<?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>Records of Inaugurations and Assumption of Command Ceremonies for VMI Superintendents<num>RG.02.Subject Files.Inaugurations</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>2026-04-28 07:02:22 -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="subgrp">
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    <unittitle>Records of Inaugurations and Assumption of Command Ceremonies for VMI Superintendents</unittitle>
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      <corpname rules="dacs">Virginia Military Institute. Office of the Superintendent.</corpname>
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    <unitid>RG.02.Subject Files.Inaugurations</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3 cubic feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1937/2003" type="inclusive">1937-2003</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>Records relating to the inaugural ceremonies or assumption of command events for the various Superintendents. In recent administations there have not been elaborate inaugural ceremonies.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Special events</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">College presidents—Inauguration</subject>
    <persname rules="dacs">Kilbourne, Charles E. (Charles Evans), 1872-1963</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs">Marshall, Richard J., 1895-1973</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">Milton, William H., Jr. (William Hammond), 1900-1984</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Shell, George R. E., 1908-1996</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs">Irby, Richard L. (Richard Logan), 1918-2002</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Walker, Sam S., 1925-2015</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs">Knapp, John W. (John Williams), 1932-</persname>
    <persname source="lcsh">Bunting, Josiah, III, 1939-</persname>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Peay, J. H. Binford, III, 1940-</persname>
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