Frank A. Fickes drawingMS.0214Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:47:38 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Frank A. Fickes drawing Fickes, Frank A. (Frank Akin), 1888-1952 MS.0214 /repositories/3/resources/300 1 items circa 1908 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one original charcoal sketch (circa 1908) by Cadet Frank A. Fickes that was published in the 1911 VMI yearbook. The sketch features a skull, snakes, and ghost, which are symbols of "TKL," a cadet secret society.

Biographical / Historical

Frank Akin Fickes was born in 1888 in Steubenville, Ohio. He graduated VMI in 1908 and went on to become a chemist. He died in 1952 in St. Louis, Illinois.

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Preferred Citation

Frank A. Fickes drawing, circa 1908. MS 0214. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1900-1909 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet drawings Virginia Military Institute—Social life and customs Virginia Military Institute—Cadet organizations Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1908