Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1939
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
E. Jackson Tice Scrapbook
Item
Identifier: MS-0439
Contents Note
Scrapbook compiled by Edmund Jackson Tice, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Class of 1939. The Bulk consists of newspaper clippings concerning his high school and college years; also included are misc., programs and correspondence.
Nelson W. Tobey collection
Item
Identifier: MS-0346
Scope and Contents
One typescript publication (196 pp.)"History of the 7th Field Artillery battalion, WWII" by Nelson W. Tobey, VMI Class of 1939.
Recollections from the Battle of the Bulge
Collection
Identifier: MS-0540
Scope and Contents
Accounts of Battle of the Bulge participation by more than forty VMI alumni. The VMI Class designation ranges from the Class of 1921-1946.
Records of Superintendent Richard L. Irby, 1971-1981
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG-02-10-IrbyRL
Scope and Contents
Records from the administration of Richard L. Irby, VMI's 10th Superintendent. Includes correspondence, reports, photographs, orders and memoranda, and other official records.
Richard L. Irby Personal Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0509
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda, military orders, printed material, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches, and other material primarily documenting the U.S. Army career (1939-1971) of Major General Richard L. Irby. The collection includes information about the activities of of the 1st Cavalry Division during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
William A. Tidwell papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0426
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 4 routine letters (1965-1968) from General William Westmoreland to Tidwell; Tidwell's Legion of Merit citation and certificate, awarded for his service as Chief of the Reconnaissance and Photographic Intelligence Division in Vietnam, 1964-1965; other certificates and citations; and 3 photographs.