Virginia Military Institute -- Athletics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
George L. H. Cooper papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0197
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 2 items. 1. VMI scrapbook compiled by Cadet George Cooper. Included are photographs, athletic and dance programs, clippings, and other mementos collected by Cooper during his cadetship, 1928-1932. 2. Typescript memoirs, approximately 325 pages, detailing Cooper's Marine Corps Service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He served with the 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division.
George S. Plants collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0029
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four items relating primarily to the Virginia Military Institute cadetship (1904-1906) of George Sands Plants. Included are Plants's cadet account book, listing VMI expenses 1904-1906; a notebook containing popular VMI football yells, circa 1905; one letter (May 14, 1905) from Plants to his parents concerning the Mess Hall fire and mentioning the upcoming New Market Day ceremony; and one letter from Plants's classmate Jesse P. Jarvis, dated July 1909.
Gordon Hammond scrapbook
Item
Identifier: Ms-0434
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by Cadet Gordon Hammond, VMI Class of 1919, covering the academic year 1915-1916. Included are snapshots, dance programs, clippings, and other VMI memorabilia. Topics of the photographs include his classmates and friends, cadet life, athletics, and VMI buildings.
Henry M. Stewart, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0349
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers, 1929-1935, of VMI alumnus Henry M. Stewart, Jr., Class of 1935. The collection includes memorabilia from Stewart's high school years at the Staunton Military Academy and his cadetship at VMI. The VMI material includes a scrapbook, dance and athletic programs, drawings, photographs, information about the Class of 1935 ring design, and other mementos of Stewart's cadetship.
Hugh B. Rice cadet scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0139
Scope and Contents
VMI scrapbook compiled by Cadet Hugh B. Rice. Contains photographs (including ROTC cavalry unit), programs, playbills, and other VMI memorabilia.
Intercollegiate Athletics Records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-09
Scope and Contents
Materials documenting the history of major (football, basketball) and other sports. Includes historical athletic Association minutes; printed material such as programs and media guides; emphemera; research material on athletic history used by Thomas W. Davis for his book; and other material documenting the history of intercollegiate athletics at VMI.
J. Frank East cadet scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0196
Scope and Contents
VMI scrapbook compiled by Cadet J. Frank East, documenting his cadetship (1920-1924). Includes photographs of buildings, people, and the ROTC Cavalry unit, dance programs, sports souvenirs, other memorabilia.
James D. Hankins papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0144
Scope and Contents
Six letters, 1920-1921, written by Cadet James D. Hankins to his cousin Florence. He describes many features of cadet life during the early 1920's, including a New Year's Eve celebration, a feud between the first and third classes, throwing "bombs" in Barracks courtyard, final exams, and a ghost haunting barracks.
James G. Sherrard (Class of 1965) film collection, 1963 - 1964
Collection
Scope and Contents
Reels labeled: Rat resurrection, 2/3 Feb. 1963; VMI-U Tenn. Meet, 7 Jan 1963; VMI Winter relays, 7 Feb. 1963; VMI Vs. Citadel, 7 April 1963; VMI Track; VMI vs. W&M, UVA, 25 April 1963.
James Guthrie Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0489
Scope and Contents
VMI scrapbook, covering the 1928-1929 school year, compiled by Cadet James B. Guthrie of Birmingham, Alabama. He was a member of the Class of 1932 and attended for one year. The scrapbook Includes photographs of cadet life and buildings; clippings and other memorabilia. A few items date from Guthrie's attendance at the Gulf Coast Military Academy prior to his enrollment at VMI. Guthrie (b. 1907 d. 1984) spent 32 years in the U. S. Army.
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