Richard K. Boney 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:

Richard K. Boney collection, 1874-1878. MS 0325. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
5 items
Creator:
Boney, Richard K. (Richard Kinsey), 1858-1937
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Richard K. Boney collection, 1874-1878. MS 0325. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a three-volume diary dating from the VMI cadetship of Richard K. Boney (1874-1878). The diary contains daily brief entries and notes weather and significant events. The collection also includes a poetry notebook (1874-1878) that contains standard VMI poetry and copied quotations, and one scrapbook fragment (1874-1878) with clippings about VMI events, programs, and invitations.

Biographical / historical:

Richard Kinsey Boney was born in 1858 in Madison Parish, Louisiana. He graduated from VMI in 1878 and went on to become a lawyer. Boney died in 1937 in Tallulah, Louisiana.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks