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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Edward Virginius Valentine Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0300, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (7/25/07)

Biographical / Historical

Edward Virginius Valentine was a famous sculptor, who made the recumbent statue of Robert E. Lee that is housed in Lee Chapel.

Scope and Contents

This typescript signed letter from Edward Virginius Valentine to Mrs. R. L. Walton on November 28, 1922 concerns the personal contacts he had with Robert E. Lee and sculptures he made, including the recumbent statue of Lee in Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
• Statues
• University Chapel . Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA )