Samuel G. Wingfield notebook

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Samuel G. Wingfield notebook, 1864-1865. MS 0137. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Wingfield, Samuel G. (Samuel Griffin), 1846-1901
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Samuel G. Wingfield notebook, 1864-1865. MS 0137. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one notebook. The cover bears the notation "S. G. Wingfield-VMI-1864 & 65." The notebook contains brief farewell inscriptions written by Wingfield's classmates in 1865. At the end there is a short play or skit, likely an original.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Griffin Wingfield was born in 1846 in Bedford County, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1867 and was a New Market cadet. He also was the Mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia, and a lawyer. Wingfield died in 1901 in Lynchburg.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Physical facet:
approximately 20 pages
Dimensions:
6.5 inches x 8 inches