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Claudius Lee Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1961-002
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous materials relating to the personal life and university and military service of Claudius Lee, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Dates:
1887 - 1954
Frank Lee Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-073
Abstract
Letter from Frank Lee, sergeant in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing from Salem, Massachusetts, Lee recounts the regiment's activities, beginning with its organization from the former "Union Drill Club," and provides some details on camp life.
Dates:
1861
John A. N. Lee Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-005
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, computer programs, publications, and meeting notes all relating to Lee's work for the National Bureau of Standards to develop a standard for the BASIC programming language. Included in the papers are a survey of twenty-seven descriptions of BASIC and a collection of published works relating to the language up to 1973. Also contains records (1977-1990) from the editorial staff of the Annals of the History of...
Dates:
1973 - 1990
Records of the Lee Literary Society
Record Group
Identifier: RG-31-14-11
Abstract
This collection includes the written minutes and various papers of the Lee Literary Society from 1873 to 1926, and the minutes of the united Lee and Maury Literary Society during the 1928-29 session. The Lee Literary Society was formed from the split of the Virginia Literary Society in 1873 along with its counterpart the Maury Literary Society. LLS helped create the first student publication, the Gray Jacket, in 1875. The LLS folded in 1928.
Dates:
1873 - 1929
Robert E. Lee Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-044
Abstract
The Robert E. Lee Collection comprises one personal letter, one portrait, and two reproduced photographs. The letter is from Lee to Reverend W. H. Braddus of Lexington, Virginia, regarding Lee's check for $30.00, which he wants Braddus to accept as payment of tuition for a member of Lexington's Craig family. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and he served as president of Washington College (presently Washington & Lee University) in...
Dates:
1866 - 1870
Robert E. Lee Speech
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-005
Abstract
This collection contains a photocopy of a farewell address (General Order No. 9) by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia, after his surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, April 10, 1865.
Dates:
1865
Diana Lee-Smith Architectural Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-005
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Diana Lee-Smith, British architect and planner living in Nairobi, Kenya. Projects focus on housing and shelter concerns in Africa. This collection consists of a number of papers, publications, books and magazines that were written or edited by Lee-Smith.
Dates:
1966 - 1991
Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1994-003
Scope and Contents
Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. The cassette tape is of an interview of Leech done in March 1994, where he speaks about his employment at the Norfolk & Western Railway...
Dates:
c.1900-1925, 1994
Leftwich Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-021
Abstract
The Leftwich Family Letters include correspondence from James B., William, and Thomas Leftwich in addition to missives from a family friend and a bereaved lover. The soldiers' letters issue from American Civil War battlefronts and provide insight into significant battles (the Battle of Bull Run), war-time trade, and the daily routine of a soldier.
Dates:
1861 - 1866
Armistead M. Leggett Memoir
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-089
Abstract
The collection contains a memoir written by Armistead M. Leggett to his children about his service in the United States Army during World War II. Leggett grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering from Virginia Tech in 1951.
Dates:
1990
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