-03English.
Text [0000002811] box: 4 folder: 61
Correspondence
1914-04-1914-06-21English.
Text [0000002812] box: 4 folder: 62
Correspondence
1914-06-22-1914-06-28English.
Text [0000002814] box: 4 folder: 63
Correspondence
1914-07-1914-12English.
Text [0000002815] box: 4 folder: 64
Correspondence
1915-01-1915-07English.
Text [0000002817] box: 4 folder: 65
Correspondence
1915-08-1915-12English.
Text [0000002818] box: 4 folder: 66
Correspondence
1916-01-1916-05English.
Text [0000002819] box: 4 folder: 68
Correspondence
1917-01-1917-04English.
Text [0000002820] box: 4 folder: 69
Correspondence
1917-05-1917-12English.
Text [0000002821] box: 4 folder: 70
Correspondence
1918-1919English.
Text [0000002822] box: 4 folder: 73
Correspondence
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002823] box: 4 folder: 74
Correspondence- Missionary Movement
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002824] box: 4 folder: 75
Correspondence- Stamp Collecting
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002825] box: 4 folder: 76
Correspondence
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002826] box: 4 folder: 77
Correspondence
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002827] box: 4 folder: 78
Miscellaneous
1887-1914English.
Text [0000002828] box: 4 folder: 79
Miscellaneous
No DateEnglish.
Text [0000002829] box: 4 folder: 80
Miscellaneous
No DateEnglish.
Text [0000002830] box: 4 folder: 71
Correspondence
1920English.
Text [0000002831] box: 4 folder: 71A
Correspondence
CorrespondenceEnglish.
Text [0000002832] box: 4 folder: 72
Correspondence
No DateEnglish.
Text [0000002833] box: 5 folder: 81
Bills and Receipts
1895-1896English.
Text [0000002834] box: 5 folder: 82
Bills and Receipts
1897-1898English.
Text [0000002835] box: 5 folder: 83
Bills and Receipts
1899-1900English.
Text [0000002837] box: 5 folder: 84
Bills and Receipts
1901-1902-09-25English.
Text [0000002838] box: 5 folder: 85
Bills and Receipts
1902-09-30-1903-09-15English.
Text [0000002840] box: 5 folder: 86
Bills and Receipts
1903-09-23-1904English.
Text [0000002841] box: 5 folder: 87
Bills and Receipts
1905-1908English.
Text [0000002843] box: 5 folder: 88
Bills and Receipts
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002844] box: 5 folder: 89
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1876-1902English.
Text [0000002845] box: 5 folder: 90
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1904-1907-05English.
Text [0000002846] box: 5 folder: 91
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1907-07-1908-09English.
Text [0000002847] box: 5 folder: 92
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1908-10-1909-02English.
Text [0000002849] box: 5 folder: 93
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1908-03-1909English.
Text [0000002852] box: 5 folder: 94
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1910-1912-05English.
Text [0000002855] box: 5 folder: 95
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1912-05English.
Text [0000002858] box: 5 folder: 96
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1912-05English.
Text [0000002859] box: 5 folder: 96
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1912-05English.
Text [0000002864] box: 5 folder: 97
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
1912-05English.
Text [0000002866] box: 5 folder: 98
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002868] box: 5 folder: 99
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002870] box: 5 folder: 100
Printed Matter: Church Related Materials
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002876] box: 6 folder: 101
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1892-1903English.
Text [0000002878] box: 6 folder: 102
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1904-1905-03-01English.
Text [0000002879] box: 6 folder: 103
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1905-03English.
Text [0000002880] box: 6 folder: 104
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1905-05-1908English.
Text [0000002881] box: 6 folder: 105
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1909-1911-09English.
Text [0000002883] box: 6 folder: 106
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1911-10-1911-12English.
Text [0000002885] box: 6 folder: 107
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1912-01-1912-03-13English.
Text [0000002886] box: 6 folder: 108
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1912-03-13-1912-05English.
Text [0000002887] box: 6 folder: 109
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1912-09-1915English.
Text [0000002889] box: 6 folder: 110
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-02-1917-04-09English.
Text [0000002890] box: 6 folder: 111
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-09English.
Text [0000002893] box: 6 folder: 112
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-09-1917-04-10English.
Text [0000002895] box: 6 folder: 113
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-11English.
Text [0000002896] box: 6 folder: 114
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-12English.
Text [0000002898] box: 6 folder: 115
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-13-1917-04-15English.
Text [0000002899] box: 6 folder: 116
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-16-1917-04-17English.
