<?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>Planning records and strategic planning<num>RG.04.Planning</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>2026-07-01 07:01:13 -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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<p>Documents and reports relating to VMI's planning initiatives, beginning in 1959.  Includes material re: "Plan 2000" Corps Study (1980); Commission on the University of the 21st Century (U-21), 1990; long range academic planning (LRAP).; strategic plans; strategic business plans; post facilities master plans;  report of Superintendent's Focus Group - Academics (2004); Vision 2039 (GEN Peay's initiative)</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Planning</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Buildings, structures, etc.</subject>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_132675a4c72e7c0331f97188cf6f41d7" level="series"><did><unittitle>Vision 2039, Plan created by Gen. J. H. Binford Peay</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/2687</unitid><origination label="Creator"><persname rules="dacs" source="local">Peay, J. H. Binford, III, 1940-</persname></origination><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">2004- [ongoing]</unitdate><physloc id="aspace_ad403c7a669a51ddc0cd328a95e66df5">Archives stacks, Record Group 04, Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Administration and Support / Planning /Vision 2039</physloc><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did><scopecontent id="aspace_7f72a3d281a431b90b63d42f9319d9ef"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Reports and publications concerning Superintendent J. H. Binford Peay's long range plan for development of VMI post and program, known as Vision 2039.</p></scopecontent><controlaccess><subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Planning</subject></controlaccess></c><c id="aspace_c6b1976ffb480359f3937ed0b62f8d9c" level="series"><did><unittitle>Post Facilities Master Plans and related</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/4119</unitid><origination label="Creator"><corpname rules="dacs">Virginia Military Institute. Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Administration, and Support</corpname></origination><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 cubic feet</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1959/2017" type="inclusive">1959-2017</unitdate><physloc id="aspace_a5f67a6cd206f1fa997cd55d97681e3c">Archives stacks, Record Group 04, Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Administration and Support / Planning</physloc><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial></did><scopecontent id="aspace_19df4f98df53b169a26d175b47548f9a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Facilities planning report outlining future needs and projects; typically updated annually.  Since 2004 these have been called Post Facilities Master Plan.  The series also contains earlier similar documents, created intermittently.  The oldest dates to 1959.</p></scopecontent><controlaccess><subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Planning</subject><subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Buildings, structures, etc.</subject></controlaccess></c><c id="aspace_62cdad9ae24b651fe7b1b5a2f34e4cd6" level="item"><did><unittitle>Preservation Master Plan</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/8007</unitid><origination label="Creator"><corpname rules="dacs">Virginia Military Institute. Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Administration, and Support</corpname></origination><origination label="Creator"><corpname rules="dacs">John Milner Associates</corpname></origination><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">2 items</extent><physfacet>341 pages</physfacet></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation">2007</unitdate><physloc id="aspace_c2cc752f9403d1f077fbd7df32dc1c6b">Archives stacks, Record Group 04, Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Administration and Support</physloc></did><scopecontent id="aspace_7233653dcb5959cfe8d5549874e6d1d5"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>In 2005, VMI was awarded a Campus Heritage Grant from the Getty Foundation in order to review and provide a strategy for protecting and preserving the historical architectural and landscape resources on Post. This is the final report of John Milner Associates, Inc., who worked with VMI to devise this plan.</p></scopecontent><controlaccess><subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Planning</subject><subject source="lcsh">Architecture—Virginia</subject><subject source="local">Virginia Military Institute—Buildings, structures, etc.</subject><subject source="lcsh">Lexington Arsenal (Va.)</subject><subject source="lcsh">Lexington (Va.)—History</subject><subject authfilenumber="(OCoLC)fst00957821" source="FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)">Historic preservation</subject><subject source="local">Jordan's Point</subject><persname source="lcsh">Jordan, John, 1777-1854</persname></controlaccess></c></dsc>
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