Nelson and Washington and Lee University

As a member of the Washington College community for sixty years, A.L. Nelson held a unique perspective. Illustrated by the section of the October 3, 1910 Washington and Lee Trustee’s Papers, Nelson’s own “Personal Recollections of Washington College” as well as a letter to the Washington and Lee community from President George Washington Custis Lee regarding the opening to the new Reading Room in Newcomb Hall on campus.

 

Letter from President G. W. C. Lee to the Student Body Regarding the Opening of the Reading Room (correspondence)

Letter from President G.W.C. Lee about the new Reading Room on campus.

Nelson and Washington and Lee University