<?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" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-ViLxW"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>African-American Heritage Exhibit materials<num>RHS.Coll.0001</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-09-13 07:02:27 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <repository>
      <corpname>Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname>
    </repository>
    <unittitle>African-American Heritage Exhibit materials</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Rockbridge Historical Society</corpname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Williams, Alice</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Williams, Gordon</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>RHS.Coll.0001</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="approximate" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1992/2001" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1992-2001 approximate</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection contains research materials gathered during 2001 for an African American heritage exhibit put on by Rockbridge Historical Society.  It also contains a booklet from 125th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, Va.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Existence and Location of Copies</head>
<p>Most of the materials in this collection are photocopies of materials with unknown ownership.</p>  </altformavail>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="fast">African Americans</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Local history</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Museum exhibits</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Church history</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Lexington</geogname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">First Baptist Church (Lexington, Va.)</corpname>
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