Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet Life -- 1910-1919
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas H. Tardy collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0291
Contents Note
The collection (3 items) consists of the VMI account book (1910-1914) of Cadet William H. Tardy; a signed loan agreement, September 1913, between Tardy and VMI; and his writing exercise book.
Thomas S. Nixon Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0431
Scope and Contents
Cadet scrapbook and photograph album of Thomas Scott Nixon, Virginia Military Institute Class of 1923, covering the period 1919-1920. Included are snapshots, as well as dance programs, clippings, drawings, and other VMI memorabilia. Topics of the photographs include his classmates and friends, cadet life, athletics, and VMI buildings.
VMI Scrapbook, Thurber Sweet hazing incident; Col. Robert Kerlin dismissal, 1915; 1921
Item
Scope and Contents
One volume scrapbook containing clippings about two unrelated topics- the hazing death of Cadet Thurber Sweet in 1915; and the dismissal of Professor Robert Kerlin from his faculty position in 1921.
Waller G. Wills, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0450
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of miscellaneous papers, 1916-1956. Included is a notebook containing unfinished memoirs "Reminiscences of Cadet Days", in which he discusses many aspects of cadet life during the his Rat year, 1915-1916. The papers also include miscellaneous correspondence, cadet handbooks (the Bullet), and a dance program for the Cadet club, the "Nuggateers".
William E. Dillard letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-0274
Scope and Contents
Fourteen page letter from VMI Cadet William E. Dillard to his mother, dated 1910 May 16. Dillard describes in detail the Corps' march to Staunton, VA, including events in camp and in Fairfield and Staunton.
William H. Milton cadet scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0200
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by VMI Cadet William H. Milton, Jr. Includes photographs and other mementos collected during his cadetship, 1916-1920. In later life he served as VMI's eighth Superintendent
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