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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Emily Morrison Bondurant Papers, WLU Coll. 0267, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (2/26/2002)

Biographical / Historical

Emily Morrison Bondurant was the daughter of Reverend James Morrison, who was pastor of the New Providence Church in Brownsburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.

Scope and Contents

This collection is a typescript of reminiscences by Emily Morrison Bondurant about her life in Brownsburg, Virginia and later in Buckingham County, Virginia and Auburn, Alabama following her 1859 marriage.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Alabama -- Auburn
• Bondurant family
• Morrison family
• Personal Narratives
• Virginia -- Buckingham County
• Virginia -- Rockbridge County