<?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>Mont Hubbard, Jr. collection<num>MS.0444.Oversized</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 03:02:10 -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">
  <did>
    <repository>
      <corpname>Virginia Military Institute Archives</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>Mont Hubbard, Jr. collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">Hubbard, Mont, Jr., 1910-1968</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0444.Oversized</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">6 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1928-1945</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_4233ff2bab1d5d0033e67219320097f4">Oversized case 2</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
  </did>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection (six items) consists items related to Mont Hubbard, Jr., including:
<ul>
<li>A letter from Cadet Hubbard to his friend Nina Pruett, in which he mentions various events at VMI</li>
<li>A VMI postcard "line saver for overworked keydets"</li>
<li>A VMI Easter card</li>
<li>A map of France and Germany (1943)</li>
<li>Two copies of a map titled "Operation Highlights of the Third Armored Division, 23 June 1944 - 25 April 1945"</li>
</ul>
The maps are annotated and were used by Hubbard during World War II.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_6481f24ae43172e21b57a6fa4ec0530a">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Mont Hubbard, Jr. was born in 1910 in Chatham, Virginia. He graudated from VMI in 1932 and went on to become a businessman. From 1940 to 1946 he was a Colonel with the United States Army. Hubbard died in 1968 in Altavista, Virginia.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_aac1c1e5aa3b90b99fe61d5bb58f0a34">
    <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_c5b45f41fcf72aa346df8cf33f9d0526">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Mont Hubbard, Jr. collection, 1928-1945. MS 0444. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1932</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945—Maps</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States -- Army -- Armored Division, Third</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="(OCoLC)fst01754147" source="FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)">Military maps</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Postcards</genreform>
  </controlaccess>
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</archdesc>
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