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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Access 2000 Database. Machine-readable finding aid created by Diane Jacob. Date of source: 2002 Description is in English Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//Virginia Military Institute::Preston Library::Archives//TEXT (US::ViLxV::vilxv00052::A Guide to the William P. Tams Notebook)//EN" "vilxv00052.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 26, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the William P. Tams Notebook, 1871-1873 A Collection in Virginia Military Institute Archives mss 00023

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 William P. Tams Notebook 1871-1873 mss 00023 The collection consists of one item. English Administrative Information Access

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William P. Tams Notebook, mss 00023, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.

 Biographical/Historical Information

William Purviance Tams, the son of William Henry Tams and Marie Antoinette Smith, was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia on March 11, 1852. Following his graduation from the Virginia Military Institute in 1873, he taught for one year at VMI and then spent his career as a banker in Staunton, Virginia. Tams married Sue Lewis Frazier of Staunton on November 17, 1870; they had two sons, William Frazier and William P., Jr. Tams died in Staunton on January 30, 1920.

 Scope and Content Information

The collection consists of one notebook that belonged to Cadet William P. Tams, Virginia Military Institute Class of 1873. Included are class notes for courses in Mineralogy, Civil and Military Engineering, and Chemistry; a copy of a lecture by Superintendent Francis H. Smith ("Lecture to the 1st Class on Moral Sense, November 5, 1872"); and grade reports in Chemistry, Physiology, Latin and Astronomy.