<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers<num>MS.0048</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-07-17 09:48:38 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Britt, Albert S., Jr. (Albert Sidney), 1908-1992</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0048</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3 cubic feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">8 boxes and oversized</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1930-1962</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers consist of papers dating from Britt's United States Army career (1930-1962), including:
<ul>
<li>Correspondence</li>
<li>Reports</li>
<li>Notes and exercises from courses taken at the British Army Staff College, Camberley</li>
<li>Speeches</li>
<li>Articles</li>
<li>Photographs</li>
<li>One scrapbook from when Britt was a cadet at VMI</li>
</ul></p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_d36c395020b2c472b593a909c0d83adc">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Albert Sidney Britt, Jr. was born in 1908 in Nashville, Tennessee. He matriculated into VMI on September 14, 1926 and graduated on June 11, 1930. Britt was an United States Army officer from 1930 to 1962 and President of the Georgia Historical Society. He died in 1992 in Savannah, Georgia.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_8901767f79a2195bdbdd11ae092aa5f2">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers, 1930-1962. MS 0048. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="lcsh">United States. Army—Officers—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1930</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1930-1939</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Military records</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">Great Britain. Army—Staff College, Camberley</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Scrapbooks</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="lcsh">Speeches</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
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