<?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>Charles E. Foster, Jr. papers<num>MS.0425</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>2025-04-10 07:02:31 -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>Charles E. Foster, Jr. papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Foster, Charles E., Jr. (Charles Edgar), 1903-1938</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0425</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">5 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1920-1924</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_b61f270a5fead0f706adc10c623cb430">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
  </did>
  <prefercite id="aspace_996f1ee621ee336d1739f9f98947325b">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Charles E. Foster, Jr. papers, 1920-1924. MS 0425. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection (five items) consists of the papers of Charles E. Foster (1903-1938; VMI Class of 1925), including:
<ul>
<li>Phi Lambda Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta fraternity certificates (1920-1921)</li>
<li>One athletic award certificate from the Wentworth Military Academy (1921)</li>
<li>One Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) advanced cavalry camp certificate from Fort Meade, Maryland (1924)</li>
<li>Foster's name card dating from his VMI cadetship</li>
</ul></p>  </scopecontent>
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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>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1925</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States. Army—Reserve Officers' Training Corps</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Wentworth Military Academy (Mo.)—History</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Certificates</genreform>
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