<?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>John M. Willis, Jr. account book<num>MS.0149</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 03:01:41 -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>John M. Willis, Jr. account book</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Willis, John M., Jr. (John Mitchell), 1915-1962</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0149</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1932-1933</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_114695f006734ebab7681811cc8a0130">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of the VMI account book of John M. Willis, Jr. that lists expenses for the academic year 1932 to 1933.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_19450a92aaa9d077b9dba14d6525da7e">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>John Mitchell Willis, Jr. was born in 1915 in Manila, Philippines. He graduated VMI in 1936. From 1941 to 1961 he was a Colonel with the United States Army Medical Corps. Willis died in 1962 and is buried at Arlington National Cememtry, Virginia.</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 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>John M. Willis account book, 1932-1933. MS 0149. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1936</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1930-1939</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Account Books</genreform>
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