Frederick T. Amiss collectionMS.0479Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:49:51 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Frederick T. Amiss collection Amiss, Frederick T. (Frederick Taylor), 1866-1942 MS.0479 /repositories/3/resources/559 4 items 1884-1886 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection (four items) contains one letter (dated December 14, 1884) from Cadet Frederick T. Amiss to his father. Amiss describes in detail the confrontation between cadets and Commandant Scott Shipp regarding an investigation into an explosion of the VMI magazine.This collection also includes three photographs of Amiss (circa 1886), which are all avaliable online.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick Taylor Amiss was born in 1866. He graduated from VMI in 1886 and went on to become a civil engineer. He died in 1942.

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Preferred Citation

Frederick T. Amiss collection, 1884-1886. MS 0479. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—History—19th century Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1886 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1880-1889 Photographs Correspondence Shipp, Scott, 1839-1917