traveller was initially buried behind the main buildings of the college, but was unearthed by persons unknown and his bones were bleached for exhibition in rochester, new york, in 1875/1876. in 1907, richmond journalist joseph bryan paid to have the bones mounted and returned to the college, named washington and lee university since lee's death, and they were displayed in the brooks museum, in what is now robinson hall. the skeleton was periodically vandalized there by students who carved their initials in it for good luck. in 1929, the bones were moved to the museum in the basement of the lee chapel, where they stood for 30 years, deteriorating with exposure.