George P. C. Rumbough commencement speech manuscript

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:

George P. C. Rumbough commencement speech manuscript, 1856 July 4. MS 0249. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Rumbough, George P. C. (George Philip Cowles), 1834-1916
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

George P. C. Rumbough commencement speech manuscript, 1856 July 4. MS 0249. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one manuscript (10 pages) of the commencement speech delivered by VMI Cadet George P. C. Rumbough on July 4, 1856.

Biographical / historical:

George Philip Cowles Rumbough was born in 1834 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1856. During the Civil War he was a staff officer with the Confederate States of America. After the War, he was a civil engineer and State Engineer of Arkansas. Rumbough died in 1916 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks