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Preferred Citation

Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. papers, 1891-1930. MS 0043. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Reid Anderson, Jr. was born in 1851 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1870, and had a lifelong association with VMI as a faculty member, Alumni Association president, and official "historiographer." He also was an iron manufacturer and farmer in Lee, Goochland County, Virginia. Anderson died in 1930.

Scope and Contents

The Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. papers consist of drafts and related correspondence for a three part, largely unpublished, work entitled "A Complete History of the Virginia Military Institute, 1839-1924." One part was eventually published as "VMI in the World War." Also included are VMI-related notes and papers.

Related Material

See individual alumni files for Joseph R. Anderson, Jr.'s extensive notes and correspondence concerning former cadets.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Publications
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1870
• Virginia Military Institute—History