The George C. Marshall Foundation, located in Lexington, Virginia, houses a library, archive, a museum and administrative offices dedicated to honor the legacy of George Catlett Marshall. The Foundation opened in 1964 in its own building on the post of the Virginia Military Institute, Marshall's alma mater.
The Marshall Foundation library and archives cover United States military & diplomatic history between the years of George Marshall's career as a military officer and public servant, roughly 1900-1960. Along with sorted paper collections, the library contains over 23,000 manuscripts, two million documents from the National Archives and Records Administration, hundreds of era maps, 700 posters from all countries involved in both World Wars, films, and over 200 oral histories.
Read more about George C. Marshall Foundation: The Marshall Foundation in The World Today, The Growing Electronic Reach of The Foundation, Marshall Foundation Leadership, The Work of The Marshall Foundation, The George C. Marshall Foundation Award, The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award
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