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Virginia Military Institute Archives
VMI ArchivesPreston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Business Number: 540-464-7516
archives@vmi.edu
URL: http://www.vmi.edu/archives
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
Online Access
A portion of this collection is avaliable online .
Preferred Citation
Cadet drawings, class assignments, and exercises, 1849-1923. MS 0203. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 19th and 20th century cadet drawings (approximately 200 items) completed primarily as assignments for Professor Thomas H. Williamson's architecture, engineering, and drawing courses at VMI. A few of the drawings were completed for a geometry course and other mathematics courses, or were not class assignments.
Some of the geometry drawings are signed by the supervising professor.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Architecture—Study and teaching
- Drawings (visual works)
- Engineering—Study and teaching
- Geometry, Descriptive
- Mathematics—Study and teaching
- Virginia Military Institute—Academics—History—19th century
- Virginia Military Institute—Cadet drawings
- Virginia Military Institute—Curricula
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Allen, Robert C. (Robert Clotworthy), 1834-1863
- Bargamin, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1835-1860
- Blackburn, Thomas, 1834-1854
- Blair, Henry W. (Henry Wayne), 1851-1884
- Blair, Robert S., 1835-1902
- Boyd, Thomas M. (Thomas Massie), 1838-1894
- Briggs, A. Sidney (Albert Sidney), 1902-1988
- Brockenbrough, William A. (William Austin), 1836-1896
- Carson, Robert P. (Robert Preston), 1832-1924
- Cochran, John L. (John Lynn), 1863-1887
- Cooke, Giles B. (Giles Buckner), 1838-1937
- Dodson, John E. (John Edward), 1845-1863
- Galloway, Thomas S. (Thomas Spraggin), 1840-1903
- Hardy, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1836-1871
- Hardy, Edward M. (Edward Mohun), 1840-1882
- Harris, Nicholas C. (Nicholas Cobbs), 1837-1898
- Hawkins, Norment D. (Norment Doniphan), 1849-1931
- Henry, William B. (William Byrd), 1875-1916
- Hill, A. Govan (Archibald Govan), 1839-1914
- Holt, Charles A. (Charles Asbury), 1836-1908
- Kemble, William E. (William Elkanah), 1831-1896
- Lovell, William, 1834-1892
- McCausland, John, 1836-1927
- Mears, Levin W., 1838-1862
- Miller, Julius G. (Julius Gordon), 1839-1908
- Morton, Osmond S. (Osmond Summers), 1843-1920
- Park, William K., 1840-1865
- Patton, Waller T. (Waller Tazewell), 1835-1863
- Pegram, John C. (John Cargill), 1838-1864
- Pollard, Richard, 1829-1908
- Ross, George, 1838-1926
- Shipp, Scott, 1839-1917
- Slaughter, Philip P. (Philip Peyton), 1834-1893
- Smith, Edward L. (Edward Livingston), 1835-1859
- Terrill, James B. (James Barbour), 1838-1864
- Waring, John L. (John Lancaster), 1848-1942
- Warren, James A. (James Albert), 1856-1879
- Williams, Lewis B. (Lewis Burwell), 1833-1863
- Williamson, Thomas H. (Thomas Hoomes), 1813-1888