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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: Isaac Newton Campbell Notebook, WLU Coll. 0177, Special Collections and Archives, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Preferred Citation

Housed in a box containing WLU collections 0173-0180.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Bob Lurate, local manuscripts dealer.

Biographical / Historical

Isaac Newton Campbell was a native of Rockbridge County, American Civil War veteran, and graduate of Washington and Lee in 1874. Later he became a Presbyterian minister. He lived in Grottoes and Port Republic, Virginia and in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Scope and Contents

Isaac Newton Campbell kept this notebook while a student at Washington and Lee University and at Campbell's Divinity School. It consists primarily of his notes on Greek grammar from Professor James Jones White's class at Washington and Lee and notes on biblical history from T.E. Peck's classes at divinity school. Includes a poem about Professor White.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bible stories -- Study and teaching
• Campbell University. Divinity School
• Education -- Curricula
• Grammar
• Greek language
• Lurate, Bob
• Note-taking
• Peck, T. E.
• Poetry
• Washington and Lee University
• White, James J. (James Jones)