Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet compositions -- Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Philip C. Gibbs notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0106
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...
William J. Hubard notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0014
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a one volume notebook compiled in 1862 by VMI cadet William J. Hubard. The bulk of the volume contains poetry and mementos. There are also two diary entries. The poetry includes The Six Plebes and The Old Gray Coat by Sara Henderson Smith, and several poems attributed to cadets Edward A. Rhodes, John F. Hanna, and Benjamin F. Bishop. Subjects of the verses are VMI life and regulations, including many references to faculty members (Francis H. Smith, Raleigh Colston,...
