Julian N. Major 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

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:

Julian N. Major papers, 1904-1912. MS 0424. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 cubic feet
Creator:
Major, Julian Neville, 1887-1953
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Julian N. Major papers, 1904-1912. MS 0424. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the papers of Julian Neville Major, VMI Class of 1907. The collection includes:

  • VMI grade reports
  • Family correspondence while he was a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at St. John's University, a Protestant college in Shanghai, China
  • Correspondence received by his mother during his VMI cadetship and years in China
  • Correspondence from the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society received prior to his departure for China
  • Correspondence from colleagues
  • One photograph album documenting life at St. John's University from 1908 to 1911
  • One book of handwritten notes concerning "religious instruction" used at St. John's University

Biographical / historical:

Julian Neville Major was born in 1887 in Mitchell's Station, Culpeper County, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1907. From 1907 to 1911 he was a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at St. John's College, Shanghai, China. Upon his return to the United States, Major became President of the Old Virginia Packing Company in Front Royal, Virginia. He died in 1953 and is buried in Front Royal.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks