<?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>Thomas St. J. Arnold papers<num>MS.0309</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 17:48:22 -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>Thomas St. J. Arnold papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Arnold, Thomas St. John, 1913-?</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0309</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">2 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1942/1971" type="inclusive">1942-1971</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_ac46b2b1c88d68f6eafe0f2e1475f7f9">Manuscripts stacks</physloc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of the papers from the military career of Thomas St. J. Arnold with most items dating from World War II (1939-1945). The collection includes operational reports of the 92nd Infantry Division, maps, photographs, and correspondence.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_e9b6995c180f4e29482d9ce8971e50de">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Thomas St. John Arnold was born in 1913 in Mobile, Alabama. He graduated from VMI in 1935. From 1936 to 1967 he was an United States Army Officer. After his military career, Arnold was a banker.</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>Thomas St. J. Arnold papers, 1942-1971. MS 0309. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1935</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States. Army—Officers—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States -- Army -- Infantry Division, 92nd -- History</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <subject authfilenumber="(OCoLC)fst01754147" source="FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)">Military maps</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
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