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Virginia Military Institute Archives

VMI Archives
Preston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Business Number: 540-464-7516
archives@vmi.edu
URL: http://www.vmi.edu/archives

Repository
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Identification
MS.0129.oversized
Title
VMI diplomas collection 1842-1978
Quantity
80 items
Location
Oversized Case 1
Language
English .

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Preferred Citation

VMI diplomas collection, 1842-1978. MS 0129. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Contents Note

The VMI diplomas collection consists of VMI diplomas from various eras. The oldest is that of Edmund Pendleton, Class of 1842. Contact the VMI Archives for a complete list.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Diplomas
  • Virginia Military Institute—Academics—History—19th century
  • Virginia Military Institute—Academics—History—20th century

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Adams, John N., Jr. (John Newton)
  • Anderson, Benjamin Norwood, Jr.
  • Anjier, Louis J., Jr. (Louis John)
  • Arnold, William E. (William Elisha), 1830-1902
  • Atkinson, Harry E. (Harry Elwood)
  • Barksdale, Alfred D. (Alfred Dickinson), 1892-1972
  • Barrett, Robert C. (Robert Cofer), 1885-1922
  • Belden, Arthur W., Jr. (Arthur Williams)
  • Bentley, William W. (William Weldon), 1839-1924
  • Blain, Stanton F. (Stanton Forman), 1902-1972
  • Booker, Lewis, Jr., ?-1990
  • Bowen, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1846-1928
  • Boykin, Francis M. (Francis Marshall), 1837-1906
  • Boykin, Maury W. (Maury Wood), 1893-1984
  • Bransford, John F. (John Francis), 1846-1911
  • Brown, Percy E. (Percy Eads), 1897-1979
  • Burress, Withers A. (Withers Alexander), 1894-1977
  • Butler, William H. (William Hazelwood), 1846-1896
  • Caldwell, Jesse W. (Jesse Walters), 1901-?
  • Campbell, Hugh A., Jr. (Hugh Alexander), 1894-1968
  • Carson, Robert P. (Robert Preston), 1832-1924
  • Cary, John M. (John Mathews), 1829-1853
  • Christian, Harold T. (Harold Talfourd), 1900-1970
  • Christian, Marcellus P. (Marcellus Palmer), 1830-1879
  • Clark, Thomas B. (Thomas Baker), 1851-1919
  • Cocke, William H. (William Horner), 1874-1938
  • Colston, Raleigh E. (Raleigh Edward), 1825-1896
  • Cooke, Giles B. (Giles Buckner), 1838-1937
  • Cosby, Walter W. (Walter William), 1894-1987
  • Crafton, Hugh C., Jr. (Hugh Chesley)
  • Crutchfield, Stapleton, 1835-1865
  • Davis, Albert D. (Albert Daniel), 1913-1992
  • Davis, John K. (John Kennerly), 1906-1975
  • Davis, Westmoreland D. (Westmoreland Delaware), 1859-1942
  • Dennis, William F. (William Franklin), 1861-1946
  • Derby, Charles A., 1828-1862
  • Doyle, Hobert E. (Hobert Elliott)
  • Earle, Richard C. (Richard Carl)
  • Easley, William H., 1832-1861
  • Evans, William E., 1845-1897
  • Fenno, Sylvan A. (Sylvan Alton)
  • Frazer, Percy W. (Percy Warner), 1906-?
  • Gaillard, David L. (David LeClair), 1854-1938
  • Gaines, Grenville, 1854-1922
  • Garland, Herbert G. (Herbert Galt)
  • Gatewood, Andrew C. L. (Andrew Cameron Lewis), 1843-1919
  • Gillis, Leslie, Jr., ?-1987
  • Goodwyn, Richard T. (Richard Tuggle), 1866-1952
  • Goshorn, John A. (John Arthur), 1911-?
  • Graybeal, Kent (Kent Payne)
  • Green, Charles J. (Charles Jones), 1839-1909
  • Green, Duff, Jr., 1908-1987
  • Grigg, Wesley P. (Wesley Peyton), 1846-1865
  • Hall, James V. (James Virginius), 1827?-1887
  • Hancock, Edwin A. (Edwin Ammon), 1857-1910
  • Haskell, John C. (John Cheves), 1900-1957
