This collection contains papers received by Benjamin F. Cousins while a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) during the 1888/1889 academic year. Among the several pieces of personal correspondence in the collection is a letter from VAMC president Lunsford L. Lomax, expressing his regret that Cousins will be leaving school, promising to provide Cousins assistance if needed, and explaining that Cousins' sophomore expenses would be much lower than he'd had as a freshman. Accompanying a letter from VAMC commercial science professor William H. Graham is a letter of recommendation for Cousins and a certificate for completion of a bookkeeping course. The collection also includes Cousins' grade reports, together with account statements and receipts for student fees. Also included are a 1902 form letter from the staff of the Bugle (the university annual) and a copy of Cousins' 1957 obituary.