Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Access

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred Citation

Francis E. Beeton scrapbook, 1909-1959. MS 0133. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Francis Emerson Beeton was born in 1890 in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1912 and went on to become a post office supervisor. He died in 1981 in Falls Church, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one scrapbook compiled by Francis E. Beeton. The scrapbook includes photographs taken in 1909 during his VMI cadetship and clippings from the 1940s and 1950s that trace the career of George C. Marshall and other notable VMI alumni.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Scrapbooks
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1900-1909
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1912
• Virginia Military Institute—Photographs
• Virginia Military Institute—Scrapbooks