Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. papers, 1891-1930. MS 0043. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 cubic feet
Creator:
Anderson, Joseph R., Jr. (Joseph Reid), 1851-1930
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. papers, 1891-1930. MS 0043. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. papers consist of drafts and related correspondence for a three part, largely unpublished, work entitled "A Complete History of the Virginia Military Institute, 1839-1924." One part was eventually published as "VMI in the World War." Also included are VMI-related notes and papers.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Reid Anderson, Jr. was born in 1851 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1870, and had a lifelong association with VMI as a faculty member, Alumni Association president, and official "historiographer." He also was an iron manufacturer and farmer in Lee, Goochland County, Virginia. Anderson died in 1930.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks