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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.

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Preferred Citation

Lomax Gwathmey, Jr. cadet scrapbook, 1954-1958. MS 0224. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Lomax Gwathmey, Jr. was born in 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated VMI in 1958 and went on to become an United States Army Officer. He died in 1970.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one scrapbook (1954-1958) compiled by VMI Cadet Lomax Gwathmey, Jr. that documents his cadetship. The scapbook includes: Photographs of the VMI Class of 1948 Ring Figure Photographs of President Dwight D. Eisenhower greeting VMI Glee Club members Scenes from everyday cadet life Programs Clippings Memorabilia The scrapbook also includes two photographs dating from Gwathmey's tour of duty in Vietnam.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
• Ring Presentations and Ring Figure
• Scrapbooks
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1950-1959
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1958
• Virginia Military Institute—Glee Club
• Virginia Military Institute—Photographs
• Virginia Military Institute—Scrapbooks