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law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright
and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission
for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Permission to publish from the collection must be sought with the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Records, WLU Coll 0025, 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
The preservation surveys were a gift of Mrs. Maurice D. Leach.
This collection contains records of the association, such as meeting minutes, budget information, membership records, constitution
and bylaws, as well as information about preservation easements and county mills, the organization's promotional materials, newsletter, publications, photographs, and a survey, by questionaire, of
the portraits painted before 1914 that are owned and located in Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia. The survey was conducted under the auspices of the APVA. Eighteen questionaires have photographs
attached. Survey includes the following artists; Ellen Graham Anderson and Charles Willson Peale.