J. Smith Ferebee collection

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:

J. Smith Ferebee collection, 1923-1990. MS 0318. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
6 Linear Feet
Creator:
Ferebee, J. Smith (James Smith), 1906-1988
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

J. Smith Ferebee collection, 1923-1990. MS 0318. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of papers (approximately 6 linear feet) that document the career of sportsman and businessman J. Smith Ferebee, including:

  • Clippings
  • Photographs
  • Printed material
  • Correspondence that documents Ferebee's widely publicized golf marathon (1938), other sports interests, and his career with the Equitable insurance company
  • One photograph album from Ferefee's VMI cadetship

Biographical / historical:

James Smith Ferebee was born in 1906 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1927. He was a sportman (golf and skeet), insurance executive, and a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Ferebee died in 1988.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks