Board of Visitors correspondence and administrative records, historical, 1846/1937

Access and use

Location of collection:
Preston Library
411 Letcher Avenue
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Creator:
Virginia Military Institute. Board of Visitors
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This sub-group includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors or correspondence related to BOV business. Includes correspondence files for some historical individual members of the Board.

Biographical / historical:

The Board of Visitors is the governing body of the Virginia Military Institute. The first meeting was held in May 1839, several months before the first cadets matriculated.

Physical location:
Archives stacks, Record Group 01, Board of Visitors