Records of Superintendent Scott Shipp, 1890-1907RG.02.02-ShippSVirginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-09 07:02:09 -0500.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Records of Superintendent Scott Shipp, 1890-1907 Shipp, Scott, 1839-1917 Virginia Military Institute. Office of the Superintendent. RG.02.02-ShippS /repositories/3/resources/685 20 cubic feet 1890-1907 Archives stacks, Record Group 02, Superintendent English Biographical / Historical

Brigadier General Scott Shipp (b. 1839 d. 1917) graduated from VMI in 1859 and was the first VMI alumnus to serve as Superintendent. He served on the VMI faculty from 1859-1889, at various times teaching Mathematics, Latin, and Tactics. He also served as the Commandant of Cadets from 1862-1889 and was in command of the Corps at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. He took office as the Institute's second Superintendent on January 1, 1890 and retired on June 30, 1907. He died at age 78 on December 4, 1917.

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Official records of the Scott Shipp administration, including correspondence, annual reports, and related papers/records for the period 1890-1907.

 Virginia Military Institute—Administration Virginia Military Institute—History—19th century Virginia Military Institute—History—20th century Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1859 Scott Shipp. Official Correspondence Files/repositories/3/archival_objects/2850Shipp, Scott, 1839-191718 cubic feet1890-1907EnglishScope and Contents

Correspondence, incoming and outgoing, of VMI's 2nd Superintendent, Scott Shipp. Incoming and outgoing letters were maintained separately. Outgoing letters are in bound letterbook volumes. Incoming letters are in box/folder sequence

Transcript of Legislative Committee investigating VMI/repositories/3/archival_objects/28711906-04-30Archives stacks, Record Group 02, SuperintendentEnglishScope and Contents

Bound volume (Supt. Scott Shipp's personal copy) containing typewritten "trancript of record of the joint committee of the Legislature appointed to investigate the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, VA, April 30th to May 5th, 1906"

Scott Shipp Personal and Biographical Material/repositories/3/archival_objects/4973Shipp, Scott, 1839-19172 boxes1 record carton; 1 half-sized letter document box1861-1917; 1858-ongoingEnglishScope and Contents

Biographical material and personal papers of Scott Shipp.

Scott Shipp. Biographical File/repositories/3/archival_objects/29390.21 Linear Feet1 half-sized letter document box1859 - [ongoing]Archives stacks, Record Group 02, SuperintendentEnglishScope and Contents

Scott Shipp individual biographical file, compiled over decades. Contains biographical and genealogical information. Shipp served as VMI's second Superintendent, from 1890-1907

Shipp, Scott, 1839-1917Scott Shipp Personal Papers/repositories/3/archival_objects/4974Shipp, Scott, 1839-19178 Files3 itemsoversize1861-1917EnglishScope and Contents

Correspondence, certificates, financial records, photographs, and printed material that Scott Shipp maintained in his personal files during his time at the Virginia Military Institute and his retirement.

Scott Shipp. Miscellaneous signed publications/repositories/3/archival_objects/29380.54 Linear Feet1/2 of a record storage cartonca. 1900Archives stacks, Record Group 02, SuperintendentEnglishScope and Contents

Miscellaneous publications that belonged to Superintendent Scott Shipp and were signed by him. They were likely kept in his office.