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Virginia Military Institute Archives
VMI ArchivesPreston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Business Number: 540-464-7516
archives@vmi.edu
URL: http://www.vmi.edu/archives
Scope and Contents
The VMI Alumni Association is a private organization affiliated with VMI; the VMI Archives does not house the records of the Association. However, the Archives does preserve printed material, publications created by the Association, some Class reunion material, and related material (e.g. photograph collection from the office of the Alumni Review), and miscellaneous subject files on topics of general interest. This collection also includes some historical minutes of the Association.
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Files maintained by Kathryn Wise, longtime editor of the Alumni Review who retired in 2010. Included are photographs of Class reunions and other Alumni Association events.
Alumni Association publications including, Alumni Review (Alumni News). Magazine first published 1926. Published quarterly. Alphabetical List of Graduates (1898-1924). Predecessor to the Register of Former Cadets. The Register of Former Cadets contains complete rosters of each VMI Class, with very brief biographical information. (1927-ongoing). VMI in the World War (WWI). Record of service in the World War of V. M. I. alumni and their alma mater by Joseph R. Anderson, Jr., published 1920)
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"Good to Me", 50th Reunion of the Class of '68 [dvd]1 items2018-12-19English.Scope and Contents
The DVD includes one slideshow of photographs taken while the members of the class of 1968 were cadets at the Virginia Military Institute and one slideshow of photographs taken during the 50th reunion of the class of 1968. The disc also includes a folder containing files of all of the photographs that were supplied for the two slideshows.
The History of Integration at VMI program featured a panel discussion with Harry W. Gore, Jr., Adam L. Randolph III, Richard E. Valentine, Jr., and Philip L. Wilkerson Jr., who, along with Larry H. Foster, were the first African Americans to matriculate at the Virginia Military Institute in September 1968. The panel commemorated the 50th anniversary of the year (1968-1969) that these five men matriculated at VMI. It took place on April 26, 2019, and was moderated by Col. Keith E. Gibson.