The selections below are articles written by or about the earliest alumni of the University, 1826-70, drawn from the Alumni Bulletin from 1894 to 1915. Clicking on the links will take you to the full-text, digitized scans of the articles.

Alumni Bulletin Vol.1 (May 1894-Feb 1895):

• "Reminiscences." Burwell Stark 1.1 (May 1894), 1-2 A firsthand account by Burwell Stark (alumnus 1826) 
• "William B. Towes - In Memoriam." No author 1.1 (May 1894), 11-12 William B. Towes, alumnus 1867, faculty member from 1872 
• "Alumni Personals." No author 1.1 (May 1894), 21
• "Eugene Davis." Francis H. Smith 1.2 (Jul 1894), 32-4 Davis, alumnus 1836
• "Virginius Dabney." Thomas R. Price 1.2 (Jul 1894), 34-5 Dabney, alumnus 1852
• "Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart." Alexander F. Roberston 1.3 (Nov 1894), 59-68 Stuart, alumnus 1865
• "Sketch of the Late John Staige Davis." No author 1.3 (Nov 1894), 74-7 Davis, alumnus 1837, faculty member from 1847
• "James Jones White and Carter John Harris." James A. Harrison 1.3 (Nov 1894), 83-4 Memoria of White, alumnus 1846, and Harris, alumnus 1847
• "In Memoriam. William Cecil Dabney, M. D." William M. Thornton 1.3 (Nov 1894), 84 Dabney, alumnus 1866

Alumni Bulletin Vol. 2 (May 1895-Feb 1896)

• "John Albert Broadus." Wm. M. Thornton 2.1 (May 1895), 1-10 Broadus, alumnus 1846 
• "The Alumni of the University of Virginia in the Medical Corps of the Army." Julian Mayo Cabell 2.1 (May 1895), 11-13 
• "Necrology. Francis Howe McGuire." Jno. B. Minor 2.1 (May 1895), 18-19 McGuire, alumnus 1871
  
• "Jas. A. Harrison, LL.D. (Columbia)." Thomas R. Price 2.4 (Feb 1896), 130-3 Harrisonm, alumnus 1866

Alumni Bulletin Vol. 3 (May 1896-Feb 1897)

• "The Pavilions and their Earlier Occupants." J. A. Harrison 3.1 (May 1896), 1-7
• "In Memoriam." No author 3.2 (Jul 1896), 41-2 Judge Howell E. Jackson, Prof. John Hart, Tiberius Gracchus Jones, Judge Hunter H. Marhsall
• "Doctor Robert Maskell Patterson." Lamar Gray Patterson 3.3 (Nov 1896), 61-65 Patterson, alumnus 1835
• Untitled Letter. T. Leiper Patterson 3.3 (Nov 1896), 65-67 Firsthand account by Patterson, alumnus 1834
• "News and Notes." No author 3.3 (Nov 1896), 78 Firsthand account by a family member, Miss Sarah F. D. Conway, about the Academical Village
• "Reminiscences of an Old Student." A. L. N 3.4 (Feb 1897), 97-8 A. L. attended 1850-4
• "Frederick W. Coleman, Again." J. D. Coleman 3.3 (Feb 1897), 105-6 Coleman, alumnus 1834

Alumni Bulletin Vol. 4 (May 1897-Feb 1898)

• "Our Alma Mater in Texas and the Southwest." Thomas Fitz-hugh 4.1 (May 1897), 12-18
• "Early Days of the University." Charles Christian Wertenbaker 4.1 (May 1897), 21-5 The author's father, William Wertenbaker, attended 1826
• "Criticisms and Suggestions of Alumnus." Edward S. Joynes 4.2 (Aug 1897), 52-55 Joynes, alumnus 1850
• "In Memoriam. Green Peyton." Jas. D. Jones 4.2 (Aug 1897), 56-8 Peyton, alumnus 1848 
• "In Memoriam." No author 4.3 (Nov 1897), 84-5 Almuni Dr. James C. Southall, Mrs. Lucy Brent Page, Mrs. Thomas H Ellis, Prof. John Murray
• "In Memoriam." M. F. P. Venable 4.4 (Feb 1898), 126-9 Alumni and family members Helen W. Rice, Mr. Byrd, Dr. John Harrison Bemiss
• "James C. Southall, M. A. LL. D." W. H. Ruffner 4.4 (Feb 1898), 99-103
• "In Memoriam. Helen W. Rice. Mr. Byrd dies in New York. Dr. John Harrison Bemiss." M F. P. Venable 4.4 (Feb 1898), 126-9

Alumni Bulletin Vol. 5 (May 1898-Feb 1899)

• "The Brother Rogers." W. H. Ruffner 5.1 (May 1898), 1-13 Alumni James B. Rogers, William B. Rogers, Henry D. Rogers, and Robert E. Rogers
• "In Memoriam." Richmond Times 5.1 (May 1898), 28 Alumni Col. Wm. Byrd and Thomas H. Ellis, alumni 1858-61
• "R. G. H. Kean." W. R. Abbot. 5.3 (Nov 1898), 61-73
• "A Students Ball Long Ago." Clara Bell Davis 5.3 (Nov 1898), 81-2
• "In Memoriam. Judge William J. Robertson." No author 5.3 (Nov 1898), 83-5
• "Statutory History of University of Virginia, Compiled by Eugene C. Massie." 5.4 (Feb 1899), 101-7

Alumni Bulletin Vol. 6 (May 1899-Feb 1900)

• "Statutory History of University of Virginia, Compiled by Eugene C. Massie." (Continued) 6.1 (May 1899), 10-14
• "Medical Graduates in the Navy." No author 6.3 (Nov 1899), 85-7
• "The Beginning of our Society of Alumni." F. W. P. 6.3 (Nov 1899), 89-91
• "Elisha Kent Kane." James Park McCallie 6.4 (Feb 1900), 103-6
• "The Poet Poe as Soldier." No author 6.4 (Feb 1900), 109
• "Wild Students of the Past. The Ungovernable set of the 'Old Times' Have Given Place to a Body of Earnest, Hardworking Students." No author 6.4 (Feb 1900), 111-13
• "Student Soldiers in the Civil War." Wm. W. Old 6.4 (Feb 1900), 119-120

Alumni Bulletin Vol. 7 (May 1900)

• "Henry Tutwiler, and the Influence of the University of Virginia on Education in Alabama." Prof. McCorvey 7.1 (May 1900), 1-8

Alumni Bulletin New Series Vol. 2 (1902) 

• "William Leroy Broun. 1827-1902." Francis H. Smith, J.W.M., Milton W. Humphreys 2.3 (Jul 1902), 22-30 Broun attended 1848-51 

Alumni Bulletin New Series Vol. 3 (1903)

• "James B. Baker. Secretary of the Faculty, University of Virginia." W. M. T. 3.2 (Apr 1903), 37-9
• "Col. Thomas Lewis Preston." No author 3.2 (Apr 1903), 77
• "Walter Reed." No author 3.2 (Apr 1903), 77
• "George Cabell Rives." No author 3.2 (Apr 1903), 77 Cabell attended 1848-50 
• "Alfred Landon Rives." No author 3.2 (Apr 1903), 78-80
• "University of Virginia Alumni Who Have Pursued the Medical Profession in Civil Life." Dr. Wm. M. Berkeley. 3.4 (Oct 1903), 199-205
• "Thomas Randolph Price." W. M. T. 3.4 (Oct 1903), 205-8 Price, alumnus 1858
• "The Student Riot of 1836." T. J. W. 3.4 (Oct 1903), 190-195
• "Presentation of a Portrait of Mathew Fontaine Maury." C. M. N. 3.4 (Oct 1903), 226-9

Alumni Bulletin New Series Vol. 4 (1904)

• "The First Alumnus of the University to Enter the Medical Corps of the Navy." G. 4.2 (Apr 1904), 54-5 Regarding W. A. W. Spotswood (1825-8)
• "Robert Lewis Dabney." Prof. William M. Thornton. 4.2 (Apr 1904), 82-7 Dabney, alumnus 1842
• "Thomas Underwood Dudley." Rev. Randolph H. McKim, D. D. 4.2 (Apr 1904), 88-93 Dudley, alumnus 1858
• No title. No author. 4.2 (Apr 1904), 120-1 William Daniel Cabell, alumnus 1854
• No title (Allumni Items). No author. 4.2 (Apr 1904), 122-4 John T. Jones; Charles Landon Carter Minor; General William H. Payne; Mr. E. Caphan Rowe; Charles R. Skinker; James Harrison Williams 
• "Forty Years Ago." D. 4.3 (Jul 1904), 286-292 
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 4.3 (Jul 1904), 352-6 Wm. R. Garrett; Major Horace W. Jones; Dr. A. Nash Johnson; Gen. William H. Payne (alumni 1834-71)

Alumni Bulletin New Series Vol. 5 (1906)

• "The First College Young Men's Christian Association." Dr. Thomas Hume 5.5 (Mar 1906), 286-291
  
• "The Student Volunteers of 1861." W. W. Old 5.5 (Mar 1906), 291-300 W.W. Old, alumnus 1860. Part One.
• "Ins Stille Land." No author. 5.5 (Mar 1906), 347-53 Dr. Benjamin Blackford; Hon. W. W. Flood; James Lindsay Gordon; Patrick Cabell Massie; Captn. Charles E. Vawter (alumnus 1854-1867)
  

Bulletins of the University of Virginia New Series Vol. 6 (May 1906)

• "Io Victis!" Dedicatory Oration by Randolph H. McKim 6.1 (May 1906), 13-30 Includes a list of students and faculty involved in Civil War (name, date, place of death)

Alumni Bulletin New Series Vol. 7 (1907)

• "William Elisha Peters." Dr. Chas. W. Kent 7.1 (Jan 1907), 13-15 William Elisha Peters, alumnus 1850
• "Col. Peters as a Man." Prof. F. H. Smith 7.1 (Jan 1907), 15-17 Peters, alumnus 1850
• "The Student Volunteers of 1861." (contd.) W. W. Old 7.1 (Jan 1907), 59-70 W.W. Old, alumnus 1860. Part Two
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 7.1 (Jan 1907), 111-7 Dr. Stephen Decatur Thruston; Dr. A. E. Dickinson; Professor John Peyton McGuire; Dr. William J. Lucke; M. A. Brown, M. D.; Capt. John W. Headin; Thomas F. Nelson; Samuel Spencer, C. E. (alumni 1853-69)
• "Roster of the 'University Volunteers.'" W. W. Old 7.2 (Apr 1907), 203-5
  
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 7.2 (Apr 1907), 220-4 Rev. Wm. Francis Brand; Prof. Chas. Hallet Judson; Capt. Henry Hudnall; Philip W. Magruder; John H. Lewis; Hon. Wm. H. Boaz (alumni 1833-72)
• "Some of the Men Who Were Students Prior to 1860." No author 7.3 (Jul 1907), 298-306 
• "Ins Stille Land." No Author 7.3 (Jul 1907), 311-20 Rev. Paul Whitehead; John Scott; Thomas Turner Fauntleroy; Fleming Saunders; Lyman Brown Wharton; Dr. Wilson Cary Nicholas Randolph; C. Wister Wallace; Capt. Alexander F. Mathews; Rev. James Addison Quarles; Clement D. Fishburne (1841-66)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 7.4 (Oct 1907), 410-20 John Cowper Granbery; A. W. Cockrell; Edmund Pendleton Turner; Rev. John Johnson; James Dinwiddie; Charles Summerville Roller; Dr. Joseph Henry Wolfe; Stephen Cowling Perrow; Seneca D. Powell; Christopher Reed; Thomas Seddon Bruce (1857-1870)

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 1 (1908)

• "The Oldest Living Alumnus." No author. 1.1 (Jan 1908), 69-70 Dr. Robert Patterson stated as oldest alumnus, followed by Thomas N. Welch; John T. Jones; William Francis Brand; Joseph Addison Waddell; Absalom Koiner (1833-5)
• "Alumni Notes." No author 1.1 (Jan 1908), 81-2 Edwin Savage Hicks; William Gordon McCabe; Andrew Hunter Boyd; William Lawrence Estes; James W. S. Peters (1852-88)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 1.1 (Jan 1908), 90-1 George Boardman Taylor; Richard Lancelot Maury; Gwynn Alexander Leyell; Waller Holladay; William Nevison Wilmer; Barton Haxall; William Graham Page; Hamilton Pleasants Howard (1855-86)
• "Letter from Judge Welch." No author 1.2 (Apr 1908), 59-60 Welch, alumnus 1843
• "Alumni Notes." No author 1.2 (Apr 1908), 172-5 William Godrich Venable (alum 1839-40); Thomas Lee Broun; Edward S. Joynes; Richard McIlwaine; Augustus William Cockrell; George L. Christian; John S. Wise; Micajah Woods (1839-67)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 1.2 (Apr 1908), 180-90 John Randolph Leigh; John Grammar Bodnax; Joseph Dupuy Eggleston; Francis Eugene Rice; Joseph McAdam Broun; James Henry Rives; Eugene Blackford; William Fowler Gardner; John Malcolm Johnstone; Ferdinand A. Shackleford (1849-70)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 1.3 (Jul 1908), 309-312 George Ott Wunder; R. Layton Barret; Edward Bent Keyte; Robert P. Alexander; William Broun; Adolph Meyer (1852-62)
• "Alumni Notes." No author 1.4 (Oct 1908), 387-94 Robert Patterson; Thomas N. Welch; Gen. Roger A. Pryor; Maj. Thomas L. Broun; Capt. Joseph McAdam Broun; Capt. Micajah Woods; Judge R. T. W. Duke (1839-74)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 1.4 (Oct 1908), 395-99 William Goodrich Venable; Algernon Sidney Batte; Col. Thomas Henry Carter; George P. Dillard; Horace P. Lacy; John James Reeve; Charles Eugene Cabaniss; George Smith Somerville (1840-81)

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 2 (1909)

• "Funding of the First Young Men's Christian Association Among Students." Rev. Hugh McIlhany, Jr. 2.1 (Jan 1909), 48-56
• "Alumni Notes." No author 2.1 (Jan 1909), 104-14 Robert Patterson; Carter H. Page; John Kerr Faulkner; W. W. Old; Arthur P. Belew; Layton B. Yancey (alumni 1831-72)
• "Our Oldest Alumnus." R. M. Patterson 2.1 (Jan 1909), 114-6 Biographical sketch of Robert Maskell Patterson, alumnus 1836
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 2.1 (Jan 1909), 123-8 Robert Baylor Shackleford; John Garber; Philip W. Nelson; Nicholas C. Sheppard; Peter Fontaine; Christopher Pegues Ellerbe (1853-68)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 2.2 (Apr 1909), 46-8 Robert Patterson; Thomas N. Welch (the first and second oldest known alumni); Kenzey Jones; Robert William Nelson (1839-52)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 2.3 (Jul 1909), 357-60 Carter H. Page; Jacob Prosser Harrison; John S. Richards; Camm Patterson; John W. Clay Hall (1845-67)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 2.4 (Oct 1909), 459-62 Littleton W. T. Wickham; James L. White; Daniel Bedinger Lewis; Z. Whitefield Ewing (1839-68)

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 3 (1910)

•  "Ins Stille Land." No author 3.1 (Jan 1910), 108-12 Rev. Dabney Carr Terrell Davis; Judge John Dunscombe Horsley; Rev. Osborne Ingle (1844-60)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 3.2 (Apr 1910), 219-223 Dr. R. S. Beazley; Col. Thomas L. Macon; Wm. Jacob Points; Henry Battaile; Dr. C. A. Board; Captain Kosciusco Kemper; Capt. J. D. McIntire; John Goffigon; Almon Brooks; Philip W. Boyd (1841-1867) 
• "University Young Men's Christian Association." W. W. Brockman 3.5 (Oct 1910), 460-467

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 4 (1911)

• "Henry Thompson Kent." James A. Seddon 4.1 (Jan 1911), 97-100 Alumnus 1870
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 4.1 (Jan 1911), 101-4 Samuel D. McEnery; Junius Pollard Snead; Charles Urquhart Williams; Frederick Brooke McGuffey; James Rind Truehart; Robert Breckenbridge Christian; Jackson Guy (1857-70)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 4.2 (Apr 1911), 212-16 Richard H. Baker; A. Monteiro; Judge Lambert Tree; Dr. John W. Pitts; Maj. Richard M. Venable; Capt. Micajah Woods; Horace G. Platt (1850-70)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 4.3 (Jul 1911), 327-8 Colonel Algernon Sidney Buford 1848
• "Contributions to Alumni Hall Fund." No author 4.5 (Oct 1911), 617-623 Includes name, location of known alumni, 1840-1910
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 4.5 (Oct 1911), 627-8 Captn. Hugh R. Garden; Rev. William H. Wittsitt; Judge John E. Mason (1866-75)

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 5 (1912)

• "Ins Stille Land." No author 5.1 (Jan 1912), 106-12 Dr. Herbert M. Nash; R. H. Browne; John C. Pettus; Rev. L. H. Shuck; Rev. Geo. Holman Snead; Dr. Alexander Hogg; William W. Old; Willis Overton Harris; John Sinclair Blackburn (1853-69)
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 5.2 (Apr 1912), 221-4 George Stanton Hamilton; Joseph P. Webb; Alexander Frederick Fleet (1850-1867)  
• "Reunion of Confederate Alumni." John S. Patton 5.3 (Jul 1912), 226-35
• "Banquet to Confederate Alumni." No author 5.3 (Jul 1912), 261-82
• "Alumni Luncheon. June 11, 1912." No author 5.3 (Jul 1912), 299-315
• "Facts About Alumni Soldiers." No author 5.5 (Oct 1912), 522 
• "An Echo from the Veteran Alumni." An Old Student 5.5 (Oct 1912), 523-4 

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 6 (1913)

• "Those Who Came Back." No author 6.3 (Jul 1913), 295-6 Lists alumni who returned during Finals Exercises (name and address entered at Colonnade Club): Chas. C. Wertenbaker 1853; George Tucker Harrison 1856; J.W. Fitz 1858; W. E. Homes 1859; Charles H. Withrow 1860; Capt. John M. Payne 1861; Channing M. Bolton 1861; Henry Clay Michie 1861; J. Smith 1868; Robert L. Harrison 1870 (continues, 1870 through 1880)
• "Student Life in the Sixties." John C. Walker 6.3 (Jul 1913), 416-27 
• "Charles Augustus Brooks." W. M. Forrest 6.5 (Oct 1913), 640-4
• "Ins Stille Land." No author 6.5 (Oct 1913), 705-7 Stephen V. Southall; Rev. Dr. Richard McIlwaine; Col. Joseph Hodgson; Captn. Frank P. Clark; Dr. Lewis Smith Pendleton; L. Eustace Williams; Oscar Riverson; Brig. Gen. Charles Irving Wilson; John S. Wise; Peter Francisco Smith; Samuel Tate (1850-71)

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 7 (1914)

• "Leo N. Levi, '73." R. G. Davies 7.1 (Jan 1914), 66-9
  
• "Obituary." No author 7.1 (Jan 1914), 134-6 Col. A. W. Jones; Col. William B. Hamilton; Dr. John Guerrant Trevillian; Captn. Carter M. Louthan; Dr. Edward B. Finney; John D. Lewis; Lerory Eustace Williams; Col. Graham M. Edgar; Dr. George W. Wallace (1851-67)
• "The University of Virginia Sixty Years Since." Francis H. Smith, 1851 7.2 (Apr 1914), 160-6 
• "Richard McIlwaine, A.M., D.D., LL.D." H. Tucker Graham (Apr 1914), 208-17
• No title (regarding Edward B. Finney). No author. p.296
• "T. R. B. Wright, '61." No author 7.3 (Jul 1914), 349-52
• "Obituary." No author 7.3 (Jul 1914), 437-40 Joseph Addison Waddell; Major Thomas Lee Broun; Rev. Poindexter Smith Henson; Captn. John Hughes Knight; Dr. Samuel Rush Sayers; Brigadier-General Wirt Davis; Dr. L. M. Blackford; Captn. Philip P. Barbour; Lloyd B. Stephenson; Henry A. Atkinson; Dr. William A. Broaddus; Dr. James Harvie Dew; Alexander T. Leftwich; Charles Pinckney Jones; George Henry Torney (1842-70)
• "Obituary." No author 7.4 (Aug 1914), 550-2 Henry A. Atkinson; Judge Selden Longley; Rev. Robert Archer Godwin; Alcee Fortier; Dr. Jacob D. Mater; Judge G. Lawrence Campbell (1864-73)
• "Launcelot Minor Blackford." William H. Echols 7.5 (Oct 1914), 590-611
• "Obituary." No author 7.5 (Oct 1914), 677-80 Severn Eyre; Henry Taylor Sr.; Col. J. Wilcox Brown; William H. Beatty; Capt. John A. Herring; Dr. Walter Aylett Hawes; Dr. Lucien Bowyer Robinson; Mason Gordon; Louis Trapman Hanckel; James P. Yellowley; Dr. George B. Reynolds (1851-70)

Alumni Bulletin 3rd Series Vol. 8 (1915)

• "A Student's View of the University in 1852-6." Crawford Howell Toy 8.1 (Jan 1915), 10-6
  
• "Civil War Chapter in the Life of Dr. George B. Reynolds, '70." No author 8.1 (Jan 1915), 99-102
• "Personal Recollections of the School of Latin, University of Virginia." Dr. Edward S. Joynes, 1853 8.2 (Apr 1915), 218-26
• "Alumni Who Registered at the Colonnade Club." No author 8.3 (Jul 1915), 334-340 Charles H. Withrow 1860; Bolton L. Channing 1861; T. S. Beckwith 1863; William H. White 1867; John T. Antrim 1870 (also lists alumni 1870-1914)
• "Obituary." No author 8.3 (Jul 1915), 437-42 Judge David Stone Hicks; Captain Cameron Erskine Thom; Dr. William H. Pleasants; Dr. Charles William Chancellor; James Southgate; Capt. John A. Herndon; Col. George A. Martin; Dr. John Mutius Gaines; Capt. Robert E. Lee; Philip Barbour Hiden; R. Bolling Wilcox Sr. (1845-69)

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