Virginia Military Institute -- Alumni -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel G. Talbott papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0101
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers (approximately 25 items) documenting Samuel G. Talbott's cadetship and part of his U.S. Army career. The collection includes a VMI report and confinement list (1898), diary, items dating from his service with the 28th Infantry Regiment in the Philippines, (1901 to 1903), awards, and certificates.
Samuel M. Millner, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0256
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers of VMI Professor Samuel M. Millner, Jr. The papers include correspondence with his wife Esther Ayres Millner and with classmates, diaries, photographs, and documents.
Samuel W. Marshall, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0364
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of documents from the career of Samuel W. Marshall, Jr., a consulting engineer whose area of expertise was weapons guidance systems. The collection includes four bound volumes:
VMI thesis titled "Lightning Protection for Transmission Systems" (1931)
"Proposal for Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington DC" re: guidance systems for pilotless aircraft (1946; declassified in 1991) Two volume report titled...
T. Randolph Perkinson, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0473
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of items dating from T. Randolph Perkinson's World War I service with Headquarters, 30th Division, as an aide-de-camp to General S. L. Faison. Documents include:
- Letters of recommendation
- A special order
- A battlefield map
- A leave of absence document
- 30th Division and 119th Infantry histories
Thomas St. J. Arnold papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0309
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers from the military career of Thomas St. J. Arnold with most items dating from World War II (1939-1945). The collection includes operational reports of the 92nd Infantry Division, maps, photographs, and correspondence.
Thomas T. Oliver collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0305
Contents Note
This collection contains four citations (1967-1968) awarded to Captain Thomas T. Oliver. Included are the Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and Bronze Star. This collection also includes letters of condolence sent to Oliver's mother.
VMI Alumni in the Vietnam War service survey documents
Collection
Identifier: MS-0534
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of completed alumni survey documents asking for summary of service. Some alumni also submitted additional information.
VMI at War Project collection
Collection — Box MS0532
Identifier: MS-0532
Scope and Contents
This collection contains autobiographical and biographical information about military service from alumni veterans of World War II through the first Gulf War. The alumni responses range in length from short summaries to longer narrative descriptions detailing service. Some files contain related photographs and/or documents.
W. Marshall King documents
Collection
Identifier: MS-0340-Oversized
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three oversized items from the career of W. Marshall King, including two United States Army commission documents (dated 1922 and 1927) and one certificate honoring King (dated 1951).
Waller G. Wills, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0450
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Waller G. Willis, Jr.'s papers, including:
- A notebook containing unfinished memoirs titled "Reminiscences of Cadet Days," in which he discusses many aspects of cadet life during the his first year at VMI (1915-1916)
- Correspondence
- Cadet handbooks (the Bullet)
- A dance program for the cadet club called the "Nuggateers"
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