<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>L. VanLoan Naisawald papers<num>MS.0050</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-04-09 17:46:12 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>L. VanLoan Naisawald papers</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Naisawald, L. VanLoan (Louis VanLoan), 1920-?</persname>
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    <unitid>MS.0050</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">2 cubic feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">5 boxes and oversized material</extent>
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    <unitdate certainty="approximate" datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1958-1960</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_a33a9bf625354289b1d8e348df7f410d">Manuscripts stacks; Oversized Case 2</physloc>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>The L. VanLoan Naisawald papers consist of drafts, notes, and other items related to the publication of Naisawald's book, "Grape and Canister: The Story of the Field Artillery of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865" (Oxford University Press, 1960). Also included is a file of research material for an article entitled "Recovery of Colors," and other items.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Louis VanLoan Naisawald was born in 1920 in New York and graduated VMI in 1942. He went on to become a United States Army officer, editor, and author.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>There are no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>This collection contains material under copyright. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. The VMI Archives must be cited as the source of the content in publication. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>Oversized materials are filed separately.</p>  </separatedmaterial>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>L. VanLoan Naisawald papers, 1958-1960. MS 0050. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Publications</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1942</subject>
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