William Gilham papers

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:

William Gilham papers. Manuscript # 0267, Virginia Military Institute Archives

Summary

Extent:
21 items
Creator:
Gilham, William, 1818-1872 and Ezekiel, Moses J. (Moses Jacob), 1844-1917
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

William Gilham papers. Manuscript # 0267, Virginia Military Institute Archives

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the papers (21 items) of 19th century VMI faculty member William Gilham, including:

  • Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy (June 1841)
  • A VMI weekly class report (circa 1860)
  • A dispatch signed by General Robert E. Lee
  • Correspondence, including a letter from Moses Ezekiel (VMI Class of 1866)
  • Photographs where the subjects are Robert E. Lee, Gilham and his wife, Libby Prison, and Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War
  • Invitations to social events in Lexington, Virginia from the McDowell Family

Biographical / historical:

William Gilham was born in 1818 in Vincennes, Indiana. He graduated from the United States Military Academy Class in 1840. He was a United States Army officer and a VMI faculty member from 1846 to 1864. Gilham died in 1872 in Vermont.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks