Office of Communications and Marketing audio and video collections

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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

Email: archives@vmi.edu

Phone: (540) 464-7516

Phone: (540) 464-7566

Fax: (540) 464-7089

Web: www.vmi.edu/archives

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Contains copyright protected material. This material may not be copied or redistributed.

Terms of access:

Audiovisual 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.

There are no restrictions.

Item is copyright protected. Video can be viewed in person, but we do not provide copies.

This material is copyrighted and may not be reproduced. Researchers may view by making a appointment with the Archives staff.

© April, 1994, Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories, Inc. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. The VMI Archives must be cited as the source of the content in publication. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

This collection is available for on-site use only. Researchers should contact the Archives for a viewing appointment.

Summary

Extent:: ongoing items
Language:: English

Background

Scope and content:

Includes film of ROTC cavalry drill and horsemanship practice on Parade Ground, including jumping; Barracks scenes; cadet orchestra; other scenes from cadet life ca. 1939

Includes New Market Day ceremony, parade, and bible presentation.

Local PBS television special marking the 21st anniversary of the admission of the first black cadets at VMI. Also includes excerpts from a panel discussion held at VMI.

Includes New Market battle reenactment, ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Willard Scott interview, Hee Haw TV program salute.

Good Morning America television program presents interview with VMI Cadet Jon R. Milner regarding ROTC.

Address to the Friends of Preston Library by VMI alumnus Michael A. Burke (Class of 1973) on the origin of VMI slang. This speech was based on research the Burke did for graduate coursework in linguistics.

In December 1994 Preston Library collections and staff moved out the building while it was being renovated. The project was completed in the Spring of 1996. During this time the bulk of the books were stored in a local unoccupied building (known as "the Roses building" after a department store that once occupied it); other storage locations were Cocke Hall, Smith Hall, and misc. other local locations. Library reference and circulation services were provided out of old Lejeune Hall (which was torn down in 2006). Other staff occupied offices in Nichols, Smith Hall, and Crozet Hall.

Events from Black History Month celebration, including Jonathan M. Daniels ceremony and panel discussion about Daniels.

Orientation and convocations held during the Spring of 1997 to prepare the Corps for the beginning of coeducation.

Unveiling of the memorial marker dedicated to Civil Rights movement martyr Jonathan Daniels, VMI Class of 1961, in Hayneville Alabama. The monument was sponsored by VMI.

Ceremony honoring Jonathan M. Daniels. Speakers include Superintendent Josiah Bunting III, E. Cabell Brand, who presents a painting and book to the Promaji Club, and the Dean of the Canterbury Cathedral the Very Reverend John A. Simpson.

Disk 1 Content

Cadre member Cadet Anthony Peters (VMI Class of 2004) addresses incoming Rats, August 2003
Colonel Eric Hutchings Keydet Club speech, June 2000
Sergeant Major Al Hockaday addresses the VMI Class of 2004 at Breakout, February 2001
Brigadier General Alan Farrell addresses VMI Class of 2005 at their Ring Figure dinner, November 2004
Address by Roanoke Times sportswriter Bill Brill at the Keydet Club Reunion for the 1975 and 1976 VMI Basketball teams

Disk 2 content

Honorable Steven J. McAuliffe (VMI Class of 1970) addresses the VMI Class of 1994 at their Ring presentation, 2003
Address by Ms. Donzaleigh Abernathy at the Jonathan Daniels Courtyard Dedication, March 25, 2004
Honorable Julian Hirst (VMI Class of 1941) addresses the VMI Class of 1941 at their 50th reunion, April 1991
Cadet Charles Bunting (VMI Class of 2001) addresses Rats of the VMI Class of 2004 during Cadre Week, August 2000
Address of Major General James Morgan, Jr. (VMI Class of 1945) at the dedication of the Jackson Hope Medal Memorial, May 15, 2003

Highlights of Coach John McKenna. Includes reflections by McKenna, his family, and Generals Bunting and Peay. Also includes footage from football games.

Official breakout video for Class of 2004. Includes significant events in the months prior to Breakout, including matriculation, new cadet oath at New Market and speech by John O. Marsh Jr., and a football game. Breakout scenes follow, including marches and other activities and climb up muddy hill (a practice since discontinued). Video culminates with ceremony in Barracks courtyard.

ABC network television show "Good Morning America." Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson broadcast live from Crozet Hall during breakfast on Founders Day, November 11, 2002.

News conference held at VMI, introducing General Peay as VMI's 14th Superintendent.

Events of the weekend honoring football coach John McKenna.Includes members of his winning teams who returned to VMI for the event and McKenna and others speaking during celebratory dinner.

Video of speech about Civil Rights activist Jonathan M. Daniels by Ruby N. Sales, given in Lexington, Virginia at the Robert E. Lee Episcopal Church. Daniels saved Sale's life in 1965.

This collection contains marketing commercials produced for local television broadcasts and off air news story for VMI events.

Video created to coincide with the dedication of Third Barracks, November 2008. It includes use of historical images from the VMI Archives along with film footage from 2008. Keith Gibson, VMI Museum director, provides some commentary.

News videos produced by the VMI Office of Communication and Marketing during the period 2012-2014. Topics: Inaugural Parade, Virginia Governor McAuliffe; Air Force ROTC flight incentive final; Battle of New Market 150th anniversary; soaring; reveille and Retreat; Army ROTC FTX (10-12-2012); Corps Physical Training Building groundbreaking; Founders Day, 2013; Heritage Exhibit VMI Museum; Presidential Inaugural Parades History; NCAA Athletes Rats (Soccer and football) drill.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared at VMI on February 1, 2017. This event was co-sponsored by the Washington and Lee University School of Law. The format was an interview conducted by two of her biographers. The event took place in Cameron Hall.

This collection of born digital .mp4 files was transferred from the VMI Communications and Marketing Department. The videos showcase VMI special events (e.g., matriculation, Ring Figure, graduation, and speeches), and other topics that relate to VMI activities and cadet life.

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Duration [00:28:27]; Produced by William Henricks Associates

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A collection of video footage collected by the Office of Communications and Marketing relating to the VMI coeducation court case (United States v. Virginia), concerning coeducation, assimilation planning, and the matriculation of the first female cadets. Includes news clips from national and local news.

Biographical / historical:

VMI bugler Wilbur W. Swihart was known as "Bill the Bugler." He was the subject of a CBS news "On the Road with Charles Kuralt" story.

This was the first VMI commencement exercise to include female graduates. The first group of women to matriculate in 1997 included a few transfer students who were able to graduate after two years because of advanced academic standing at enrollment.

The United States Supreme Court ruled against the Institute's all male admission policy in 1996, and the first women were enrolled at VMI in the fall of 1997.

Processing information:

These DVDs have been converted to .mp4 files.

This collection was originally in VHS videotape format and has been converted to DVD format.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged chronologically by year.

Collection