Content Description This collection consists of items related to Frank R. Pancake, including:

• Photographs and English class essays dating from his VMI cadetship (1934-1938)
• Personal letters (bulk to his parents), mementos, and photographs dating from his assignment to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in the late 1950s
• Clippings from his time as VMI Commandant (1951-1954)

Scope and Contents Collection (approximately 20 items) includes letters from Cadet Stanard to his family (1863 to 1864), a telegram concerning Stanard's body, letters from his brother Robert to their mother (1865), and two essays written at VMI.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one student notebook owned by VMI Cadet John T. B. Cocke, VMI Class of 1890. The volume contains copied poetry, civil engineering class notes, and a list of roommates in Room 18 of Barracks, 1889-1890.

Scope and Contents This collection (four items) consists of items dating from John W. Steenbergen's cadetship, including a one volume notebook that contains copied poetry and notes, two essays, and his VMI account book documenting school expenses (1846-1849).

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one notebook (approximately 145 pages) reflecting cadet life from 1848 to 1851. The notebook includes: Accounts of Corps of Cadets trips to Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk and Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia Cadet poetry and essays Poetry by Sara Henderson Smith Addresses delivered before the Cadet Dialectic Society (a literary and debating society) Discussion of exams (1851) in English and natural...

Scope and Contents This collection contains two items dating from Spencer L. Carter's VMI cadetship. Included is a notebook (binding missing) compiled by Carter, concerning VMI football and baseball. It includes lists of teams, game scores, and plays. The collection also contains an annotated copy of "The VMI Scrapbook," a compilation of cadet poetry and prose published in 1891. Carter added notes concerning the VMI Class of 1893, cadet officers, and Kappa Alpha Fraternity members.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a four page handwritten and illustrated VMI cadet "newspaper" called "The Sunday Pie." This edition was published on April 18, 1887 by the occupants of Barracks Room 32. Thornton Terry was one of the editors.