Howard Osburn notebook

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:

Howard Osburn notebook, 1870-1872. MS 0251. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Osburn, Howard, 1853-1931
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Howard Osburn notebook, 1870-1872. MS 0251. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one notebook compiled by VMI Cadet Howard Osburn. The notebook contains copied poetry, orders, and an anecdote concerning Benjamin F. Ficklin, VMI Class of 1849.

Biographical / historical:

Howard Osburn was born in 1853 in Jefferson County, West Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1875 and went on to become a physician. He died in 1931 in Rippon, West Virginia.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Physical facet:
125 pages; binding not intact