Robert F. Portner letter fragmentMS.0063Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:46:19 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Robert F. Portner letter fragment Portner, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1874-1900 MS.0063 /repositories/3/resources/147 1 items 1892 October 20 Manuscripts stacks German , English . Biographical / Historical

Robert Francis Portner was born in 1874 in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended VMI (Class of 1895), but was a non-graduate. He died in 1900 in Washington, D.C.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter fragment from Robert F. Portner to "Eddie," written from VMI on October 20, 1892. The letter discusses an experiment using telephone receiver. The first part of letter is in German.

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Robert F. Portner letter fragment, 1892 October 20. MS 0063. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

 Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1895 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1890-1899 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—19th century Correspondence Letter to "Eddie"/repositories/3/archival_objects/53411892 October 20English, German.Scope and Contents

Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. The letter discusses an experiment using telephone receiver. The first part of letter is in German.

CorrespondenceVirginia Military Institute—Class of 1895Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—19th centuryVirginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1890-1899