Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet Life -- 1920-1929
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Albert S. Britt papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0048
Scope and Contents
Papers dating from Britt's army career, 1930-1962. Include correspondence; reports; notes and exercises from courses taken at the British Army Staff College, Camberley; speeches and articles; photographs. One scrapbook dates from cadetship at VMI.
Alfred C. Schmidt scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0055
Scope and Contents
VMI scrapbook compiled by Schmidt during his cadetship, 1919-1923. Includes photographs, clippings, dance and finals programs, miscellaneous classnotes/exercises.
Andrew L. Hannah scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0261
Scope and Contents
VMI scrapbook compiled by Cadet Andrew Hannah. Includes photographs depicting cadet life; programs, and other VMI mementos.
Bennet A. Meyers scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0312
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook (1925-1929) compiled by VMI Cadet Bennet A. Meyers, Class of 1929. Includes photographs, autographs of cadets, memorabilia (dance programs, printed material)
Cadet George C. Scott, Jr. diary
Item
Identifier: MS-0513
Scope and Contents
Typescript diary written by Cadet George Scott, "The Strike, as it Actually Happened". Details the events of October 18-19, 1927. The cadets staged a walkout or "mutiny" to protest the dismissal of a classmate. Several mentions of the Honor Court role in event. As a result, Superintendent William Cocke sent a telegram to the parents of all cadets, stating "Your son and other cadets are taking part in a rebellion against authorities. Advise you to wire him to submit to authorities...
Cadet life collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0255
Scope and Contents
A collection of miscellaneous documents from various eras in VMI's history, reflecting the humourous side of cadet life. Includes 3 small (3.5 x 5") watercolor sketches, depicting firecracker prank & results, ca. 1920; a list entitled "Graduated scale of beauty in Lexington" 1856; notice about the VPI football game posted on a barracks room, 1937.
Cadet life diary, "mutiny" of the Corps of Cadets, 1927 [digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/3386
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Charles E. Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0425
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 5 items, including Phi Lambda Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta fraternity certificates (1920-1921); athletic award certificate from the Wentworth Military Academy (1921); an ROTC advanced cavalry camp certificate from Fort Meade, Maryland (1924); and Foster's name card dating from his VMI cadetship. Foster (b. 1903 d. 1938) was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 1925.
Clement M. Moss Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0458
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by Cadet Clement M. Moss (born 1902, died 1970), Virginia Military Institute Class of 1921, covering the period 1919-1921. Included are snapshots, dance programs, clippings, drawings, and other VMI memorabilia. Topics of the photographs include his classmates and friends, cadet life, athletics, and VMI buildings.
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