Ammen L. Burger, Jr. 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:

Ammen L. Burger, Jr. collection, 1917-1960. MS 0485. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
3 Linear Feet
Creator:
Burger, Ammen L., Jr. (Ammen Lewis), 1917-1994
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Ammen L. Burger, Jr. collection, 1917-1960. MS 0485. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the personal correspondence and records of Ammen L. Burger, Jr., VMI Class of 1938. The bulk of the letters were written to his parents. Included are letters written from VMI during the period of 1934 to 1938, which contain information about cadet life during that period, and letters written during World War II, primarily from stateside training assignments.

Biographical / historical:

Ammen Lewis Burger, Jr. was born in 1917 and graduated from VMI in 1938. He had a 30 year career with Corps of Engineers in Norfolk, Virginia. He died in 1994.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks