Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1886
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Carl M. Best papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0209
Scope and Contents
One letter, 1884, appointing Carl M. Best a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute; and one letter of recommendation, 1886, written for Best by VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith.
Charles Balmer document
Item
Identifier: MS-0220
Scope and Contents
One document, listing laundry for VMI Cadet Charles Balmer for the period May-August 1882.
Frederick T. Amiss Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0479
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one letter from Cadet Frederick T. Amiss (Class of 1886) to his father, dated December 14, 1884. Amiss describes in detail the confrontation between cadets and Commandant Scott Shipp regarding an investigation into an explosion of the VMI magazine. Also included are three photographs of Amiss, which are all viewable online in the VMI Archives photographs database.
Robert E. B. Stewart collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0263
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers, approximately 30 items, of Robert E. B. Stewart. The collection includes a notebook containing orations delivered before VMI cadet debating societies; drawings completed as class assignments at VMI; and a few clippings concerning his life after he left the Institute.
Thomas J. Nottingham papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0017
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the diary (1883-1885) written by Virginia Military Institute Cadet Thomas J. Nottingham. It contains a consistent record of the daily cadet routine as it existed during the mid- 1880's and is an excellent source for information about student life during that era. Included are specific references to recitations, fights, dress parade, the Dialectic Society (a student debating society), YMCA, girls, baseball and football games with Washington College students ("minks"),...
