David L. Ruffner 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:

David L. Ruffner collection, 1940-1957. MS 0338. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 cubic feet two record boxes
Creator:
Ruffner, David L. (David Lewis), 1896-1973
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

David L. Ruffner collection, 1940-1957. MS 0338. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of David L. Ruffner, including:

  • Two scrapbooks dating from his United States Army career. The first scrapbook (1943-1946) includes information about the 10th Mountain Division in Italy. The second scrapbook (1948-1950) covers his assignment at Nuremberg Military Post, Germany.
  • A personal scrapbook and albums (circa 1947)
  • Certificates and awards
  • Photographs
  • Field Artillery School Annual, "The Shrapnel" (1925)
  • A guest book for Ruffner and his wife (1949-1957)
  • Army personnel records

Biographical / historical:

David Lewis Ruffner was born in 1896 in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1917. From 1917 to 1953 he was an United States Army officer, and retired with the rank of Major General. Ruffner died in 1973 in Metarie, Louisiana.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks