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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.