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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Percy Clayton Hamilton Photograph Album, Ms2011-007, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Percy Clayton Hamilton Photography Album was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2010.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Percy Clayton Hamilton Photograph Album was completed in January 2011.
Percy Clayton Hamilton, from Newport News, Virginia, was an Electrical Engineering major at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in the class of 1912. He graduated as a lieutenant in Company A. At Virginia Tech, he was an active member of the campus: Class Football (1908-1909), Associate Editor of "The Tech" (1909-1910), "The Bugle" (1909-1910), Defending Attorney Corps (1911-1912), and President Lee Literary Society (1911).
There is a Percy Clayton Hamilton (1890-1930), who served in the U.S. Army as a Major, and is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, Tucson, Arizona.
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The collection consists of a small photograph album belonging to Percy Clayton Hamilton, class of 1912, with photographs from his tenure as a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), including Corps of Cadet events.
The guide to the Percy Clayton Hamilton Photograph Album by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).