<?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>Robert E. B. Stewart collection<num>MS.0263</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 03:01:54 -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>Robert E. B. Stewart collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Stewart, Robert E. B. (Robert Edward Bruce), 1863-1930</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0263</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">30 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1882-1900</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_e2030c55b296391d0764c7226ab33a69">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
  </did>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_2ee701738e04f08f81d1a41ff519c958">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of the papers (30 items) of Robert E. B. Stewart. The collection includes a notebook containing orations delivered before VMI cadet debating societies, drawings completed as class assignments at VMI, and a few clippings concerning his life after he left the Institute.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_395aa931c1b87fa66d08fce52f8ea86e">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Robert Edward Bruce Stewart was born in 1863 in Norfolk County, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1886 and went on to become a state legislator and the Clerk to the Captain of Norfolk Navy Yard. Steward died in 1930 in Portsmouth, Virginia.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_2c30b3a50e89a35071385e23a8c4821f">
    <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>
  <prefercite id="aspace_095777c02c806f43151976c98ebe20b4">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Robert E. B. Stewart collection. Manuscript # 0263, Virginia Military Institute Archives</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1886</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1880-1889</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet debating societies</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet drawings</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Drawings (visual works)</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Speeches, addresses, etc.</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Notebooks</genreform>
    <genreform source="lcsh">Clippings</genreform>
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