Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet compositions -- Prose
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Composition "Life", circa 1863
Item
Scope and Contents
Composition for an assignment at VMI that discusses thoughts on life.
Composition "Life", circa 1863
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/902
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Composition "War", circa 1863
Item
Scope and Contents
Composition for an assignment at VMI that discusses thoughts on war.
Composition "War", circa 1863
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/906
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Frank R. Pancake papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0507
Content Description
Miscellaneous personal papers, including photographs and English class essays dating from his VMI cadetship (1934-1938); personal letters (bulk to his parents), mementos and photographs dating from Pancake's assignment to SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in the late 1950's; clippings from his time as VMI Commandant.
Jaqueline Beverly Stanard papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0083
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.
John T. B. Cocke notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0469
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.
John W. Steenbergen papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0471
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).
Notebook, 1849-1851
Item
Scope and Contents
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 philosophy
Account of "An Oyster Supper---A Frolic After Taps"
Account of "our last bible...
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...
