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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rockbridge Historical Society files on floods and Hurricane Camille, RHS Coll. 0049, , Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains: newspaper clippings about Hurricane Camille; a record of a song recorded by J. Mark Jones about the night of the hurricane; three copies of a report titled "Reaction of Flood Victims in Rockbridge County, Virginia" by a Washington and Lee class in Research Methods and Politics and Sociology; and a poster advertising the 50th anniversary commemoration of Hurricane Camille.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Disasters -- Press coverage
- Floods
- Hurricanes
- Music
- Natural disasters
- Virginia -- Buena Vista
- Virginia -- Rockbridge County
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia -- Buena Vista
- Virginia -- Rockbridge County
Container List
This folder contains a record by J. Mark Jones, a Lexington musician (then high school teacher) who recorded a song about Hurricane Camille which was released in January 1970. Also included is a report about the flood written by a Washington and Lee class.
"'Flash' Flood Hits County Sunday," Losses Suffered in Kerrs, Whistle, Buffalo Sections, THE LEXINGTON GAZETTE, September 13, 1950. "Rockbridge Suffer Worst Floods In History," Two Lives Are Lost, Damage Estimated At Two Million Dollars, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NEWS, September 14, 1950.
Roanoke Times & World News, November 11, 1985, Section C, pages 1-12.
Article by Gayle Cohen, published in CURIO, Summer 1992.
Also includes article, "Weatherin' the Storms: Local observers keep an eye on the sky for Valley Residents," by David Schleck, in same publication.