Cousins family cadet textbooks and notebooks, 1852/1875

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:

Cousins Family cadet textbooks and composition notebooks, 1852-1875. MS 0559. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
35 items
Creator:
Cousins, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1857-1932, Cousins, Hillary A. (Hillary Allen), 1852?-1937, Jones, Edward B. (Edward Bradley), 1850-1910, Briggs, William W. (William Ward), 1855-1933, Chambliss, William H. (William Hood), 1855-1925, and Purcell, John B. (John Barry), 1849-1916
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Cousins Family cadet textbooks and composition notebooks, 1852-1875. MS 0559. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 33 textbooks (published between 1852-1873) used by VMI cadets during the 1860s and 1870s, and two cadet notebooks.

These textbooks contain written inscriptions of names, notes, and drawings. Most of the inscriptions are from Robert H. Cousins (VMI Class of 1867) and Hillary A. Cousins (VMI Class of 1875).

One notebook (circa 1875) belonged to Hillary A. Cousins and contains notes on a variety of topics, including chemistry, natural philosophy, geometry, and metallurgy. Also contains a list of books read for the period of 1874 to 1875. The other notebook (circa 1868) likely belonged to Edward B. Jones (VMI Class of 1868). This notebook contains notes on civil engineering lectures.

Physical facet:
Many of the textbooks are severely damaged with spines that are separated from the binding, water damage, dirt/dust, and general damage.