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This collection consists of the papers of Lloyd J. Davidson, including:

• Correspondence
• Examination questions and assignment sheets for his English classes at VMI
• Copies of speeches presented to the Lexington (Virginia) Fortnightly Club
• Biographical information

The Ora M. Baldinger papers consist of papers (approximately 40 items) dating from the cadetship of Baldinger, VMI Class of 1910. Included are his cadet account book, grade reports, receipts, and class notes from engineering and physics.

This collection consists of one notebook (approximately 145 pages) created by Philip C. Gibbs that reflects cadet life from 1848 to 1851. The notebook includes:

• Accounts of Corps of Cadets trips to Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk and Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia
• Cadet poetry and essays
• Poetry by Sara Henderson Smith
• Addresses delivered before the Cadet Dialectic Society (a literary and debating society)
• Discussion of exams (1851) in English and natural philosophy
• Account of "An Oyster Supper---A Frolic After Taps"
• Account of "our last bible recitation" in which Gibbs describes the last session of his cadetship with Superintendent Francis H. Smith

The Samuel Downing, Jr. papers consist of three items, including:

• One letter (November 17, 1859) from Downing to his father, in which he describes in detail a cadet trip to Norfolk, Virginia, including an interesting account of an uncomfortable canal boat journey
• One list of demerits (April to June 1860)
• One quarterly grade report (July 1860)

The Thomas F. Barksdale papers consist of two items. The first is a letter (dated January 25, 1855) from a Prussian official, denying Thomas F. Barksdale and his roommates permission to enter the Prussian Army. The second item is a notebook that contains:

• Class notes, including notes taken in Stonewall Jackson's class section in natural philosophy (a course that would today be most similar to physics) and notes taken in analytical geometry class taught by Francis H. Smith
• A resolution issued by cadets following murder of Cadet Thomas Blackburn, Class of 1854
• Poetry
• Autographs of the Class of 1855
• A list of roommates and room numbers

This collection (three items) consists of the VMI account book (1910-1914) of Cadet William H. Tardy, a signed loan agreement (September 1913) between Tardy and VMI, and his writing exercise book.