Lane family 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:

Lane family collection, 1892-1899. MS 0304. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 items folder and oversized case
Creator:
Lane, James H. (James Henry), 1833-1907
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Lane family collection, 1892-1899. MS 0304. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of items related to the Lane family, including a school report card (dated 1892) for Lottie Lane, daughter of James H. Lane (VMI Class of 1854). The report card is from the Auburn (Alabama) School District and signed by James H. Lane. This collection also includes a railroad engine signed "James H. Lane, 1899."

Biographical / historical:

James Henry Lane was born in 1833 in Mathews Court House, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1854. During the Civil War he was a General with the Confederate Army. After the War he was an engineer and educator. Lane died in 1907 in Auburn, Alabama.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks and oversized case 2