<?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-vihart">vihart00266</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>A Guide to the Mabel Hancock Holt Papers, 1945-1946, 2006 <num>SC 0260</num></titleproper><author>Sarah Roth-Mullet</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>James Madison University Libraries Special Collections</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://cdn1.lib.jmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/JMU-Logo_ASpace2VAHeritage.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>January 2018</date></p><address><addressline>820 Madison Drive</addressline><addressline>MSC 1706</addressline><addressline>Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807</addressline><addressline>Telephone: (540) 568-3612</addressline><addressline>library-special@jmu.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-10-08 07:06:35 -0400</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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    <unittitle>Mabel Hancock Holt Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Holt, Mabel Hancock</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.08 cubic feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 folder</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1945/1946" type="inclusive">1945-1946</unitdate>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="2006/2006">2006</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_e6c13da949e5181ef2dd70528b9cab91">This collection contains the booklet, "Class of 1946 Madison Memories," printed in 2006 for the alumni reunion, and Madison College ephemera belonging to 1946 alum, Mabel Hancock Holt.</abstract>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Access Restrictions</head>
<p>Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Use Restrictions</head>
<p>The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Mabel Hancock Holt Papers, 1945-1946, 2006, SC 0260, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.</p>  </prefercite>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_f84e7bad503e69928b8325847cd5192f">
    <head>Acquisition Information</head>
<p>Items were transferred from JMU University Advancement, on January 12, 2018.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <custodhist id="aspace_70eb8578241bc54f2d4a06799f2f1ddd">
    <head>Provenance</head>
<p>Items were donated to the JMU Advancement Office by Estelle K. Tulloss Wagner, a friend of Mabel Hancock Holt.</p>  </custodhist>
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    <head>Bio/Historical Note</head>
<p>Mabel Hancock Holt was born December 13, 1923 in Martinsville, Virginia. She attended Madison College from 1942-1946, where she was senior class president of the Student Government Association and a member of the Cotillion Club. She died September 25, 2017.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>This collection is comprised of papers belonging to 1946 Madison College alum, Mabel Hancock Holt. It contains a 1945 Western Union telegram, issues of "The Breeze" dated October 12, and October 19, 1945, a 1946 commencement invitation, and photocopies from "The Schoolma'am" (undated). It also includes a booklet, "Class of 1946 Madison Memories," printed in 2006 for an alumni reunion.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>Items are housed in a legal folder.</p>  </arrangement>
  <bibliography id="aspace_22f84f20f4bd40870c4cd0e2a9175205">
    <head>Bibliography</head>
    <bibref>Find A Grave. "Mabel Hancock Holt (1923-2017)." Find a Grave Memorial no. 183965126. Accessed January https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183965126</bibref>
  </bibliography>
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    <genreform authfilenumber="300026909" source="aat">Telegrams</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="300026256" source="aat">Alumni directories</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="300311670" source="aat">Booklets</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="300026656" source="aat">Newspapers</genreform>
    <geogname source="local">Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History</geogname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n77010919" source="naf">Madison College -- History</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n77010919" source="naf">Madison College -- Students</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n77010919" source="naf">Madison College -- Students -- Social life and customs</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="n77010919" source="naf">Madison College -- Alumni and alumnae</corpname>
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