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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Access 2000 database. Machine-readable finding aid created by Diane Jacob. Date of source: 2002 Description is in English Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//Virginia Military Institute::Preston Library::Archives//TEXT (US::ViLxV::vilxv00041::A Guide to the John Orr Papers)//EN" "vilxv00041.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 26, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the John Orr Papers, 1890-1891 A Collection in Virginia Military Institute Archives mss 00008

Virginia Military Institute Archives 2002 Virginia Military Institute Archives Staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Archives, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute Descriptive Summary Archives, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute John Orr Papers 1890-1891 mss 00008 The collection consists of approximately 27 items. English Administrative Information Access

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John Orr Papers, mss 00008, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.

 Biographical/Historical Information

John Orr, Jr., the son of John Orr and Laura Allen, was born at Calvert, Texas on June 15, 1875. He attended the Virginia Military Institute for two years, 1890-1892, and subsequently was a student at the University of Texas. For a number of years after leaving school, Orr was a salesman for his family's wholesale grocery business in Austin, Texas. He later worked for Swift and Co. packing house in Kansas City, but returned to Texas due to ill health. He died on April 11, 1909 and is buried at Austin.

 Scope and Content Information

The papers consist of approximately 25 letters from Virginia Military Institute Cadet John Orr to his parents. The correspondence contains details about cadet life during the early 1890's, including references to daily routines (guard duty, meals, studies); faculty; the town of Lexington; and an extensive account of the fight between two cadets that led to the death of Warner T. Taliaferro, VMI Class of 1894. The collection also contains 2 religious tracts, circa 1890.