vilxv00072A GUIDE TO THE ROBERT A. PAINE NOTEBOOK, 1879 MS.0455Virginia Military Institute Archives

2005

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:49:37 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Robert A. Paine notebook Paine, Robert A. (Robert Alexander), 1859-1929 MS.0455 /repositories/3/resources/535 1 items 1879 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one manuscript notebook compiled by VMI Cadet Robert A. Paine in 1879. The notebook contains lyrics of songs popular during the 1870s.

Biographical/Historical Information

Robert Alexander Paine was born in 1859 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1881 and went on to become a businessman and civil engineer. Paine died in 1929 in Ashland, Virginia.

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Preferred Citation

Robert A. Paine notebook, 1879. MS 0455. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1870-1879 Music Notebooks