Virginia Military Institute -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Education Commission of Virginia (Barton Commission), 1927 - 1928
File — Box SF046
Scope and Contents
This file concerns VMI's response to the report produced by the Educational Commission of Virginia, which undertook a survey of public education in the state. The final report recommended that VMI be closed, a conclusion that sparked a vocal response by VMI and its alumni. The commission is sometimes referred to as the Barton Commission (for the chairman, Robert T. Barton) and the report as the O'Shea report (the director of the survey was M.V. O'Shea of the Univ. of Wisconsin)
Records of Superintendent William H. Cocke, 1924-1929
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG-02-04-CockeWH
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and other records from the administration of William H. Cocke.
