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

Preferred Citation

Richard K. Boney collection, 1874-1878. MS 0325. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Kinsey Boney was born in 1858 in Madison Parish, Louisiana. He graduated from VMI in 1878 and went on to become a lawyer. Boney died in 1937 in Tallulah, Louisiana.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a three-volume diary dating from the VMI cadetship of Richard K. Boney (1874-1878). The diary contains daily brief entries and notes weather and significant events. The collection also includes a poetry notebook (1874-1878) that contains standard VMI poetry and copied quotations, and one scrapbook fragment (1874-1878) with clippings about VMI events, programs, and invitations.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• Scrapbooks
• Virginia Military Institute—Academics—History—19th century
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet compositions—Poetry
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1870-1879
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1878