<?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>William M. Addison papers<num>MS.0060</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>2025-04-09 17:46:17 -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>William M. Addison papers</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Addison, William M. (William Marlborough), 1898-1986</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 cubic feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1928-1946</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>William Marlborough Addison was born in 1898 in Ashland, Virginia, and graduated VMI in 1919. He served as a United States Army chaplain in Germany following World War II and then was a businessman. He died in 1986.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The William M. Addison papers consist of items (1928-1946) concerning Addison's activities as a civilian and United States Army chaplain that represented the Christian Science faith. The papers include correspondence with individuals at the London branch of "Christian Science Wartime Activities of the Mother Church," sermons and prayers, monthly reports, and other documents.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<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>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>William M. Addison papers, 1928-1946. MS 0060. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="lcsh">United States. Army—Chaplain Corps</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1919</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Christian Science—United States</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945—War work—Christian Science</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945—Religious aspects</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
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