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Cadet drawings, class assignments, and exercises
Collection
Identifier: MS-0203
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 19th and 20th century cadet drawings (approximately 200 items) completed primarily as assignments for Professor Thomas H. Williamson's architecture, engineering, and drawing courses at VMI. A few of the drawings were completed for a geometry course and other mathematics courses, or were not class assignments.
Some of the geometry drawings are signed by the supervising professor.
Some of the geometry drawings are signed by the supervising professor.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
George A. Goodman papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0044-oversized
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eleven items related to George A. Goodman. Included are the following:
- VMI Diploma and Cadet Dialectic Society certificates
- Letters of recommendation (1859) from Francis H. Smith and Thomas H. Williamson
- Miscellaneous Civil War documents including commissions, oaths of allegiance, and prison parole
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
James H. Reid papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0222
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the Civil War correspondence (18 items) of James H. Reid. Included are 14 letters from Reid to his parents written while he was a fourth classman at VMI, August - November 1862. This correspondence contains many references to wartime cadet life, including use of the term "rat" as a name for new cadets, hazing, uniforms, food, guard duty and other aspects of life at VMI during the Civil War.The papers contain one letter (dated March 7 1864) written while...
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
John Hardy Shields letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-0045
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three letters written by John H. Shields to his parents while he was a cadet at VMI. Items are dated March 24 and April 7, 1864, and undated letter fragment. In addition to routine matters, the letter of March 24 mentions faculty member Thomas H. Williamson going to Panther's Gap to "survey the land, and make arrangements for throwing up fortifications and breastworks," and discusses how cadets coped with the rationing of food.The collection also contains...
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Thomas H. Williamson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0105
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Thomas H. Williamson's papers including:
Civil War memoirs, in which Williamson discusses the events that took place during his temporary assignment to the command of Major General Stonewall Jackson beginning in April 1862
Lecture notes (1850s) used in teaching engineering and architecture courses at VMI
Two copies of the textbook written by Williamson for use at VMI titled "An Elementary Course of Architecture and Civil...
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
William G. Williamson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0205
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of William G. Williamson. Included is
an original manuscript Civil War notebook that contains:
Reports (September 1862-May 1863) submitted to the Chief Engineer's Office, Army of Northern Virginia, in which Williamson discusses destroying bridges at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, and reconnaissance and mapping trips in the Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont
Poetry
Notes about architecture, engineering, and Williamson family...
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
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