Text [0000002902] box: 6 folder: 117
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
1917-04-18- 1917-06 and No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002903] box: 6 folder: 118
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002904] box: 6 folder: 119
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002905] box: 6 folder: 120
Printed Matter- Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002906] box: 6 folder: 121
Printed Matter- Miscellaneous
1904-1907-01English.
Text [0000002910] box: 6 folder: 122
Printed Matter- Miscellaneous
1907-02-1913-03English.
Text [0000002911] box: 6 folder: 123
Printed Matter- Miscellaneous
1913-06-1916English.
Text [0000002912] box: 6 folder: 124
Printed Matter- Miscellaneous
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002917] box: 7 folder: 125
Church Related Material
1904-1907English.
Text [0000002918] box: 7 folder: 126
Church Related Material
1908-1909-03English.
Text [0000002916] box: 7 folder: 127
Church Related Material
1909-04-1912English.
Text [0000002919] box: 7 folder: 128
Church Related Material
1913-1914English.
Text [0000002922] box: 7 folder: 129
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002923] box: 7 folder: 130
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002924] box: 7 folder: 131
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002925] box: 7 folder: 132
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002927] box: 7 folder: 133
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002928] box: 7 folder: 134
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002929] box: 7 folder: 135
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002932] box: 7 folder: 136
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002931] box: 7 folder: 135
Church Related Material
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002933] box: 7 folder: 137
Classroom and Scientific
1901-1907-03English.
Text [0000002934] box: 7 folder: 138
Classroom and Scientific
1907-12English.
Text [0000002935] box: 7 folder: 139
Classroom and Scientific
1908English.
Text [0000002936] box: 7 folder: 140
Classroom and Scientific
1909English.
Text [0000002938] box: 7 folder: 141
Classroom and Scientific
1910-1911English.
Text [0000002939] box: 7 folder: 142
Classroom and Scientific
1912-03-26English.
Text [0000002940] box: 7 folder: 143
Classroom and Scientific
1912-03-26-1912-06-06English.
Text [0000002941] box: 7 folder: 144
Classroom and Scientific
1912-06-06-1912-12English.
Text [0000002942] box: 7 folder: 145
Classroom and Scientific
1913English.
Text [0000002943] box: 7 folder: 146
Classroom and Scientific
1914-03-1914-11-20English.
Text [0000002944] box: 7 folder: 147
Classroom and Scientific
1914-11-25-1915-01English.
Text [0000002947] box: 7 folder: 148
Classroom and Scientific
1915-02-1915-12English.
Text [0000002948] box: 7 folder: 149
Classroom and Scientific
1916-1917English.
Text [0000002949] box: 7 folder: 150
Classroom and Scientific
1918-1920English.
Text [0000002953] box: 8 folder: 151
Classroom and Scientific
1921English.
Text [0000002952] box: 8 folder: 152
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002954] box: 8 folder: 153
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002956] box: 8 folder: 154
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002957] box: 8 folder: 155
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002959] box: 8 folder: 156
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002960] box: 8 folder: 157
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002961] box: 8 folder: 158
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002963] box: 8 folder: 159
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002964] box: 8 folder: 160
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002965] box: 8 folder: 161
Classroom and Scientific
No datesEnglish.
Text [0000002967] box: 8 folder: 162
Classroom and Scientific
No datesEnglish.
Text [0000002968] box: 8 folder: 163
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002969] box: 8 folder: 164
Classroom and Scientific
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002970] box: 8 folder: 164A
Chemistry Class: Final Exams and Class Outlines
1941-1950English.
Text [0000002971] box: 8 folder: 164B
Chemistry Class: Final Exams and Class Outlines
1946-1950English.
Text [0000002973] box: 8 folder: 165A
Historical Research- Attendants of Washington College under General Lee
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002974] box: 8 folder: 165B
Historical Research- Attendants of Washington College under General Lee
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000002975] box: 8 folder: 166
Historical Research- Attendants of Washington College under General Lee
English.
Text [0000002978] box: 8 folder: 167
Historical Research- Attendants of Washington College under General Lee
English.
Text [0000002999] box: 8 folder: 168
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Excerpts from Publications
English.
Text [0000002980] box: 8 folder: 169
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Enrollment
English.
Text [0000002995] box: 8 folder: 170
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Enrollment
English.
Text [0000002982] box: 9 folder: 171
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Enrollment
English.
Text [0000002984] box: 9 folder: 172
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Enrollment
English.
