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George P. C. Rumbough commencement speech manuscript
Item
Identifier: MS-0249
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, 10 pages, of the commencement speech delivered by VMI Cadet George Rumbough on July 4, 1856.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Hardaway H. Dinwiddie papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0177
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers (6 items) of Hardaway H. Dinwiddie, including manuscript of VMI valedictory speech, 1867; "phrenological analysis" 1858; calling card; poems about the New Market Cadets; certificate of withdrawal from Lexington's Masonic Lodge, 1868; and 1867 VMI commencement program.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
John D. deButts collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0297
Scope and Contents
The collection ) consists primarily of certificates, honorary degrees, and miscellaneous awards given to Mr. deButts during his business career, most dating date from the 1960's-1985. The collection also includes 19 volumes of deButts' speeches, 1972-1978. Medals, plaques& other related to these papers are located in the VMI Museum.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Robert E. B. Stewart collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0263
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers, approximately 30 items, of Robert E. B. Stewart. The collection includes a notebook containing orations delivered before VMI cadet debating societies; drawings completed as class assignments at VMI; and a few clippings concerning his life after he left the Institute.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Robert M. T. Hunter manuscript
Item
Identifier: MS-0116
Scope and Contents
41 page manuscript of speech given at VMI by Senator Robert M. T. Hunter on July 3, 1857 as part of the celebrations marking the end of the academic year. The speech was subsequently printed by McFarlane & Fergusson, Richmond VA, and that published version is also available in the archives.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Samuel D. Rockenbach Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Overview
Papers (1889-1945) of United States
Army officer Samuel Dickerson Rockenbach, notable for his role
in the establishment of the U.S. Army Tank Corps during World
War I and his postwar work in the development of tank
warfare.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Samuel H. Letcher manuscript
Item
Identifier: MS-0148
Scope and Contents
Manuscript (holograph, 19 pages) of VMI valedictory address of Cadet Samuel H. Letcher. The speech was delivered at VMI Finals in July 1869. Annotations by John T. L. Preston.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Published Speeches and Addresses Delivered at the Virginia Military Institute
Series
Identifier: RG-06-Publications-Speeches
Scope and Contents
A topical and chronological file of pamplets containing the text of speeches and addresses delivered at VMI.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Thomas M. Semmes manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS-0166
Scope and Contents
Manuscript (holograph, 38 pages) of a speech given by VMI Modern Languages Professor Thomas M. Semmes. The speech, concerning Stonewall Jackson, was presented in Richmond circa 1892. Semmes, an 1860 VMI graduate, was a cadet during the time that Jackson was on the VMI faculty.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
William P. Tams notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0023
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one notebook that belonged to Cadet William P. Tams, Virginia Military Institute Class of 1873. Included are class notes for courses in Mineralogy, Civil and Military Engineering, and Chemistry; a copy of a lecture by Superintendent Francis H. Smith ("Lecture to the 1st Class on Moral Sense, November 5, 1872"); and grade reports in Chemistry, Physiology, Latin and Astronomy.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
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- 1 Dinwiddie, Hardaway H. (Hardaway Hunt), 1844-1887
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- 1 Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
- 1 Letcher, Samuel H. (Samuel Houston), 1848-1914
- 1 MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- 1 Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
- 1 Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
- 1 Preston, John Thomas Lewis, 1811-1890
- 1 Rockenbach, Samuel D. (Samuel Dickerson), 1869-1952
- 1 Rumbough, George P. C., 1834-1916
- 1 Semmes, Thomas M. (Thomas Middleton), 1860-1904
- 1 Stewart, Robert E. B. (Robert Edward Bruce), 1863-1901
- 1 Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955
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