Lee S. Gerow papersMS.0228Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-11 07:02:28 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Lee S. Gerow papers Gerow, Lee S. (Lee Saunders), 1891-1982 MS.0228 /repositories/3/resources/313 40 items 1913-1949 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

The Lee S. Gerow papers (40 items) consist of papers from the military career of Gerow, including:

  • Diplomas
  • Citations
  • Certificates of promotion
  • Photographs
  • An autobiography (14 page typescript, 1979)
  • Correspondence

 Biographical / Historical

Lee Saunders Gerow was born in 1891 in Petersburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1913. He was a Brigadier General in the United States Army and Head of the Culver Military Academy (Indiana). Gerow died in 1982 in Washington, D.C.

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 Preferred Citation

Lee S. Gerow papers, 1913-1949. MS 0228. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

 Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1913 Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography United States. Army—Officers—Biography Certificates Generals—United States Diplomas Photographs Correspondence Military records