Virginia Military Institute -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Bennet A. Meyers scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0312
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one scrapbook (1925-1929) compiled by VMI Cadet Bennet A. Meyers (VMI Class of 1929). The scrapbook includes photographs, autographs of cadets, and memorabilia.
Cadet autograph albums
Collection
Identifier: MS-0313
Scope and Contents
This collection (five items) consists of keepsake albums that popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Included are the following autograph albums:
Edward Harvie Smith, Jr., VMI Class of 1867 and New Market cadet. This album contains signed inscriptions by 19 fellow New Market cadets.
Farmer D. Cochran, VMI Class of 1889
Thomas G. Tate, VMI Class of 1877
VMI Class of 1874 members (original owner unknown)
VMI Class of 1902 autograph...
Cadet life film footage [dvd], 1941
Item — Box 04, Media Case/Sleeve: 160
Identifier: DVD160
Scope and Contents
Color film footage depicting cadet life in 1941. Includes scenes of ROTC cavalry unit, horses, and stables; parades; football games, including Thanksgiving game against Virginia Tech; social life (cadets with their dates), and buildings.
Cadet Life, Organizations, and Activities
Record Group
Identifier: RG-08-Cadet Life
Scope and Contents
This record group comprises material relating to cadet social life anc customs, cadet recreational organizations and clubs, misc. cadet life memorabilia and printed material.
Class Rings, Ring Ceremony and Ring Figure, 1927-ongoing
Series
Identifier: RG08.02
Scope and Contents
This series consists of a chronological file that includes invitations and other printed material relating to the ring presentation ceremony and Ring Figure dance; ring design drawings; and history of ring figure.
Clement M. Moss scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0458
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one scrapbook compiled by Cadet Clement M. Moss (VMI Class of 1921) that covers the period from 1919 to 1921. The scrapbook includes snapshots, dance programs, clippings, drawings, and other VMI memorabilia. Topics of the photographs include classmates and friends, cadet life, athletics, and VMI buildings.
Frank A. Fickes drawing
Collection
Identifier: MS-0214
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one original charcoal sketch (circa 1908) by Frank A. Fickes, published in the 1911 VMI yearbook. The sketch features a skull, snakes, and ghost, symbols of "TKL" a cadet secret society.
Gordon Hammond scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0434
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one scrapbook compiled by Cadet Gordon Hammond (VMI Class of 1919) and covers the academic year 1915 to 1916. The scrapbook includes snapshots, dance programs, clippings, and other VMI memorabilia. Topics of the photographs include classmates and friends, cadet life, athletics, and VMI buildings.
Henry M. Stewart, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0349
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers (1929-1935) of Henry M. Stewart, Jr., VMI Class of 1935. The collection includes memorabilia from Stewart's high school years at the Staunton Military Academy (Virginia) 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.
Instructions for VMI dance "Final German Figures", 1888
Item
Scope and Contents
Handwritten instructions for "Final German Figures" at VMI. Germans were a type of formal dance.
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