<?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" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VaAlLHS"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection Finding Aid <num>MS334</num></titleproper><author>Gregory Pierce</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://alexandria.libnet.info/images/tile/alexandria/alexandria-logo.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>April 2019</date></p><address><addressline>717 Queen Street</addressline><addressline>Alexandria, VA 22314</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 703-746-1791</addressline><addressline>lhsc@alexlibraryva.org</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://alexlibraryva.org/lhsc" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://alexlibraryva.org/lhsc" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-03-05 21:24:16 +0000</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection (MS334)</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81089265" rules="rda" source="lcnaf">Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.)</corpname>
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    <unitid>MS334</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.83 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 box</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1994/1995" type="inclusive">1994-1995</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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  <bioghist id="aspace_25cb0415ec549d67898612d32a8c6078">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>The Barrett Branch of Alexandria Library was built in 1937 and named in honor of Kate Waller Barrett, a humanitarian, social crusader and political reformer. The Branch, located in the Old Town section of Alexandria, was renovated and expanded in 1995 and reconfigured in April 2000 to house the historical and genealogical research collections formerly located at Lloyd House.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of nearly 500 color prints that provide a photo documentation of the remodeling and reopening of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch of the Alexandria Library on 717 Queen Street, in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1994-1995.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[item identification], Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection, MS334, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79099306" source="lcsh">Alexandria (Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="lcsh">Public libraries.</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Dedications.</subject>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_fa4e7a77774eab93341b68acd0c233f6" level="file"><did><unittitle>Photos of the Barrett Branch Remodeling and Reopening</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/7179</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1994/1995" type="inclusive">1994-1995</unitdate><container altrender="5 x 7 x 11 Shoebox" id="aspace_80184d3e503bee61fcfcb46f92d5c20d" label="Graphic Materials" type="box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_c56ea55fdf484e17b721c3d58b61eb5f"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Box contains 482 color photographs of the remodeling, construction, and re-opening of the Barrett Branch, Alexandria Library at 717 Queen Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, in 1994-1995.  The box also contains one program from the dedication and reopening ceremony that occured September 10, 1995.</p></scopecontent><controlaccess><subject source="lcsh">Public libraries.</subject><geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79099306" source="lcsh">Alexandria (Va.)</geogname></controlaccess></c></dsc>
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