VMI Alumni Association collectionsRG.14.Affiliated.Alumni AssociationVirginia Military Institute Archives

VMI ArchivesPreston LibraryLexington, VA 24450Business Number: 540-464-7516archives@vmi.eduURL:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-22 07:01:57 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives VMI Alumni Association collections Virginia Military Institute. Alumni Association RG.14.Affiliated.Alumni Association /repositories/3/resources/758 20 cubic feet 1880-2000 Archives stacks, Record Group 14, Affiliated Organizations English Scope and Contents

The VMI Alumni Association is a private organization affiliated with VMI; the VMI Archives does not house the records of the Association. However, the Archives does preserve printed material, publications created by the Association, some Class reunion material, and related material (e.g. photograph collection from the office of the Alumni Review), and miscellaneous subject files on topics of general interest. This collection also includes some historical minutes of the Association.

Class reunions Minutes Publications Alumni Review Photographs Files./repositories/3/archival_objects/2523Wise, Kathryn A.bulk, 1950's-1990'sEnglishScope and Contents

Files maintained by Kathryn Wise, longtime editor of the Alumni Review who retired in 2010. Included are photographs of Class reunions and other Alumni Association events.

Virginia Military Institute—Special eventsClass reunionsVirginia Military Institute. Alumni AssociationAlumni Association Publications/repositories/3/archival_objects/2520Virginia Military Institute. Alumni Association1898-goingEnglishScope and Contents

Alumni Association publications including, Alumni Review (Alumni News). Magazine first published 1926. Published quarterly. Alphabetical List of Graduates (1898-1924). Predecessor to the Register of Former Cadets. The Register of Former Cadets contains complete rosters of each VMI Class, with very brief biographical information. (1927-ongoing). VMI in the World War (WWI). Record of service in the World War of V. M. I. alumni and their alma mater by Joseph R. Anderson, Jr., published 1920)

Virginia Military Institute—PublicationsAlumni Association Class Files/repositories/3/archival_objects/4961Virginia Military Institute. Alumni Association6.42 cubic feet5 record storage cartons1842-1969English"Good to Me", 50th Reunion of the Class of '68 [dvd]/repositories/3/archival_objects/49621 items2018-12-19EnglishScope and Contents

The DVD includes one slideshow of photographs taken while the members of the class of 1968 were cadets at the Virginia Military Institute and one slideshow of photographs taken during the 50th reunion of the class of 1968. The disc also includes a folder containing files of all of the photographs that were supplied for the two slideshows.

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1968Class reunionsDVDsThe History of Integration at VMI, April 26, 2019 [digital video recording]/repositories/3/archival_objects/4967Virginia Military Institute. Alumni Association3.67 Gigabytes2019-04-26EnglishScope and Contents

The History of Integration at VMI program featured a panel discussion with Harry W. Gore, Jr., Adam L. Randolph III, Richard E. Valentine, Jr., and Philip L. Wilkerson Jr., who, along with Larry H. Foster, were the first African Americans to matriculate at the Virginia Military Institute in September 1968. The panel commemorated the 50th anniversary of the year (1968-1969) that these five men matriculated at VMI. It took place on April 26, 2019, and was moderated by Col. Keith E. Gibson.

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1972College integration -- Virginia -- History.