<?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>Levin J. Houston drawings<num>MS.0279.Oversized</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 17:48:02 -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>Levin J. Houston drawings</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname role="art" source="lcsh">Houston, Levin J. (Levin James), 1905-1990</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0279.Oversized</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">17 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1925</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_d814be56fabc607e7fadf39b8fe75418">Oversized case 2</physloc>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>This collection consists of 17 watercolor and pen/ink drawings by Cadet Levin J. Houston. Several of the drawings were featured in the cadet magazine known as "The Sniper" that was published during the 1920s.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Levin James Houston was born in 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from VMI in 1925 and went on to become a college professor. He died in 1990 in Fredericksburg, 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 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>Levin J. Houston drawings. Manuscript # 0279, Virginia Military Institute Archives</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1925</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Virginia Military Institute -- Periodicals</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet drawings</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Drawings (visual works)</genreform>
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