William P. Upshur scrapbooks

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

William P. Upshur scrapbooks, 1942-1943. MS 0082. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 items
Creator:
Upshur, William P. (William Peterkin), 1881-1943
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

William P. Upshur scrapbooks, 1942-1943. MS 0082. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The William P. Upshur scrapbook collection consists of two inspection trip scrapbooks (dated May 1942 and 1943) titled "The Cruise of the Flying Cow" and "The Coconut Circuit." These document Upshur's visits to various Pacific islands, including Midway, Pearl Harbor, Palmyra Island, and Johnson Island.

Biographical / historical:

William Peterkin Upshur was born in 1881 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1902. He was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps and a Commanding General in the Department of the Pacific during World War II. He died in 1943 in a plane crash near Sitka, Alaska.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks