Frank McCarthy 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:

Frank McCarthy collection. MS 0350. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet approximately 50 items
Creator:
McCarthy, Frank, 1912-1986
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Frank McCarthy collection. MS 0350. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of materials from the life of Frank McCarthy, including seven notebooks that contain clippings of articles written by McCarthy during his VMI cadetship and during the two years after graduation. Also included is a script for the newsreel "West Point of the South" (1936) and items from the production of the movie "Patton" (1970), which McCarthy produced.

Biographical / historical:

Frank McCarthy was born in 1912 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1933. He was part of the War Department General Staff and Secretary to General George C. Marshall, a Brigadier General in the Army Reserve, and the producer of the movie "Patton." McCarthy died in 1986 in California.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks