William Neill collection

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 Neill collection, 1877. MS 0301. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 items
Creator:
Neill, William, 1860-?
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

William Neill collection, 1877. MS 0301. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the notebook (approximately 165 pages) of VMI Cadet William Neill. The notebook contains copied and possibly original poetry, and one watercolor sketch (10 inches x 7.5 inches) of barracks room number 38, drawn by Neill and dated October 1877.

Biographical / historical:

William Neill was born in 1860 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He graduated from VMI in 1880 and went on to become a physician in West Virginia.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks