<?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>William A. Hopkins, Jr. cadet scrapbook<num>MS.0259</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>2026-05-12 03:01:52 -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>William A. Hopkins, Jr. cadet scrapbook</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Hopkins, William A., Jr. (William Addison), 1903-1971</persname>
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    <unitid>MS.0259</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1921-1925</unitdate>
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    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of one VMI scrapbook compiled by Cadet William A. Hopkins, Jr. from 1921 to 1925. The scrapbook contains autographs and nicknames of classmates, items concerning athletic events, photographs, dance programs, and other VMI mementos.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_c2f19c92bac651a0159002b1d2c0cee4">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>William Addison Hopkins, Jr. was born in 1903 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1925 and went on to become a businessman. Hopkins died in 1903 in Newport News, Virginia.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_cdfc71260cd07a626f85965495a86316">
    <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>William A. Hopkins, Jr. cadet scrapbook. Manuscript # 0259, Virginia Military Institute Archives</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1925</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1920-1929</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Photographs</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Athletics</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Scrapbooks</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Scrapbooks</genreform>
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