  • Henderson, James S. (James Screven), ?-1938
  • Hippey, Frederick A. (Frederick Allen), ?-1945
  • Hirst, Virginius B. (Virginius Bitzer)
  • Kaufman, Lewis M. (Lewis Morris), 1912-?
  • Kellogg, Robert W. (Robert Willis), 1902-?
  • Kilbourne, Charles E. (Charles Evans), 1872-1963
  • Knapp, John W. (John William)
  • Kriete, Eduard W. (Eduard William)
  • Loth, Moritz A. R. (Moritz Augustus Rust)
  • Lyne, Richard G. (Richard Gascoigne)
  • Magoffin, Beriah, Jr., 1869-1940
  • Mayo, Braxton D. (Braxton Davis), 1884-1968
  • McCue, Harry M. (Harry McDowell), 1854-1939
  • Meade, Hodijah B. (Hodijah Baylies), 1838-1874
  • Mettenheimer, John M. (John Meggett)
  • Miller, Hugh B. (Hugh Byron), 1875-1931
  • Millimet, Stanley, 1928-2013
  • Moncure, James A., Jr. (James Ashby), 1899-1989
  • Moncure, William A. (William Augustus), 1863-1947
  • Moorman, John P. (John Pelham), 1868-1928
  • Moorman, Marcellus N. (Marcellus Newton), 1835-1904
  • Moorman, Marcellus N., Jr. (Marcellus Newton), ?-1931
  • Morgan, Patrick H. (Patrick Henry), 1844-1917
  • Morson, William A. (William Alexander), 1843-1903
  • Munford, Thomas T. (Thomas Taylor), 1831-1918
  • Neale, William T. (William Thomas), ?-1950
  • Neikirk, Joseph D. (Joseph Dillard), 1911-1990
  • Nichols, E. W. (Edward West), 1858-1927
  • Nichols, Lee L., Jr. (Lee Lochhead)
  • Obenchain, William A. (William Alexander), 1841-1916
  • Otey, Kirkwood, 1829-1897
  • Page, William B. (William Byrd), 1850-1918
  • Palmer, William H. (William Henry), ?-1946
  • Paulette, David W., Jr. (David Walker)
  • Pendleton, Edmund, 1823-1899
  • Pickett, George E., Jr. (George Edward), 1864-1911
  • Pizzini, Andrew, Jr., 1846-1913
  • Redd, Charles F. (Charles Faben), ?-1986
  • Reynolds, Hardin W. (Hardin Williams), 1873-1944
  • Robinson, John M. (John Moncure), 1835-1893
  • Rockenbach, Samuel D. (Samuel Dickerson), 1869-1952
  • Ross, Erskine M. (Erskine Mayo), 1845-1928
  • Rumbough, George P. C. (George Philip Cowles), 1834-1916
  • Saunders, Valentine C. (Valentine Cook), 1820-1894
  • Scott, William D., Jr. (William Dodds)
  • Shepherd, Lemuel C., Jr. (Lemuel Cornick), 1896-1990
  • Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890
  • Smith, Francis H., Jr. (Francis Henney), 1849-1917
  • Smithey, William R., Jr. (William Royall), 1919-?
  • Snyder, Thomas E. (Thomas Earl)
  • Speer, George A., Jr. (George Alexander), 1890-1924
  • Spiller, George, 1845-1931
  • Stephens, James I. (James Irwin), 1869-1902
  • Strickler, Edward R. (Edward Root)
  • Tardy, Thomas H. (Thomas Howard), 1889-1960
  • Tate, Thomas G. (Thomas Green), 1855-1936
  • Tayloe, George E. (George Edward), 1838-1879?
  • Thompson, John V. (John Victor)
  • Throckmorton, Robert J. (Robert James)
  • Topp, Ronald A., III (Ronald Allen)
  • Trundle, Horatio H. (Horatio Hartley), ?-1960
  • Upshur, Alfred P. (Alfred Parker), 1885-1964
  • Waddill, Edmund C. (Edmund Clivious), 1883-1964
  • Wagner, Adolph W. (Adolph Watts)
  • Watts, Charles W. (Charles Wilder), 1873-1931
  • Weaver, Richard C. (Richard Councill), 1898-1973
  • Webb, John S. (John Samuel), 1845-1919
  • Welch, John, 1827-1879
  • Whitefield, William I., Sr. (William Irvine)
  • Whitney, George H. (George Harold), ?-1980
  • Will, Stuart C., Sr. (Stuart Creed), 1909-?
  • Wilmer, Frederic P. (Frederic Ponsoby), 1901-1987
  • Wilson, Norval C. (Norval Cornelius), 1837-1915
  • Wise, Jennings C. (Jennings Cropper), 1881-1968
  • Woodall, Raymond H., Jr. (Raymond Herndon)
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Container List

Diplomas
1840-1849English.
  • Edmund Pendleton
    1842English.
  • Valentine C. Saunders
    1842English.
  • Raleigh E. Colston
    1846English.
  • John Welch
    1847English.
  • John M. Cary
    1848English.
  • Charles A. Derby
    1848English.
  • Kirkwood Otey
    1849English.
Diplomas
1850-1859English.
Arrangement

John M. Robinson, class of 1855, received an honorary diploma in 1874. This diploma has been filed by the date it was presented and can be found in the file Diplomas, 1870-1879.

  • Marcellus P. Christian
    1852English.
  • James V. Hall
    1852English.
  • Thomas T. Munford
    1852English.
  • William E. Arnold
    1853English.
  • Robert P. Carson
    1854English.
  • Stapleton Crutchfield
    1855English.
  • Francis M. Boykin
    1856English.
  • William H. Easley
    1856English.
  • Marcellus N. Moorman
    1856English.
  • George P. C. Rumbough
    1856English.
  • Hodijah B. Meade
    1858English.
  • George E. Tayloe
    1858English.
  • Norval C. Wilson
    1858English.
  • Giles B. Cooke
    1859English.
  • Charles J. Green
    1859English.
Diplomas
1860-1869English.
  • William W. Bentley
    1860English.
  • William A. Obenchain
    1862English.
  • Wesley P. Grigg
    1863English.
  • William A. Morson
    1864English.
  • Andrew Pizzini, Jr.
    1865English.
  • Erskine M. Ross
    1865English.
  • William E. Evans
    1866English.
  • George Spiller
    1866English.
  • Henry C. Bowen
    1867
    The diploma bears the name "Harry C. Bowen" but Henry is the correct name.
    English.
  • John S. Webb
    1867English.
  • William H. Butler
    1868English.
  • Francis H. Smith, Jr.
    1869English.
Diplomas
1870-1879English.
  • William B. Page
    1870English.
  • Thomas B. Clark
    1873English.
  • John M. Robinson
    1874English.
  • David L. Gaillard
    1874English.
  • Grenville Gaines
    1874English.
  • Harry M. McCue
    1874English.
  • Westmoreland D. Davis
    1877English.
  • Thomas G. Tate
    1877English.
  • Edward W. Nichols
    1878English.
  • Edwin A. Hancock
    1879English.
Diplomas
1880-1889English.
  • William F. Dennis
    1882English.
  • James S. Henderson
    Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-18901883English.
    Scope and Contents

    Post graduate diploma awarding a Bachelor of Science diploma. Signed by Francis H. Smith.

  • George E. Pickett, Jr.
    1883English.
  • William A. Moncure
    1884English.
  • Marcellus N. Moorman, Jr.
    1886English.
  • William H. Palmer
    1886English.
  • Richard T. Goodwyn
    1887English.
  • Horatio H. Trundle
    1887English.
  • John F. Bransford
    1889English.
    Scope and Contents

    Honorary diploma for John F. Bransford, VMI Class of 1867.

  • Andrew C. L. Gatewood
    1889English.
    Scope and Contents

    Honorary diploma for Andrew C. L. Gatewood, VMI Class of 1864.

  • Patrick H. Morgan
    1889English.
    Scope and Contents

    Honorary diploma for Patrick H. Morgan, VMI Class of 1866.

  • Samuel D. Rockenbach
    1889English.
Diplomas
1890-1899English.
  • John P. Moorman
    1890English.
  • James I. Stephens
    1892English.
  • Beriah Magoffin, Jr.
    1893English.
  • Charles W. Watts
    1893English.
    Scope and Contents

    Civil Engineering degree diploma also included.

  • William H. Cocke
    1894English.
    Scope and Contents

    Civil Engineering degree diploma included.

  • Charles E. Kilbourne, Jr.
    1894English.
    Scope and Contents

    Civil engineering degree diploma included.

  • Hardin W. Reynolds
    1894English.
  • Hugh B. Miller
    1897English.
  • William D. Scott, Jr.
    1899English.
Diplomas
1900-1909English.
  • Herbert G. Garland
    1902English.
    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Mary L. Garland, 1938.

