<?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>Bomb (VMI Yearbook)<num>RG.06.Bomb</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>2026-04-28 07:02:53 -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="subgrp">
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    <unittitle>Bomb (VMI Yearbook)</unittitle>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">80 cubic feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1885; 1895 - [ongoing]</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_bae5464b7811fc8d8f293bd03931f794">Archives stacks, Record Group 06, Publications</physloc>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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  <scopecontent id="aspace_d4d982ec50ea95da874155167210e217">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Known as The Bomb, the yearbook was first published in 1885.  After a nine year hiatus, it has been published continuously since 1895, with the exception of 1945 and 1946.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <altformavail id="aspace_d1037fc42ced2b8ece2071a6e1ceb739">
    <head>Online Access</head>
<p><a href="http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/search/collection/p15821coll17Yearbooks from 1885-2010 are available online">Yearbooks from 1885 through 2010 are available online</a></p>  </altformavail>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_30286ba88063ce8c79a82654ac7c1ea8">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Publication 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>Virginia Military Institute Archives.  Cadet Publications.  The Bomb.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <legalstatus id="aspace_3b4fa79700a7499e334c229c159d1f9a">This text was provided by the Cadet Publications Board when the yearbooks were placed online. "The views expressed within The Cadet newspaper and The Bomb yearbook as cadet publications are not necessarily the views of the Cadet Publications Board, Inc., or the Virginia Military Institute, but rather those of the cadet editors-in-chief of the publication or of those individuals who expressed their views in print. Cadet editors-in-chief have the authority to make all decisions related to content of their cadet publication and are responsible for the accuracy and appropriateness of the content. Any cadet publication or expression by a cadet therein, is not considered to be an expression of VMI policy, nor is it supported or condoned by VMI. The Cadet Publications Board, Inc., does not exercise editorial control or have censorship rights with regard to the content--written, drawn, photographed or displayed in any other media format--of cadet publications. The Cadet Publications Board, Inc., or any of its members, does not make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the civility, appropriateness, accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights."</legalstatus>
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  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Publications</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Publications</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Yearbooks</genreform>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_f8dad68fb43c63f5227dc19fe995c3a2" level="series"><did><unittitle>Bomb (VMI Yearbook) Production materials</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3238</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">20 cubic feet</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" type="bulk">1970-2014; bulk 1970's-1980's</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container id="aspace_e5068ce940968a4fea0721570431750b" label="Graphic Materials" type="Stacks Shelf">Yearbook production materials</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_163ef0e60f6508e8a266d5ef26928e73"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Black and white images, outtakes, disks, and miscellaneous other materials located in VMI Bomb office.  This material is not complete and exists only for some years.</p></scopecontent><controlaccess><genreform source="aat">Yearbooks</genreform></controlaccess></c></dsc>
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