Eli B. Springs scrapbook

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:

Eli B. Springs scrapbook, 1911-1918. MS 0131. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Springs, Eli B. (Eli Baxter), 1894-1977
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Eli B. Springs scrapbook, 1911-1918. MS 0131. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one VMI scrapbook compiled by Eli B. Springs. The scrapbook includes clippings, programs, invitations, and other memorabilia from 1911 to 1913.

Also included is one scrapbook page (fragment) dating from Springs's service in France during World War I. The page includes an armed forces newspaper called "The Route Step" (Vol. 1, No. 1; dated July 15, 1918), "somewhere in France," ticket stubs for military travel, and clippings.

Biographical / historical:

Eli Baxter Springs was born in 1894 in Fort Mill, South Carolina. He graduated VMI in 1915. From 1917 to 1919 he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Service. He was also a businessman and stockbroker in Charlotte, North Carolina. Springs died in 1977 in Charlotte.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks