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Preferred Citation

Julian N. Major papers, 1904-1912. MS 0424. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Julian Neville Major was born in 1887 in Mitchell's Station, Culpeper County, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1907. From 1907 to 1911 he was a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at St. John's College, Shanghai, China. Upon his return to the United States, Major became President of the Old Virginia Packing Company in Front Royal, Virginia. He died in 1953 and is buried in Front Royal.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of Julian Neville Major, VMI Class of 1907. The collection includes: VMI grade reports Family correspondence while he was a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at St. John's University, a Protestant college in Shanghai, China Correspondence received by his mother during his VMI cadetship and years in China Correspondence from the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society received prior to his departure for China Correspondence from colleagues One photograph album documenting life at St. John's University from 1908 to 1911 One book of handwritten notes concerning "religious instruction" used at St. John's University

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Episcopal Church. -- Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
• Missionaries
• St. John's University (Shanghai, China) -- History
• Universities and colleges -- China -- History -- 20th century
• Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1907
• Virginia Military Institute—Curricula