VMI historical appointment documents

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred citation:

VMI historical appointment documents, 1846-1904. MS 0078. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
7 items
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

VMI historical appointment documents, 1846-1904. MS 0078. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The VMI historical appointment documents collection consists of notices of appointment sent to new cadets at VMI. The documents date from the 1840s into the 1900s. These are typically pre-printed forms on which the name, date, and other details are filled in by hand. They also include a list of supplies needed and information about expenses.

Letter appointing Richard Pollard a cadet at VMI. Signed by Board of Visitors member Charles P. Dorman. Note to Pollard's father written by Superintendent Francis H. Smith is at the bottom.

Letter appointing Russell Pancake a cadet at VMI. He did not enroll. Signed by William B. Taliaferro, VMI Board of Visitors.

Letter appointing Samuel John Foushe Tebbs as a cadet at VMI. He was a member of the Class of 1865.

Letter appointing Martin B. Wood (Class of 1867) a cadet at VMI.

Letter of appointment to VMI for Simon Blount Mason, VMI Class of 1867 and New Market cadet.

Letter appointing Class of 1884 Saunders to VMI. He was a member of the Class of 1884.

Letter of appointment to VMI for Hamilton Baskerville Caskie, Class of 1909.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks