<?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>Otis D. Smith papers<num>MS.0150</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 17:47:05 -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>Otis D. Smith papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Smith, Otis D. (Otis David), 1913-1992</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs">Lejeune, John Archer, 1867-1942</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0150</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">10 items</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1929-1932</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_a172dd10444546b243c3297699b3292e">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The Otis D. Smith papers consist of the personal papers (10 items) of Smith, including:
<ul>
<li>A letter of appointment to VMI (1929)</li>
<li>A letter from the Lexington (Virginia) Postmaster explaining why VMI does not have a branch post office</li>
<li>Correspondence concerning the purchase of a radio and radio contest</li>
<li>Finals program (1933)</li>
<li>Two photgraphs</li>
<li>A postcard (1929) sent by Superintendent John A. Lejeune to parents of new cadets</li>
</ul></p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_e7006e45aeb1602852e5318c1814a0a9">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Otis David Smith was born in 1913 in Richmond Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1933. During World War II he was an United States Army officer. After the War, he was a businessman. Smith died in 1992 in Richmond.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Otis D. Smith papers, 1929-1932. MS 0150. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1930-1939</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1933</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Postcards</genreform>
    <genreform source="lcsh">Programs (Publications) </genreform>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">McCarthy, Frank, 1912-1986</persname>
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