J. Smith Ferebee collectionMS.0318Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:48:28 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives J. Smith Ferebee collection Ferebee, J. Smith (James Smith), 1906-1988 MS.0318 /repositories/3/resources/398 6 Linear Feet 1923-1990 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of papers (approximately 6 linear feet) that document the career of sportsman and businessman J. Smith Ferebee, including:

  • Clippings
  • Photographs
  • Printed material
  • Correspondence that documents Ferebee's widely publicized golf marathon (1938), other sports interests, and his career with the Equitable insurance company
  • One photograph album from Ferefee's VMI cadetship

 Biographical / Historical

James Smith Ferebee was born in 1906 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1927. He was a sportman (golf and skeet), insurance executive, and a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Ferebee died in 1988.

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 Preferred Citation

J. Smith Ferebee collection, 1923-1990. MS 0318. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

 Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1927 Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929 Golf -- United States -- History Clippings Correspondence Photographs