Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Dunlap Family Papers, WLU Coll. 0245, 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dunlap, Jr. (March 1996)
Processing Information
Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (9/7/99)
Scope and Contents
Papers contain information about Dunlap's family members, especially Madison Dunlap (1808-1883) of Kerr's Creek and his son, John Matthew Dunlap, a member of the Washington and Lee Class of 1857 who was killed at at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The collection includes compositions that John Matthew Dunlap wrote for Professor J. J. White in 1856-1857, transcripts of letters he wrote while serving in the Confederate Army, and letters concerning his death. The collection also includes the manuscript of J. D. Morrison's Old Monmouth and Its Times.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- College Students
- Correspondence
- Dunlap Family
- Dunlap, John M., Jr
- Dunlap, Madison
- Manuscripts
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Records
- Virginia -- Kerr's Creek
- Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
- White, James J. (James Jones)
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Benton, Elizabeth McDowell
- Benton, Thomas Hart
- Dunlap, John M., Jr
- Dunlap, John Matthew
- Dunlap, Madison
- Dunlap, Walter Hanna
- Dunlap, William Madison
- McLaughlin, William
- Waddell, Joseph Addison
- White, James J. (James Jones)
Container List
The file includes a 'Family group sheet' on Elizabeth McDowell and Thomas Benton. It also includes data on 'The Wilsons and Moores of Rockbridge County, Virginia,' collected by Walter Hanna Dunlap and on 'Four Preachers.'
This collection consists of a bill to John M. Dunlap, Jr. from Anderson. It also consists of an accompanying letter.
This file consists of transcripts of letters from John Matthew Dunlap to his brother Bill, from John to his family, from Dr. B. Greenlee to John M. Dunlap, Jr., from Samuel Mckee Laird, and from Charles F. Jordan, Captain Co. C of the 1st Regiment Va. Calvary.
This file consists of three manuscript compositions written by Washington College student John Mckee Dunlap for Professor James Jones (J.J.) White titled, 'An Evening Adventure' - about a walk to and about the Liberty Hall Academy ruin, 'Eloquence' , and 'Fashion'.
Contains receipts and transcript
Transcribed by John M. Dunlap, Jr. of Waynesboro, Va.