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Change of Command Parade, 2014
No full textThe Class of 2014 hands over command to the Class of 2015 leadership during the graduation and change of command parade May 14, 2014
Founders Day Time Capsule, Nov. 11, 2014
No full textCadets add items to a time capsule in celebration of VMI's 175th year on Founder's Day, November 11, 2014
Matriculation, 2014
No full textA member of the Cadet Cadre fits a new Rat with a cap during Matriculation, Aug. 25, 2014
Matriculation Day, Rat Training 2014
No full textA group of rats begin training on Matriculation Day, Aug. 23, 2014
Class of 2017 Breakout, Feb. 2014
No full textThe Class of 2017 perform military exercises during their Breakout the weekend of Feb. 1, 2014
Civil War Oath of Allegiance, 1865. Richard H. Adams, Jr.
No full textThe oath of allegiance sworn by Confederate prisoner of war Richard H. Adams, Jr. at Fort Delaware on June 12, 186
Derastus Myers Civil War Letter, 1863
No full textOne letter, dated May 11, 1863, from Confederate soldier Derastus E.W. Myers to his brother and sister. The letter was written from "Camp Near Hamilton's Crossing" after the Battle of Chancellorsville; topics include death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Myers served as a Sergeant with the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
Junius L. Hempstead collection, 1865
No full textThe collection consists of two items. One letter (September 2, 1865) from Hempstead to Major DeWitt C. Craun in which he defends the position taken by the South during the Civil War & his own service in the CSA. One manuscript poem, "Ode to the 4th Classmen of 1861 who never heard Auld Lang Syne" (undated)
Robert A. Boyd Diary - Notebook
No full textOne volume notebook, ca. 45 pages, containing miscellaneous personal notes (Dec. 1864-April 1865) and brief diary entries (January 1; April 3-13, 1865). Diary portion covers activities of the 1st Engineers Regiment during the last few days of the war; mentions surrender at Appomattox and includes pencil sketch of surrender site. Notes concern supplies, furloughs and desertions, guard rosters; also maxims and quotations from books
Benjamin Bowering Collection, 1916
No full textCollection consists of the original manuscript score of the VMI Spirit (the official song of the Virginia Military Institute), written by Benjamin Bowering while he was as Assistant Professor at VMI in 1916. The manuscript is 10.5" x 12.5", with composition in pencil and annotations by the composer. The collection also includes on typescript letter (March 16, 1935) from Bowering to VMI's Librarian Nellie Gibbs, in which he explains the history of the song