James J. Phillips 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
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:

James J. Phillips collection, 1853-1890. MS 0497. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
5 items
Creator:
Phillips, James J. (James Jasper), 1832-1908
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

James J. Phillips collection, 1853-1890. MS 0497. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection (five items) consists of items related to James J. Phillips, including:

  • VMI Diploma (1853)
  • VMI Society of Cadets certificate (1853)
  • A drawing of VMI Barracks (circa 1852-1853)
  • Confederate Army Commission (1863)
  • Certificate, Pickett Buchanan Camp, Confederate Veterans (1890)

Biographical / historical:

James Jasper Phillips was born in 1832 and graduated from VMI in 1853. During the Civil War he was a Colonel with the 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment. After the War he was a buisnessman. Phillips died in 1908 in New York City, New York.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks