Philip C. Gibbs notebookMS.0106Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This collection consists of one notebook (approximately 145 pages) created by Philip C. Gibbs that reflects cadet life from 1848 to 1851. The notebook includes:

  • Accounts of Corps of Cadets trips to Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk and Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia
  • Cadet poetry and essays
  • Poetry by Sara Henderson Smith
  • Addresses delivered before the Cadet Dialectic Society (a literary and debating society)
  • Discussion of exams (1851) in English and natural philosophy
  • Account of "An Oyster Supper---A Frolic After Taps"
  • Account of "our last bible recitation" in which Gibbs describes the last session of his cadetship with Superintendent Francis H. Smith

 Biographical / Historical

Philip Cromwell Gibbs was born in 1831 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1851 and went on to become a teacher and merchant. He died in 1859 in Booneville, Missouri.

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 Preferred Citation

Philip C. Gibbs notebook, 1849-1851. MS 0106. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

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The notebook includes:

  • Accounts of Corps of Cadets trips to Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk and Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia
  • Cadet poetry and essays
  • Poetry by Sara Henderson Smith
  • Addresses delivered before the Cadet Dialectic Society (a literary and debating society)
  • Discussion of exams (1851) in English and natural philosophy
  • Account of "An Oyster Supper---A Frolic After Taps"
  • Account of "our last bible recitation" in which Philip C. Gibbs describes the last session of his cadetship with Superintendent Francis H. Smith

College students—Religious lifeRockbridge Alum Springs (Va.)Universities and colleges—ReligionVirginia Military Institute—Cadet compositions—PoetryVirginia Military Institute—Cadet compositions—ProseVirginia Military Institute—Cadet debating societiesVirginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1840-1849Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1850-1859Virginia Military Institute—Cadet literary societiesVirginia Military Institute—Cadet organizationsVirginia Military Institute—Class of 1851Virginia Military Institute—CurriculaVirginia Military Institute—Faculty—AnecdotesNotebooksSmith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890