0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder, 1 item); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
Creator
Reynolds, Powell Benton, 1841-1914
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Powell Benton Reynolds (1841-1914) Correspondence, A&M 1195, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Three letters from Reynolds as a Confederate soldier, Co, K, 50th Virginia Infantry, contain excellent descriptions of life
in the Army of Northern Virginia. One letter contains Reynolds views on the right of secession and there is a letter from
William P. Willey informing Reynolds of his election to the Chair of English at WVU. Collection also contains seven diplomas
from Richmond College Reynolds received between 1867 – 1877. Typed copies of the letters may be found in A&M 390.