The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and
private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright 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.
