<?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>Board of Visitors minutes<num>RG.01.Minutes</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>2026-05-04 22:13:19 -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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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This sub-group comprises the official public minutes of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors. The first meeting of the Board was held in May 1839. A significant portion of historical minutes have been digitized and are available online, including those for the Civil War era. Modern minutes (from 1982-forward) are also available online.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_cb0bfe3edf01cbc315453abe05468e2e">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>The Board of Visitors is the governing body of the Virginia Military Institute. The first Board meeting was held in May 1839 and it has operated continuously since that time.</p>  </bioghist>
  <accruals id="aspace_ccfd1d868439c5da9bd594904cc2be71">
    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Physical minutes (bound volumes) are periodically transferred from the Secretary to the Board.  Digital minutes are captured from the VMI website and added to the digital repository as soon as minutes are posted.</p>  </accruals>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—History—19th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—History—20th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—History—21st century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Board of Visitors</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Minutes</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Administration</subject>
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</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_1185b8b73741b4d36dc6b35ca0645b6f" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 04</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3051</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1864 July 15-1865 Oct 9 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_7bc802396ad3e1f6869194b76e7b0639" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 05</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3052</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1864 July 15-1887 Sept 17</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_99a7b116a5ae74a1a410af79e406b47d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 06</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3053</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1888 January-1905 June</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_a34e80aecd9c0c2eb9b9d5ba97a3793b" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 06 Index</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3054</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1888 January-1905 June</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_3b8a9cb12164d047dc09e222cb6bd3ff" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 07</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3055</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1905 September-1921 March</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_52391e66bb2cbfa990bfb85ef8512908" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 07 Index</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3056</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1905 September-1921 March</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_ef1c70fc51d0d946bae88cf515e57651" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 08</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3057</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1916 January-1927 June </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_4b74e428a4ad3711538b0a65a723899d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 09</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3058</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1927 September 17-1937 June 16 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_395c6b48f15197c9ed5a7e05b1f83efe" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 10</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3059</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1937 September 30-1940 November 2 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_5b02d1f02a9066f699276d9c65a07a77" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 11</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3060</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1941 January 18-1943 October 29 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_bfa554aedbbd7c2e0249d6378c1f9947" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 12</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3061</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1944 January 24-1947 June 10</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_04f0bfb64fbb9f2cdfa763f05cbd9d92" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 13</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3062</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1947 September 26-1950 June 13</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_b4a41ab41be3d72c60e09b5bdb5043dc" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 14</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3063</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1950 September 23-1954 November</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c 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</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_e21699c69536912e543a789879aa9543" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 18</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3067</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1968 September 28-1971 May 14 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_ded7f8fce94c48928b3f9c10281f35d8" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 19</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3068</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1971 August 6-1974 October 19</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_b93b9b2541f6090f8391382755eff8d4" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 20</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3069</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1975 January 24-1977 November 4 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_9051112c8919fd9bc3faf4651989d81a" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 21</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3070</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1978 January 20-1981 October 5</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_09c5cdba0ffce7cde6d96a0908ea1baf" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 22</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3071</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1982-1984 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_0d48ab8c48ede4a90d7de6a58009b049" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 23</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3072</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1985-1987 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_151bb367452a8732e5c89463c81963c1" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 24</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3073</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1987-1992</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_8bfb2bdb4f397a5d165502e979452ca3" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 25</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3074</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1992-1996 </unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c 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Feb</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_3c8790435179ef4b649642b80d4a4001" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 29</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3078</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">2006 May-2007 May</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_591597f52805e77b3b9816c470de9285" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 30</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/3079</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">2007 August-2009 May</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did></c><c id="aspace_771f4e33380d2b974f451e0a696adfcc" level="item"><did><unittitle>Board of Visitors Minutes, Volume 31</unittitle><unitid 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