Sidney R. Perry collection

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 noncommercial 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:

Sidney R. Perry collection, 1888-1892. MS 0456. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
8 items
Creator:
Perry, Sidney R. (Sidney Rawson), 1873-1929
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Sidney R. Perry collection, 1888-1892. MS 0456. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a 40 page diary kept by VMI Cadet Sidney R. Perry from 1888-1891. The diary includes details of daily cadet life and an account of the death of Cadet Warner T. Taliaferro who died following a fight with a fellow cadet, Frank W. McConnico. This collection also includes a VMI Class of 1892 photograph album that contains photos of classmates, faculty, and cadet life, and six individual images, primarily summer camp scenes (circa 1890).

Biographical / historical:

Sidney Rawson Perry was born in 1873 in Key West, Florida. He graduated from VMI in 1892 and subsequently studied and practiced law. He died in 1929 in Sarasota, Florida.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks