<?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>Ora M. Baldinger papers<num>MS.0125</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>2026-05-12 03:01:33 -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>Ora M. Baldinger papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Baldinger, Ora M. (Ora Mathias), 1886-1978</persname>
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    <unitid>MS.0125</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 cubic feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">approximately 40 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1906-1910</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_025c7575e6b7e47cb8d7613b0cdbb8ed">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Ora M. Baldinger papers, 1906-1910. MS 0125. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <bioghist id="aspace_df4cc1be26723be7d36d8122ed9f7ea3">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Ora M. Baldinger was born in 1886 in Marion, Ohio. He graduated VMI in 1910 and went on to become an United States Army officer. He died in 1978 in Carson City, Nevada.</p>  </bioghist>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_e131b0030f018205f6076c2d38067495">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The Ora M. Baldinger papers consist of papers (approximately 40 items) dating from the cadetship of Baldinger, VMI Class of 1910. Included are his cadet account book, grade reports, receipts, and class notes from engineering and physics.</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>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Academics—History—20th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1900-1909</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1910</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Curricula</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1910-1919</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Account Books</genreform>
    <genreform source="local">Academic records</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Receipts (financial records)</genreform>
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