John C. Haskell 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:

John C. Haskell collection, 1916-1942. MS 0499. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
20 items
Creator:
Haskell, John C. (John Cheves), 1900-1957
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

John C. Haskell collection, 1916-1942. MS 0499. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection (20 items) consists of items related to John C. Haskell, including letters (dated 1916) written to his mother from VMI, military service documents, and photographs.

Biographical / historical:

John Cheves Haskell was born in 1900 in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from VMI in 1920 and became a businessman in Richmond Virginia. During World War I, Haskell was in the Students' Army Training Corps (SATC). During World War II he saw stateside service. He died in 1957.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks