Rockbridge Historical Society files on farmsRHS.Coll.0046

Rockbridge Historical Society files on farmsRHS.Coll.0046


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
RHS.Coll.0046
Title
Rockbridge Historical Society files on farms 1860-1988
Quantity
4 Item
Creator
Couper, William, Colonel, 1884-1964
Creator
Hadsel, Winifred
Creator
Tompkins, Edmund Pendleton
Language
This collection is in English.

Administrative Information

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The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Rockbridge Historical Society files on farms, RHS Coll. 0046, Rockbridge Historical Society, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains: a letter advertising a medication, on the other side of which is a note about the sale of the Galbraith Farm and a note about a trial; a letter from the Rockbridge Historical Society concerning a landmark next to the Stonewall Jackson Farm; a copy of an address delivered before the Rockbridge Historical Society by Colonel William Couper about the Virginia Military Institute; a memorande concerning a farm owned and operated by Major T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson; maps of different parts of Rockbridge County; a memo by Winifred Hadsel on the location of the Stonewall Jackson Farm; photographs taken at and near the Stonewall Jackson Farm; and a paper on Short Hill Farm.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Agriculture
  • Farms
  • Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
  • Photographs

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Couper, William, Colonel, 1884-1964
  • Hadsel, Winifred
  • Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
  • Tompkins, Edmund Pendleton

Container List

Text box: 1 folder: 1
Galbraith Farm
1866-08-1935-01-28English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a letter advertising cal-bis-ma, a medication for stomach disorders. On the other side of the letter is a note about the sale of the Galbraith Farm as well as a note about an 1866 trial with a hung jury.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Stonewall Jackson Farm
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various documents on the Stonewall Jackson farm, including a memo and a memoranda about the farm, maps of the farm, and photographs taken at and near the farm.

Text box: 1 folder: 3
Short Hill Farm
1947English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a short paper on the Short Hill Farm by Edmund P. Tompkins, M.D.

Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Vine Forest Farm
1942-08English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a blueprint of the plot of Vine Forest Farm and the surrounding area.