<?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>Chester F. Burgess collection<num>MS.0339</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 17:48:39 -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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    <repository>
      <corpname>Virginia Military Institute Archives</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>Chester F. Burgess collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">Burgess, C. F. (Chester Francis)</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0339</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation">1966</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_ef0f5500e8280de3b9e52d3df46f6522">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
  </did>
  <prefercite id="aspace_3bfbfdb3e77f8d2c5e80d986a7a41b73">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Chester F. Burgess collection, 1966. MS 0339. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Chester F. Burgess was a Professor of English at the VMI from 1962 to 1988. This collection consists of edited manuscripts of three of his publications, including:
<ul>
<li>"The Letters of John Gay"</li>
<li>"The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces"</li>
<li>"The Fellowship of the Craft: Conrad on Ships and Seamen and the Sea"</li>
</ul></p>  </scopecontent>
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<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>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Faculty</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—Publications</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Manuscripts</genreform>
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