<?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>Finals and commencement<num>RG.15.Finals.Commencement</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>2026-05-04 22:13:23 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Zyyy">English, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="subgrp">
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    <unittitle>Finals and commencement</unittitle>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1867-[ongoing]</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>A chronological file consisting of programs, speeches, photographs, newspapers clippings, and other material relating to Finals and graduation ceremonies. material. Also includes Baccalaureate services programs if extant.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <dsc><c id="aspace_7465a50c645235d365ec15963eacb9c8" level="item"><did><unittitle>Jonathan M. Daniels valedictory address</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/8008</unitid><origination label="Creator"><persname role="spk" rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Daniels, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Myrick), 1939-1965</persname></origination><unitdate datechar="creation">1961</unitdate></did><controlaccess><genreform source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Speeches, addresses, etc.</genreform><subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1961</subject></controlaccess></c></dsc>
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