Cousins family cadet textbooks and notebooksMS.0559Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-08-06 20:00:14 -0400.Description is written in: English, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Cousins family cadet textbooks and notebooks 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 Purcell, John B. (John Barry), 1849-1916 MS.0559 /repositories/3/resources/875 35 items Many of the textbooks are severely damaged with spines that are separated from the binding, water damage, dirt/dust, and general damage. 1852-1875 English Content Description

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.

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

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