<?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>George L. Barton collection<num>MS.0352</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 03:02:02 -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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    <repository>
      <corpname>Virginia Military Institute Archives</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>George L. Barton collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">Barton, George L. (George Lloyd), 1891-1984</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0352</unitid>
    <unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/resources/432</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">11 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 boxes</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1909-1936</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_b0022694f64fec2c0a856032dff19d41">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
  </did>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_a6e0b74508eb6d29b8aeeeb36856d8b5">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The collection consists of the personal papers of George L. Barton, including:
<ul>
<li>Diaries for the period 1909 to 1936</li>
<li>One volume of lecture notes (1933-1935) used for a history course at VMI</li>
<li>A photograph album (1917-1927) containing images of cadet life, VMI buildings, and family members</li>
</ul></p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_9d401fcf3bb5a8832ec8de408c62b1a7">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>George Lloyd Barton (1891-1984) was a Professor of Latin, History, and French at VMI from 1917 to 1935. He later served as Headmaster of the Virginia Episcopal School from 1943 to 1957.</p>  </bioghist>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_a89a0b9f5daae2de74cefef0732d71d5">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_acd0ec7267b5b3cdc0415ea0d433d372">
    <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_31bfc77e7c5f6a601a50c0658bb81f89">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>George L. Barton collection, 1909-1936. MS 0352. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">Virginia Military Institute -- Buildings, structures, etc -- Photographs</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1910-1919</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Photographs</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Lexington (Va.) -- Photographs</geogname>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Lexington (Va.) -- Biography</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—Papers</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Diaries</genreform>
    <corpname rules="dacs">Virginia Military Institute. Department of History</corpname>
  </controlaccess>
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</archdesc>
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