PUBLIC "-//Virginia Military Institute::Preston Library::Archives//TEXT (US::ViLxV::vilxv00042::A Guide to the Oliver M. Rutledge Papers)//EN" "vilxv00042.xml" A Guide to the Oliver M. Rutledge Papers, 1879-1882 Rutledge, Oliver M., Papers mss 00009 Diane B. Jacob Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Virginia Military Institute Archives © 2002 Virginia Military Institute

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Virginia Military Institute Archives 2002 Virginia Military Institute Archives Staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Archives, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute Descriptive Summary Archives, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute Oliver M. Rutledge Papers 1879-1882 mss 00009 The collection consists of approximately 75 items. English Administrative Information Access

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Oliver M. Rutledge Papers, mss 00009, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Oliver Middleton Rutledge, the son of Benjamin Huger Rutledge and Eleanor Middleton, was born at Columbia, South Carolina on September 1, 1862. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1882, standing 17th out of 59 graduates. After completing his education he was a planter and lumber businessman in Fletcher, North Carolina. Rutledge married Helen Bagley Blake of Charleston, SC on October 5, 1892. The couple had 5 children: Helen, Frances, Oliver, Elise, and Dorothy. He died May 17, 1928 at Fletcher, NC.

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The Oliver M. Rutledge Papers consist primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Virginia Military Institute Cadet Oliver M. Rutledge for the period 1879-1882. Included are letters received at from parents, siblings and friends. A few letters written by Rutledge contain references to cadet life in the 1880's. The letter of May 14, 1882 to his mother describes the mineral springs resort at Dagger's Springs, Virginia. Additional miscellaneous items include an 1882 VMI graduation invitation and a poem dedicated to the Class of 1882.

 Contents List Correspondence, 1879-1882 Alston - Lee 1 Murrell - McDonald 2 Price - Riley 3 Rutledge, Alice 4 - 10 Rutledge, Benjamin H. 11 Rutledge, Benjamin H., Jr. 14 Rutledge, Edward. 15 Rutledge, Eleanor. 12-13 Miscellaneous letters. 16 Printed Material and Miscellaneous 17

Graduation invitation, 1882; poem, "To the Class of '82;" program from Hasty Pudding Club (Harvard).