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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Hugh A, Moran Papers, WLU Coll 0005, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Hugh Anderson Moran, 1947.

Biographical Note

Hugh Anderson Moran lived at Stone Hedge, Silver Creek, Madison County, Kentucky. He was a student was Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, from 1867-1869. After graduation, he returned to Silver Creek where he engaged in farming and the breeding of cattle. He was a member of the Board of Visitors of the Kentucky A. and M. College and was a professor at Central University. He died in 1886.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of mainly correspondence, including letters between Hugh A. Moran and his family while he was a student at Washington College. There are letters from fellow students, college programs, and a class notebook. Correspondents include Alston Boyd, Lucius Desha, Jr., William Preston Johnston, Mildred Lee, Nathan M. Moran and Mrs. Nathan M. Moran. The collection also includes Moran's grade report for the half session ending February 1868 as well as ephemeral items associated with the Graham Philanthropic Society, both the Washington and Phoenix Literary Societies, The Ugly Club, the Southern Collegian, and commencement. The letters to Moran from his mother describe everyday life on a Kentucky farm. The collection ranges in date from 1865-1879.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Boyd, Alston
• College Students
• Correspondence
• Desha, Lucius, Jr.
• Johnston, William Preston
• Moran, Nathan M.
• Printed ephemera
• Washington College (Lexington, Va.)