<?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>Samuel W. Dobyns scrapbook<num>MS.0146</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 17:47:02 -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>Samuel W. Dobyns scrapbook</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Dobyns, Samuel W. (Samuel Witten), 1920-2012</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0146</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1948</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_19935a3d6149d575d625974ef67a1275">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of one scrapbook compiled by Samuel W. Dobyns that documents VMI's first Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) training camp held at Langley Air Force Base (Virginia) in 1948.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_f727e19d830e3dec5386284b946df3e4">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</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>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Samuel W. Dobyns scrapbook, 1948. MS 0146. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Samuel W. Dobyns (1920-2012) graduated from VMI in 1941 and was a Professor of Civil Engineering.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1940-1949</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States. Air Force—Reserve Officers' Training Corps</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Scrapbooks</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1941</subject>
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