Richard K. Boney collectionMS.0325Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:48:32 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Richard K. Boney collection Boney, Richard K. (Richard Kinsey), 1858-1937 MS.0325 /repositories/3/resources/405 5 items 1874-1878 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

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.

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Preferred Citation

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

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1878 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet compositions—Poetry Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1870-1879 Virginia Military Institute—Academics—History—19th century Diaries Scrapbooks