<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>James J. Phillips collection<num>MS.0497</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-04-24 07:02:17 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <repository>
      <corpname>Virginia Military Institute Archives</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>James J. Phillips collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">Phillips, James J. (James Jasper), 1832-1908</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0497</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">5 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1853-1890</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_f6872d684237858270866e182548ce6c">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
  </did>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_953c4e0b701e60cb379a69d1c1bd0e9f">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection (five items) consists of items related to James J. Phillips, including:
<ul>
<li>VMI Diploma (1853)</li>
<li>VMI Society of Cadets certificate (1853)</li>
<li>A drawing of VMI Barracks (circa 1852-1853)</li>
<li>Confederate Army Commission (1863)</li>
<li>Certificate, Pickett Buchanan Camp, Confederate Veterans (1890)</li>
</ul></p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_85ec8a9abe5710650e413c78c5665d63">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>James Jasper Phillips was born in 1832 and graduated from VMI in 1853. During the Civil War he was a Colonel with the 
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment. After the War he was a buisnessman. Phillips died in 1908 in New York City, New York.</p>  </bioghist>
  <userestrict id="aspace_9ffc1aeee8100d4b41e5300cf15af170">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_de022cce524b680f796078a62221ed1c">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>James J. Phillips collection, 1853-1890. MS 0497. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1853</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Confederate States of America. Army—Virginia Infantry Regiment, 9th</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Diplomas</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Military commissions</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet drawings</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="(OCoLC)fst00827721" source="FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)">Barracks</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Certificates</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Military commissions</genreform>
  </controlaccess>
  <dsc/>
</archdesc>
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