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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::vilxv00061::A Guide to the George S. Plants Collection)//EN" "vilxv00061.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 George S. Plants Collection, 1904-1909 A Collection in Virginia Military Institute Archives mss 00029

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 George S. Plants Collection 1904-1909 mss 00029 The collection consists of 4 items. English Administrative Information Access

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George S. Plants Collection, mss 00029, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, VA.

 Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to the Virginia Military Institute in 1973 by the daughters of George S. Plants.

 Biographical/Historical Information

George Sands Plants was born at Paint Rock, Texas on December 16, 1885. His parents were Galen Sands Plants and Frances Agnes Cooke. Plants entered the Virginia Military Institute in September 1904 and resigned in March 1906. He immediately accepted the position of bookkeeper at First National Bank of Seymour, Texas. He spent his entire career at that institution, serving as president and chairman of the board, and was active in civic affairs. Plants married Verda Kenan of Seymour on February 8, 1911. The couple had three daughters---Janette, Elsa, and Martha. Plants died in Seymour on April 30, 1971.

 Scope and Content Information

The collection consists of four items relating primarily to the Virginia Military Institute cadetship (1904-1906) of George Sands Plants. Included are Plants's cadet account book, listing VMI expenses 1904-1906; a notebook containing popular VMI football yells, circa 1905; one letter (May 14, 1905) from Plants to his parents concerning the Mess Hall fire and mentioning the upcoming New Market Day ceremony; and one letter from Plants's classmate Jesse P. Jarvis, dated July 1909.