VMI Research Laboratories (VMIRL) annual reports and misc. other recordsRG.14.VMIRLVirginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-03 07:02:01 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives VMI Research Laboratories (VMIRL) annual reports and misc. other records RG.14.VMIRL /repositories/3/resources/756 1 cubic feet 1962-ongoing Archives stacks, Record Group 14, Affiliated Organizations English Biographical / Historical

VMI Research Laboratories, Inc. was established in 1963 by General George Shell, Superintendent. The mission of VMIRL is to facilitate the pursuit of research by faculty members at VMI through the administration of grants and contracts and sponsorship of research activities.

 Scope and Contents

Box 1: Annual and other reports Box 2: Minutes (Board of Directors); Policy and Procedures manuals; VMIRL self-study (1977); history of the organization by Robert Hunter; misc. printed material

 Preferred Citation

[Name of collection/item], Virginia Military Institute Archives.

 Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—Research Annual Reports VMI Research Laboratories, Inc. D. Rae Carpenter Files/repositories/3/archival_objects/2521Carpenter, D. Rae1953-1972Archives stacks, Record Group 14, Affiliated OrganizationsEnglishScope and Contents

Research project files, dating from from both before and after the establishment of the VMI Research Laboratories in 1963. Because these files are related to VMIRL they are shelved with the VMIRL material. Carpenter served as director of VMIRL for many years

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Files previously held in the Physics Department and delivered to Archives by Col. Rae Carpenter in August 2000.

Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—ResearchVMI Research Laboratories, Inc.Virginia Military Institute. Department of Physics and Astronomy