William M. Jerdone papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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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:

William M. Jerdone papers, 1868. MS 0231. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
26 items 1 box
Creator:
Jerdone, William M. (William Macon), 1848-1900
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

William M. Jerdone papers, 1868. MS 0231. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The William M. Jerdone papers (26 items) consist of Jerdone's handwritten mathematics examination essay (64 pages) submitted to Professor James W. Massie on December 28, 1868. The topic of this essay is "Analysis of Analytical Geometry." The papers also include 25 drawings completed as class assignments at VMI.

Biographical / historical:

William Macon Jerdone was born in 1848 in Charles City County, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1871 and went on to become a lawyer and Texas state legislator. Jerdone died in 1900 in Galveston, Texas.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks