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College of Avranches scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0322
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one scrapbook presented to VMI by the students of the College of Avranches (France) "as a token of their gratitude to General Patton, the Liberator of Avranches." The scarpbook contains drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps detailing the history of the town from its founding through the end of World War II.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
George S. Patton compositions
Collection
Identifier: MS-0253
Scope and Contents
This collection (four items) contains one essay and three poems by George S. Patton. The essay (2 pages; circa 1903) discusses the significance of the VMI Corps' participation in the Battle of New Market (May 1864) and the New Market ceremony. The essay was probably written during the year Patton attended VMI, or shortly thereafter. The three original poems are titled "A Dream" (written in France, 1917), "God of Battles," and "Fear."
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Patton Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0360
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of documents (1855-1924) related to various members of the Patton Family. Primary subjects are the three individuals named George S. Patton (father, son, and grandson) all of whom attended VMI. The papers include:
Letters
Biographical information
Bank drafts
Commissions
Civil War manuscripts
A map used by General George S. Patton at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II
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Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Samuel D. Rockenbach papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Overview
Papers (1889-1945) of United States Army officer Samuel Dickerson Rockenbach, notable for his role
in the establishment of the U.S. Army Tank Corps during World War I and his postwar work in the development of tank warfare.
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
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- 1 Cuba -- History -- 1899-1906
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- 1 Memorandums
- 1 Military commissions
- 1 Military maps
- 1 Military records
- 1 New Market (Va.), Battle of, 1864 -- Anniversaries, etc
- 1 Notebooks
- 1 Orders (military records)
- 1 Philippine American War (Philippines : 1899-1902)
- 1 Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946
- 1 Photographs
- 1 Reports
- 1 Scrapbooks
- 1 Speeches, addresses, etc.
- 1 Tank warfare -- History
- 1 United States -- Army -- Officers -- Biography
- 1 United States. -- Army. -- American Expeditionary Forces
- 1 United States. -- Army. -- Division of the Philippines
- 1 Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1852
- 1 Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1877
- 1 Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1889
- 2 Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1907
- 1 War poetry
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