Gilbert L. Newbold 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

Preferred citation:

Gilbert L. Newbold papers. Manuscript # 0265, Virginia Military Institute Archives

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet approximately 100 items
Creator:
Newbold, Gilbert L. (Gilbert Lawrie), 1920-1979
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Gilbert L. Newbold papers. Manuscript # 0265, Virginia Military Institute Archives

Background

Scope and content:

This collection (approximately 100 items) consists of papers from the career of Gilbert L. Newbold. The papers are primarily concerned with Newbold's career with the United States Information Agency and Voice of America (VOA) in Southeast Asia during the 1950s and 1960s, and includes letters and memos concerning the VOA operation in South Vietnam. Other items include his military personnel records and documents from his State Department assignments.

Biographical / historical:

Gilbert Lawrie Newbold was born in 1920 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from VMI in 1942. During World War II he was an intelligence officer. After the War he was a State Deptartment foreign service officer, and was Chief East Asia and Pacific Branch, United States Information Agency/Voice of America during the 1950s and 1960s. Newbold died in 1979 in Roanoke, Virginia.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks