Robert F. Portner letter fragment

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
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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:

Robert F. Portner letter fragment, 1892 October 20. MS 0063. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Portner, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1874-1900
Language:
German , English .
Preferred citation:

Robert F. Portner letter fragment, 1892 October 20. MS 0063. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a letter fragment from Robert F. Portner to "Eddie," written from VMI on October 20, 1892. The letter discusses an experiment using telephone receiver. The first part of letter is in German.

Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. The letter discusses an experiment using telephone receiver. The first part of letter is in German.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Francis Portner was born in 1874 in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended VMI (Class of 1895), but was a non-graduate. He died in 1900 in Washington, D.C.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks