<?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>Sumter L. Lowry cadet scrapbook<num>MS.0260</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 03:01:53 -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>Sumter L. Lowry cadet scrapbook</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Lowry, Sumter L., 1893-1985</persname>
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    <unitid>MS.0260</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1910-1914</unitdate>
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    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of one VMI scrapbook compiled by Cadet Sumter L. Lowry from 1910 to 1914. The scrapbook includes photographs of camp, clippings, and documents concerning cadet life.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Sumter deLeon Lowry was born in 1893 and graduated from VMI in 1914. He was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Lowry died in 1985 in Tampa, Florida.</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 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>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Sumter L. Lowry cadet scrapbook. Manuscript # 0260, Virginia Military Institute Archives</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1914</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Photographs</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1910-1919</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Scrapbooks</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Scrapbooks</genreform>
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