Text [0000002985] box: 9 folder: 173
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Faculty Minutes
1870-1872-05-28English.
Text [0000002986] box: 9 folder: 174
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Faculty Minutes
1872-06-1874-06English.
Text [0000002987] box: 9 folder: 175
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Faculty Minutes
1875-1889English.
Text [0000002988] box: 9 folder: 176
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Faculty Minutes
1890-1901English.
Text [0000002989] box: 9 folder: 177
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Executive Committee
English.
Text [0000002990] box: 9 folder: 178
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: From Catalogs
English.
Text [0000002994] box: 9 folder: 179
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Southern Collegian
1868-1874English.
Text [0000002996] box: 9 folder: 180
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Southern Collegian
1874-1928English.
Text [0000002997] box: 9 folder: 181
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Board of Trustees
1840-1871English.
Text [0000002998] box: 9 folder: 182
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Board of Trustees
1872-1889English.
Text [0000003011] box: 10 folder: 183
Historical Research- For G.W.C. Lee Study: Board of Trustees
1890-1900; No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000003012] box: 10 folder: 184
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Miscellaneous
1854-1878English.
Text [0000003013] box: 10 folder: 185
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Miscellaneous
1879-1897English.
Text [0000003014] box: 10 folder: 186
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Miscellaneous Notes from Reminiscences
No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000003015] box: 10 folder: 187
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Attendance, Leave of Absence. Vestry Records, Faculty Meetings, etc.
English.
Text [0000003016] box: 10 folder: 187
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Attendance, Leave of Absence. Vestry Records, Faculty Meetings, etc.
English.
Text [0000003017] box: 10 folder: 188
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Faculty Changes and Subjects
English.
Text [0000003018] box: 10 folder: 189
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Chapel Building
English.
Text [0000003020] box: 10 folder: 190
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: President's Reports
1871-1876English.
Text [0000003021] box: 10 folder: 191
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: President's Reports
1877-1881English.
Text [0000003022] box: 10 folder: 192
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: President's Reports
1882-1884English.
Text [0000003023] box: 10 folder: 193
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: President's Reports
1885-1887English.
Text [0000003025] box: 10 folder: 194
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: President's Reports
1888-1891English.
Text [0000003026] box: 10 folder: 195
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: President's Reports
1892-1896English.
Mixed Materials [0000003027] box: 10 folder: 196
Historical Research- For G.W.C Lee Study: Photographs
English.
Text [0000003028] box: 10 folder: 197
Historical Research- Archival Copies
1796-1872English.
Text [0000003029] box: 10 folder: 198
Historical Research- Bills and Receipts
English.
Text [0000003030] box: 10 folder: 199
Historical Research- Excerpts from Publications
1879-1942; No DatesEnglish.
Text [0000003031] box: 10 folder: 200
Historical Research- Printed Matter
English.
Text [0000003034] box: 10 folder: 201
Historical Research- Rockbridge
English.
Mixed Materials [0000003035] box: 10 folder: 202
Historical Research- Miscellaneous
1866-1891English.
Mixed Materials [0000003036] box: 11 folder: 203
Historical Research- Miscellaneous
1913-1940; No DateEnglish.
Mixed Materials [0000003038] box: 11 folder: 204
Historical Research- Miscellaneous Correspondence
1841-1865English.
Text [0000003039] box: 11 folder: 205
Historical Research- Miscellaneous Correspondence
1866-1882English.
Text [0000006712] box: 11 folder: 206
Historical Research- Miscellaneous Correspondence
1884-1885English.
Text [0000003041] box: 11 folder: 207
Historical Research- Miscellaneous Correspondence
1886-1888English.
Text [0000003042] box: 11 folder: 208
Historical Research- Miscellaneous Correspondence
1890-1899English.
Text [0000003043] box: 11 folder: 208
Historical Research- Miscellaneous Correspondence
1890-1899English.
Text [0000003045] box: 11 folder: 209
Historical Research- Howe's Correspondence
1937-1938English.
Text [0000003046] box: 11 folder: 210
Historical Research- Howe's Correspondence
1939English.
Text [0000003047] box: 11 folder: 211
Historical Research- Howe's Correspondence
1940-1941English.
Text [0000003048] box: 11 folder: 212
Historical Research- Howe's Correspondence
1942-1951English.
Text [0000003049] box: 11 folder: 212
Historical Research- Howe's Correspondence
1942-1951English.
Text [0000003050] box: 11 folder: 213
Letters giving recollections of G.W.C. Lee- copied from 209-211
English.