<?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 W. Davis Athletic History Book Research Files, 1984 - 1986<num>RG.09.Athletics.Davis Collection</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 17:50:34 -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 W. Davis Athletic History Book Research Files, 1984 - 1986</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs">Davis, Thomas W.</persname>
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    <unitid>RG.09.Athletics.Davis Collection</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">6 cubic feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1984/1986" type="inclusive">1984-1986</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_ceb45e687554373b2a93e81183cf6a20">Archives stacks, Record Group 09, Athletics</physloc>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Col. Thomas W. Davis (VMI Class of 1964 and Professor of History at VMI) wrote a history of VMI Athletics, "The Corps Roots the Loudest", published in 1986 for the VMI Keydet Club by the University Press of Virginia.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>These files represent the research Davis compiled during the course of completing his book about VMI athletics history, and contain information about specific sports, individuals, events, and other material relevant to the topic.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>There are no restrictions</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Name of collection/item], Virginia Military Institute Archives.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Athletics</subject>
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