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Ollinger Crenshaw PapersWLU.Coll.0262A


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0262A
Title
Ollinger Crenshaw Papers 1770-1970
Quantity
2 Linear Feet
Language
English .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Crenshaw, Ollinger

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Baxter, George Addison
  • Botts, John Minor
  • Campbell, Henry Donald
  • Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle)
  • Crenshaw, Albert B.
  • Crenshaw, Ollinger
  • Davis, John W. (John William)
  • Glasgow, William Anderson
  • Junkin, George, 1798 - 1868
  • LaVarre, C. A.
  • Letcher, John
  • Peabody, George, 1795-1869
  • Preston, Maynard Junkin
  • Reid, Samuel McDowell
  • Ruffner, William Henry
  • Smith, Henry Louis
  • Tucker, Henry St. George, I
  • Tucker, John Randolph
  • Wilson, William Lyne
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Container List

Box 1
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1-61A 1946-1969English.
Scope and Contents

Articles; correspondence 1946-1969; selected notes Gen. Lee's College; misc. papers; photos

  • Text box: 1 folder: 1
    Control Folder
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 2
    Albert B. Crenshaw
    1957-1962English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 3
    Articles by Crewshaw
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 4
    John Minor Botts of Virginia
    1860-1861English.
    Scope and Contents

    Speech titled "A Virginia - Why in the Crisis." Discusses the life of John Minor Botts, a "black" Republican, and his attempted presidential campaign.

  • Text box: 1 folder: 5
    Articles by Crenshaw
    1848-1861English.
    Scope and Contents

    Paper read at Blacksburg, VA, 1937, USSA - "A Virginia College in the Fifties" - Washington College. This paper covers a 1859 financial report and the changes in name at Washington College.

  • Text box: 1 folder: 6
    Articles by Crenshaw
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Speech - "Writing a University's History: Some Episodes and a Few Problems"

  • Text box: 1 folder: 7
    Articles Collected (Presbyterians)
    1957-02-16English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 8
    Correspondence regarding his history
    1946-1949English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 9
    Correspondence to John W. Davis
    1948English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 10
    Correspondence regarding his book
    1969English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 11
    Correspondence regarding his book
    1969English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 12
    Correspondence Misc.
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 13
    Exams
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 14
    Leyburn Plan
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 15
    Notes for Chapter 14
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Of General Lee's College (rough draft)

  • Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 16
    Photographs
    1904-1970English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 17
    Ring-Tum Phi
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Quarrels with...

  • Text box: 1 folder: 18
    Regarding publication of his history
    1948English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 19
    Representative of Financial Papers
    1950-1960English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 20
    Research Materials
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lee letters in L of Congress

  • Text box: 1 folder: 21
    Notes on Hairston Family
    1870English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 22
    Related with for his General Lee's College
    1799-1830English.
    Scope and Contents

    George Baxter: 1799-1830

  • Text box: 1 folder: 23
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - B
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Blacks in Lexington; Colonization Free Negroes

  • Text box: 1 folder: 24
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - B
    1900English.
    Scope and Contents

    Vincent L. Bradford

  • Text box: 1 folder: 25
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - C
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    William Alexander Caruthers

  • Text box: 1 folder: 26
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - C
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Washington and Lee in the 1920s including Chapel Controversy

  • Text box: 1 folder: 27
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - C
    1912English.
    Scope and Contents

    Chinese Students and Washington and Lee

  • Text box: 1 folder: 28
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - E
    1841-1842English.
    Scope and Contents

    An undated MS outlining what happened in 1841 - 1842

  • Text box: 1 folder: 29
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - F
    1870-1880English.
    Scope and Contents

    Faculty

  • Text box: 1 folder: 30
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - G
    1873-1890English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 31
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - H
    1865-1900English.
    Scope and Contents

    Hunter's Raid and Restitution

  • Text box: 1 folder: 33
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - J
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Notes on journalism (scholarships proposed)

  • Text box: 1 folder: 34
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    1900-1917English.
    Scope and Contents

    Law school and faculty

  • Text box: 1 folder: 35
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    1917English.
    Scope and Contents

    Law school

  • Text box: 1 folder: 36
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    "General Lee's Boyo" students

  • Text box: 1 folder: 37
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lee's death

  • Text box: 1 folder: 38
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1865-1868English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lee as person meeting with Grant

  • Text box: 1 folder: 39
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1865-1870English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lee House and other buildings and beyond

  • Text box: 1 folder: 40
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1865-1870English.
    Scope and Contents

    R E Lee Personal

  • Text box: 1 folder: 41
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    1930English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 42
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - 42
    1865-1870English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lexington during Reconstruction

  • Text box: 1 folder: 43
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    1870-1871English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 44
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1880-1889English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lexington in the 1880s

  • Text box: 1 folder: 45
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    1813-1848English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 46
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1861English.
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence between John Letcher, James B. Dorman, J.D. Davidson - typed transcipts

  • Text box: 1 folder: 47
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning library

  • Text box: 1 folder: 48
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - L
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Matthew Fontaine Maury - Days in Lexington

  • Text box: 1 folder: 49
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - M
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 50
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - M
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 51
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - P
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning Peabody fund

  • Text box: 1 folder: 52
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - P
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes files concerning photostats

  • Text box: 1 folder: 53
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - P
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 54
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - R
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning Henry Ruffner at Washington College

