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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

Richard B. Sinclair collection, 1927-1945. MS 0348. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Bain Sinclair was born in 1908 in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1931. During World War II he was an United States Army officer in Europe. After the War he was a civil engineer. Sinclair died in 1996 in Roanoke.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of World War II era maps and listings of geodesic points used by Richard B. Sinclair while fighting in Europe, and items dating from Sinclair's VMI cadetship, including a cadet account book (1927-1931), and dance and finals programs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account Books
• Programs (Publications)
• United States. Army—Officers
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1930-1939
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1931
• World War, 1939-1945—Maps