Albert S. Britt, 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:

Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers, 1930-1962. MS 0048. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
3 cubic feet 8 boxes and oversized
Creator:
Britt, Albert S., Jr. (Albert Sidney), 1908-1992
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers, 1930-1962. MS 0048. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Albert S. Britt, Jr. papers consist of papers dating from Britt's United States Army career (1930-1962), including:

  • Correspondence
  • Reports
  • Notes and exercises from courses taken at the British Army Staff College, Camberley
  • Speeches
  • Articles
  • Photographs
  • One scrapbook from when Britt was a cadet at VMI

Biographical / historical:

Albert Sidney Britt, Jr. was born in 1908 in Nashville, Tennessee. He matriculated into VMI on September 14, 1926 and graduated on June 11, 1930. Britt was an United States Army officer from 1930 to 1962 and President of the Georgia Historical Society. He died in 1992 in Savannah, Georgia.