<?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>College of Avranches scrapbook<num>MS.0322</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>2026-04-24 07:01:58 -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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      <corpname>Virginia Military Institute Archives</corpname>
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    <unittitle>College of Avranches scrapbook</unittitle>
    <unitid>MS.0322</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation">1948</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_8511a280331a3c915ce1117d687ac1a8">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of one scrapbook presented to VMI by the students of the College of Avranches (France) "as a token of their gratitude to General Patton, the Liberator of Avranches." The scarpbook contains drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps detailing the history of the town from its founding through the end of World War II.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_a184156b42ba5002e542d8c55a4592b0">
    <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>College of Avranches scrapbook, 1948. MS 0322. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">College of Avranches (France)</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Avranches (France)</geogname>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Scrapbooks</genreform>
    <persname role="dte" rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945</persname>
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