  • Text box: 1 folder: 55
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - R
    Ruffner, William HenryEnglish.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 56
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - S
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Salaries

  • Text box: 1 folder: 57
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - S
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning student living conditions, costs, and fees

  • Text box: 1 folder: 58
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - T
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning Timber Ridge

  • Text box: 1 folder: 59
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - T
    1897-1901English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 60
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - T
    1807-1887English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 61
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1865-1870English.
    Scope and Contents

    Notes on the ugly club

  • Text box: 1 folder: 61A
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes files regarding death and ser Lee's servant Thomas Hughes and other items reffering to blacks

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Box 2
Text box: 2 folder: 62-95 1749-1954English.
Scope and Contents

Selected notes Gen. Lee's College; Glawgow papers 1870's and 1880's and other manuscript collections; correspondence re Lee Chapel; controversy

  • Text box: 2 folder: 62
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - V
    English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: 63
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - V
    English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 64
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - W
    1749-1776English.
    Scope and Contents

    Notes on the Origin of Washington and Lee

  • Text box: 2 folder: 65
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1774-1779English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 66
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" -W
    1897-1900English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 67
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - W
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning Wilson's memorial fund

  • Text box: 2 folder: 68
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College"
    1899-1920English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 69
    Selected notes from his "General Lee's College" - W
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Files concerning Washington and Lee during World War One

  • Text box: 2 folder: 70
    Glasgow family papers
    1872-18761879-1880English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 71
    Letters to Francis T. Glasgow
    1883English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 72
    Letters to William A. Glasgow
    1884-03-1884-04English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 73
    Letters to William A. Glasgow
    1884-05-1884-08English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 74
    Letters to William A. Glasgow
    1884-09-1884-12English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 75
    Letters to the law firm "Glasgow and Glasgow"
    1885-01-1885-06English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 76
    Letters to the law firm "Glasgow and Glasgow"
    1885-01-1885-06English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 77
    Letters to the law firm "Glasgow and Glasgow"
    1885English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 78
    Letters to the law firm "Glasgow and Glasgow"
    1885-07-1885-12English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 79
    Letters to the law form "Glasgow and Glasgow"
    1885-07-1885-12English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 80
    Glasgow Collection
    1886-1890English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 81
    Letter, Patrick H. Aylett to Philip Fitzhugh
    1842-11-05English.
    Scope and Contents

    Contains letter from Patrick Henry Aylett, a student at Washington and Lee University, to his cousin Philip Fitzhugh.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 82
    Henry Donald Campbell Papers
    1933English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 83
    Henry Donald Campbell Papers
    1933English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 84
    Letter, John Lyle Campbell to Rev. William T. Price
    1878-08-03English.
    Scope and Contents

    A letter from John Lyle Campbell to Reverend William T. Price concerning remarks comparing Washington and Lee University and Hampden Sidney College.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 85
    Fortnightly Club
    1930-1954English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder contains vouchers for the Fortnightly Club; a list of proposed members; a collection of letters about membership; and the constitution and by-laws of the club.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 86
    George Johnston Papers
    1795-1800English.
    Scope and Contents

    Papers of or about George Johnston, grad of Liberty Hall Academy, including: an agreement between Johnston and John Chapman, regarding a teaching position in Montgomery County; receipts related to Johnston's tuition; a letter from James Mayers; a note regarding the completion of Johnston's education; a letter from Johnston to his father about his career; and a letter from Johston to his brother concerning being snowed in. Archives of LHA by Miss Ann Johnston.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 87
    "Washington College During the Administration of George Junkin" by Claude LaVarre
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    A report on Washington and Lee University during the administration of George Junkin (1848-1865), who succeeded Henry Ruffner. The report discusses how the college was practically closed during the Civil War, and changes put into place by Junkin, including Sunday services and the abolishment of the ten day Christmas break.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 88
    George Peabody Papers
    1869-1882English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 89
    Samuel McDowell Reid Papers
    1822-1857English.
  • Text box: 2 folder: 90
    Henry Louis Smith Fundraising Efforts for Endowment
    1918-1921English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder includes Henry Louis Smith fund raising efforts for endowment at Washington and Lee and Confederate Veterans material, including letters from law offices, a life insurance company, and the United Confederate Veterans headquarters.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 91
    Henry Louis Smith Fundraising Efforts for Endowment
    1922-1924English.
    Scope and Contents

    This folder includes Henry Louis Smith fund raising efforts for endowment at Washington and Lee and Bernard B. Shively and the Texas collection, including letters from law offices and a life insurance company concerning policies and bonds, a newspaper, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans headquarters.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 92
    John Rudolph Tucker Papers
    1889-1947English.
    Scope and Contents

    Typed and printed items by and about John Randolph Tucker, including comments from the press of Tucker's election as a law professor, a eulogy, an address by Tucker, a biography on Tucker, and articles from the Lexington Gazette, County News, and Virginia Law Register on Tucker's death.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 93
    Letter, M. Waddell to Livingston Waddell
    1845-06-30English.
    Scope and Contents

    Letter from daughter (Born C. 1800) to Livingston Waddell on Washington College letterhead.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 94
    W&L Programs
    1884-1890English.
    Scope and Contents

    Programs from Washington and Lee programs from 1880 to 1899.

  • Text box: 2 folder: 95
    Correspondence - The Chapel Controversy
    1923-1924English.
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