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Decorative cross stitch sampler created in 1988.

Large landscape painting featuring rolling hills and buildings in the distance. Signed. Framed.

Digital collage of arts and crafts made by Alston Cobourn. Features images of jewelry, quilted items, and sewing projects.

Picture of dress featuring a record print, sewn by Mary Abdoney.

Link to a poem published on page 15 of the The Blotter's December 2010 issue.

Picture of baby pants and baby hat, sewn by Mary Abdoney.

Handcrafted scarves crocheted by Montrose Grandberry.

Pencil sketch of a dog's profile.

Mixed media art, featuring cardinal. Created using acrylic, embroidery floss, pencil, and torn paper. Framed. Unsigned.

Snowy landscape featuring two buildings and rolling hills. Painting. Framed.

Pin made out of seashells, sea glass, and animal fetish and totem beads.

Green pullover sweater.

Painting of a white horse galloping in the ocean. Framed. Signed.

Colorful marbled papers

Image collage of quilts and baby-themed quilt

Portrait of a white horse. Painting encased by white and coral mat boards. Framed. Signed.

Mugs and bowls in various colors

Light Green Pullover.

Blue and white mittens with gray socks.

A portion of the Washington and Lee Trustees Papers, specifically regarding Nelson, in the minutes from October 3, 1910. Nelson was eulogized in the Trustee meeting following his recent death. Describing Nelson as gifted, talented, an asset to the…

Nelson's keystone publication in mathematics, Points in Space and General Equations of the Second Degree Between Three Variables, was published in 1892 by the Houston family, who were instrumental in founding the city of Houston, Texas. The Houston…

Three pages of a solved math problem. Worked out by either Nelson or one of his students.

The envelope that enclosed the solution of a problem.

A letter Nelson wrote to R. E. Lee nearly one year into his presidency at Washington College, in which he comments on the much-improved condition of the school. The letter is brief and describes quotidian elements of Lexington and the University, yet…

Transcribed in this journal is a previously undiscovered address on R. E. Lee, given by Nelson in what is now Lee Chapel in a weekly morning seminar. Describing, in detail, Lee’s initial ride into town through the intricacies of his funeral, he gives…

Stuffed into the copybook turned math journal of the Nelson family along with other papers, these personal effects – including tailor slips, a draft of a wedding announcement, and the sad posting of the death of a child that would likely be sent to a…

A lithograph of Robert E. Lee, date unknown. The rare tint of this picture indicates that it was most likely printed from a painting, making it somewhat unusual.

A letter written from Margant M. Ratcliffe to Nelson.

Nelson's reciept from Browning, King, & Co., a clothing company. His specific garments are listed, along with his own personal dimensions.

A paper on which Nelson asks for the announcement of the death of his grandchild to be put in the newspapes. This was one of the personal items that were stuffed in the copybook