  • Jennings C. Wise
    1902English.
  • Edmund C. Waddill
    1903English.
  • Alfred P. Upshur
    1904English.
  • George H. Whitney
    1906English.
  • Robert C. Barrett
    1907English.
  • Hobert E. Doyle
    19091961English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes VMI diploma (1909) and "Diploma of Distinguished Merit" awarded in 1961.

  • Braxton D. Mayo
    1909English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Bachelor of Science in engineering.

Diplomas
1910-1919English.
  • John V. Thompson
    1910English.
  • Alfred D. Barksdale
    1911English.
  • Sylvan A. Fenno
    1911English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Bachelor of Science in engineering.

  • Virginius B. Hirst
    1911English.
  • William I. Whitefield, Sr.
    1911English.
    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    Framed. Located on top of diplomas case.

  • George A. Speer, Jr.
    1912English.
    Scope and Contents

    Bachelor of Science certificate only. No diploma in case.

  • Robert J. Throckmorton
    1912English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes electrical engineering degree granted in 1925.

  • Withers A. Burress
    1914English.
  • Thomas H. Tardy
    1914English.
  • Walter W. Cosby
    1916English.
  • Moritz A. R. Loth
    1916English.
  • Richard G. Lyne
    1916English.
  • Maury W. Boykin
    1917English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Master of Arts degree granted in 1928.

  • Hugh A. Campbell, Jr.
    1917English.
  • Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.
    1917English.
  • John M. Mettenheimer
    1918English.
  • Percy E. Brown
    1919English.
  • James A. Moncure, Jr.
    1919English.
Diplomas
1920-1929English.
  • John C. Haskell
    1920English.
  • Harold T. Christian
    1921English.
  • Richard C. Weaver
    1921English.
  • Frederic P. Wilmer
    1921English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes electrical engineering degree.

  • Arthur W. Belden, Jr.
    1923English.
  • Stanton F. Blain
    1923English.
  • Jesse W. Caldwell
    1923English.
  • Charles F. Redd
    1924English.
  • William T. Neale
    1926English.
  • Eduard W. Kriete
    1927English.
    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    Framed. Located on top of diplomas case.

  • John K. Davis
    1929English.
  • Richard C. Earle
    1929English.
  • Percy W. Frazer
    1929English.
  • Leslie Gillis, Jr.
    1929English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes law diploma and Bar certificate.

  • Duff Green, Jr.
    1929English.
    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    Framed. Located on top of diplomas case.

  • Adolph W. Wagner
    1929English.
  • Robert W. Kellogg
    1925English.
Diplomas
1930-1979English.
  • Joseph D. Neikirk
    1932English.
  • Stuart C. Will
    1932English.
  • John N. Adams, Jr.
    1933English.
  • John A. Goshorn
    1934English.
  • Lewis M. Kaufman
    1934English.
  • Hugh C. Crafton, Jr.
    1935English.
  • Albert D. Davis
    1935English.
  • Lewis Booker, Jr.
    1939English.
  • Frederick A. Hippey
    1939English.
  • William R. Smithey, Jr.
    1939English.
    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    Framed. Located on top of diplomas case.

  • Thomas E. Snyder
    1940English.
  • Kent P. Graybeal
    1942English.
  • Lee L. Nichols, Jr.
    1943English.
    Scope and Contents

    Certificate, 1943, issued to members of the Class of 1944 whose cadetships were interrupted by call to active duty. These are sometimes called War Diplomas.

  • Raymond H. Woodall, Jr.
    2 items
    19431947English.
    Scope and Contents

    Diploma awarding a Bachelor of Science (1947) to Raymond H. Woodall, Jr. after his return from World War II. Also includes a certificate (1943) issued to members of the Class of 1944 whose cadetships were interrupted by call to active duty. These are sometimes called War Diplomas.

  • Benjamin N. Anderson, Jr.
    1948English.
    General

    Diploma issued 1948.

  • Stanley Millimet
    1948English.
  • Harry E. Atkinson
    1951English.
  • John W. Knapp
    1954English.
  • David W. Paulette, Jr.
    1955English.
  • Louis J. Anjier, Jr.
    1961English.
  • Edward R. Strickler
    1962English.
  • Ronald A. Topp, III
    1978English.
    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    Framed. Located on top of diplomas case.