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    <unittitle>United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection</unittitle>
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      <persname role="crp" source="ingest">Freeman, Douglas Southall</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1920/1939" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1920-1939</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection, WLU Coll. 0204, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA<p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Consists of miscellaneous correspondence related to the Lee Memorial Fund at Washington and Lee University in 1921. Includes newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning the Confederacy, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and primarily, the passing of a resolution naming Lincoln's birthday as a national holiday. Also includes correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman and others.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Related Materials</head>
<p>WLU Coll. 0205, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winnie Davis Chapter Minute Book</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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    <subject source="fast">Printed ephemera</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996779" source="fast">Correspondence</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Holidays</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Memorials</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">United States -- Confederate States of America</geogname>
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    <corpname rules="aacr" source="ingest">United Daughters of the Confederacy</corpname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865</persname>
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