Samuel W. Marshall, Jr. papers

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:

Samuel W. Marshall, Jr. papers, 1931-1947. MS 0364. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
4 items
Creator:
Marshall, Samuel W. (Samuel Wilson), 1905-1988
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Samuel W. Marshall, Jr. papers, 1931-1947. MS 0364. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of documents from the career of Samuel W. Marshall, Jr., a consulting engineer whose area of expertise was weapons guidance systems. The collection includes four bound volumes:

  • VMI thesis titled "Lightning Protection for Transmission Systems" (1931)
  • "Proposal for Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington DC" re: guidance systems for pilotless aircraft (1946; declassified in 1991)
  • Two volume report titled "Investigations studies & analyses of Guidance Systems for Pilotless Aircraft" (1947; declassified in 1991)

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Wilson Marshall, Jr. was born in 1905 in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from VMI in 1925. During World War II he was an United States Army officer. After the War he was a consulting engineer. Marshall died in 1988 in Dallas.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks