<?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 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VaAlLHS" url="https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/96"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Mary Crawford Powell Finding Aid, 1847-1928 <num>MS236</num></titleproper></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><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>2023-12-15 14:27:41 +0000</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <repository>
      <corpname>Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>Mary Crawford Powell Collection (MS236)</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Powell, Mary Crawford (Gregory), 1847-1928</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS236</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.42 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 box</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" era="ce" type="inclusive">-1987</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
  </did>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_04ff9602cb70e419359c7a0027912453">
    <head>Content Description</head>
<p>Collection documents the ancestral lines of Dr. Robert Conrad Powell and his wife, Mary Crawford Gregory, also the ancestral lines of Ruth Ashton the wife of Dr. Lewellyn Powell. Done for the benefit of the children by their Grandmother.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_38e8643d8b06f11a2b1bfde3ada8196d">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Mary Powell was an Alexandria historian and author of History of Old Alexandria, Virginia.</p>  </bioghist>
  <prefercite id="aspace_467d725bd197c0e622fbaffa6723cbee">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Item idenfitication], Mary Crawford Powell Collection, MS236, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy.</geogname>
  </controlaccess>
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</archdesc>
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