Richard B. Sinclair collection

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:

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

Summary

Extent:
0.10 Linear Feet
Creator:
Sinclair, Richard B. (Richard Bain), 1908-1996
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks