C. VAUGHAN STANLEY
2054 Forest Avenue
Buena Vista, VA. 24416
Telephone: (540) 261-5711
Work: (540) 458-8649
E-Mail: stanleyv@wlu.edu
EDUCATION
M.A. in Librarianship, University of Chicago, 1984
M.A. in History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1975
B.A. in History, Davidson College, 1973
W&L POSITION
1993-present
Special Collections and Reference Librarian
James Graham Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Responsible for all aspects of the operations of the Special Collections Department of the Leyburn
Library including rare books, manuscripts, archives and records management. Provides Special
Collections reference service and collection development and processes document collections.
Serves as a Reference Librarian at Leyburn Library Main Reference Desk. Teaches library instruction
classes in history. Selects materials for the main library collection. Oversees newspaper indexing
project, prepares exhibits and supervises Special Collections Assistant and student workers. Maintains
web sites for Special Collections and history resources.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
1986-1992
Associate Executive Director for Research and Education
Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Library
Stratford Hall Plantation
Stratford, Virginia 22558
C. Vaughan Stanley
Managed private research library with collections on the Lee family, colonial Virginia history and
local history. Supervised several full and part-time employees and was responsible for the library
and other budget lines. Selected and cataloged all library materials. Oversaw organization and
preservation of large rare book collection. Gave frequent talks on Stratford and the Lee family to
local organizations. Was Associate Director of the Monticello-Stratford Hall Summer Seminar for
Teachers, a highly competitive, award winning annual seminar for history teachers with graduate level
credit through the University of Virginia.
1985-1986
Assistant Librarian for Reference and Bibliographic Instruction
Thomas Byrne Memorial Library
Spring Hill College
4000 Dauphin St.
Mobile, Alabama 36608
Had primary responsibilities in reference and library instruction with additional responsibilities in
online searching, government documents and collection development.
1982-1985
Social Sciences Collection Development Coordinator
Penfield Library
State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, New York 13126
Had primary responsibilities in collection development, reference and library instruction with
additional responsibilities in Special Collections and government documents.
1975-1978
Adjunct Faculty
Blue Ridge Community College
Weyers Cave, Virginia 24486
Was the regular instructor in American constitutional government and taught other courses in American
history, European history and the history of the Shenandoah Valley.
C. Vaughan Stanley
PUBLICATIONS
A Guide to the Manuscripts Collection of the James Graham Leyburn Library (Lexington, Va.:
Washington and Lee University, 1995)
"Robert E. Lee Memorial Association" in Richard N. Current, ed., The Encyclopedia of the
Confederacy (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993)
"The Northern Neck Waterfront and the Chesapeake World," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical
Magazine, XL (Dec. 1990), 4554-4566.
"Virginia, the Northern Neck and the Constitutional Debate," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical
Magazine, XXXVIII (Dec. 1988), 4305-4317.
"The Lee Family and Ratification," Virginia Independent, vol. III, no. 2 (June 1988).
61 book reviews to date in Choice, a publication of the American Library
Association.
Book reviews published in The Register (Kentucky Historical Society) and Gulf Coast Historical
Review.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Library Association since 1981.
Virginia Library Association 1989-2002.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), 1993-present; conference presentation in 1994.
Rockbridge Historical Society; Board Member 1995- .
Rare Book School, University of Virginia, 1993 and 1994.
Rare Book School, Lilly Library, University of Indiana, 2000.
Monticello-Stratford Hall Summer Seminar for Teachers applications/projects evaluator.
(1986-present)
On film interviewee and consultant for the film, Lee: Beyond the Battles.
Washington and Lee, Administrative Systems Advisory Committee, 1993-2000 .
Washington and Lee, Ad Hoc Committee on Student Records, 1995-96.
Washington and Lee, Ad Hoc Committee on Miley Glass Plate Negatives, 1995.
Washington and Lee, Lee Chapel Director Selection Committee, 1997-98.
Washington and Lee, Freshman Faculty Advisor, 2001- .
Numerous talks to local groups on Robert E. Lee and on W&L Special Collections.
Selected for Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1997-1998.
C. Vaughan Stanley
OTHER INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Lexington Rotary Club; elected Board Member 1996-97, 1997-98.
(Paul Harris Fellow 1998)
Buena Vista Presbyterian Church member (Member of Session 2000-2002) (Liturgist 2000-)
Society of American Baseball Research.
Appalachian Trail Conference.
Lexington Montessori School parent/volunteer.
Kling Elementary School P.T.A.
Society for Commercial Archaeology.