<?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-ViU-L" url="https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/107668"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Clarence B. Pearce papers<num>MSS.86.2</num></titleproper><sponsor>Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.</sponsor></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://www.law.virginia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1_scale_large/public/images/uva_law_centered_K.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>Arthur J. Morris Law Library</addressline><addressline>580 Massie Road</addressline><addressline>University of Virginia</addressline><addressline>Charlottesville, Virginia 22903</addressline><addressline>archives@law.virginia.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://archives.law.virginia.edu/" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://archives.law.virginia.edu/" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-04-29 11:05:02 +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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      <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Pearce, Clarence B., 1897-1984</persname>
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<p>The papers of Clarence B. Pearce consist primarily of letters written by Pearce to his mother as well as photographs of Pearce and the University of Virginia grounds while Pearce was a law student (1917 - 1921). His college activities included participation in the debating society and service on the editorial board of Virgina Law Review.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Pearce, Clarence B., 1897-1984</persname>
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