Virginia Military Institute -- Board of Visitors
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Board of Visitors Appointment Documents
Series
Identifier: RG-01-Appointments
Scope and Contents
This file includes the following documents: Manuscript, appointment of the first VMI Board, 1839; James McDowell appointment, 1839; Alfred Leyburn, 1843; William B. Taliaferro, 1852; Arthur C. Cummings, 1866; Martin B. Wood, 1882; Alexander F. (Alex) Ryland
Board of Visitors committee records
Series
Identifier: RG-01-Committees
Scope and Contents
Records of standing and ad hoc committees of the VMI Board of Visitors. Historical documents include misc. 19th century records, including ledger concerning bonds, correspondence, reports, members' travel expenses, and receipts for meeting expenses (food, sundries).
Modern committee names include: Academic Affairs Committee; Audit Planning & Finance Committee (APF); External Relations ( Public Relations, Public Affairs ); Governmental Relations; Cadet and Military Affairs;...
Board of Visitors miscellaneous reports and records
Series
Identifier: RG-01-Miscellaneous
Charles P. Dorman papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0066
Scope and Contents
Papers (approximately 60 items) consist of letters to Dorman in capacity as attorney; documents regarding the settlement of his estate by executor William C. Lewis; contemporary copy of the legislative bill establishing the Virginia Military Institute.
Correspondence and miscellaneous administrative records of the Board of Visitors, Historical
Series
Identifier: RG-01-Correspondence-Historical
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous incoming and outgoing correspondence of the VMI Board of Visitors or related to BOV business. Includes correspondence files for some historical individual members of the Board
Fulkerson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0363
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence and other material relating to three members of the Fulkerson family: Samuel Vance Fulkerson (1822-1862); his brother, Abram Fulkerson, Jr. (1834-1902); and Abram"s son, Samuel Vance Fulkerson (1863-1926).
Significant items are Civil War letters (March-May 1862) written by Samuel V. Fulkerson; Samuel's reports of the Battle of McDowell and the Battle of Winchester, May and June 1862; 3 ...
John T. L. Preston - Francis H. Smith Correspondence
File
Identifier: RG-01-Correspondence-Preston - Smith
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Francis H. Smith, who became VMI's first Superintendent, and John T. L. Preston relating to the organization and opening of VMI. Includes four letters from Preston to Smith; and one letter from Smith to Preston, in which he accepts the job offered by the Board of Visitors to serve as Superintendent (originally called Principal Professor).
One related letter is from Francis H. Smith to William Atkinson or Atkison, in which Smith asks for advice about VMI's job...
John T. L. Preston - Francis H. Smith Correspondence [digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1448
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Joseph H. Sherrard Board of Visitors Correspondence, 1882 - 1888
File
Scope and Contents
Board of Visitors correspondence of 19th century member Joseph H. Sherrard of Bath Co. He served from 1882-1887. Approximately 17 items, all concerning Board business.
Minutes of the Board of Visitors [digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll3
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
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