V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards
Scope and Contents
The V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards, RG 29d, includes cards with information on individuals from the V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Record. The personal information listed on the cards includes the soldier's name, rank, class, branch and unit of service, date called to active duty, promotions (with dates), foreign service, and additional remarks found on the back of the card.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1939-1959
Creator
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Alumni Association (Organization)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards, RG 29d, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Full Extent
1.83 Cubic Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
These cards include information the Alumni Assosication kept on students from Virginia Tech who served in World War II. The cards list personal information about the soldiers organized by class year, from 1892 through 1949. The collection also includes liberated, wounded, and citation records.
Arrangement
The V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards are organized in alphabetical order by surname within the following series:
- Series I: Liberated
- Series II: Wounded
- Series III: Citations
- Series IV: Last known post of an idividual
- Subseries A: APO-NY
- Subseries B: FPO-NY
- Subseries C: Korea-Japan, APO, S.F.
- Subseries D: USA-APO, Seattle, Washington
- Subseries E: USA
- Series V: Class Year. This is organized chronologically by class year, then alphabetically by surname.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transfered to Special Collections prior to 2017.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards commenced in September 2017 and completed in October 2017.
- Title
- V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards, c. 1939-1954
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Leeann Jones and Laurel Rozema
- Date
- ©2017 By Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu