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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Fork Union Military Academy Yearbook, WLU Coll. 0688, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Biographical / Historical

Fork Union Military Academy is located in Fork Union, VA. It was founded in 1898 and acts as an all-male institution to educate in a college preparatory, Christian, and military environment.

Francis Pendleton Gaines, who served as president of Washington and Lee University from 1930-1959, attended Fork Union Military Academy and was photographed for the 1907-1908 yearbook.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a single Fork Union Academy Yearbook, 1907-1908. The yearbook contains the photographs and information on the student body at that time. Included within this student body is Francis P. Gaines, who would later become president of Washington and Lee University.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Boarding school students
• Boarding schools
• Education
• Gaines, Francis Pendleton
• Military education
• Preparatory school students
• Preparatory school teachers
• Preparatory schools
• Private schools
• Schools
• Washington and Lee University