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<ead><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">A-Williams-postcards</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Williams, A., postcards</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the A. Williams postcards <num>SC 02030</num></titleproper><author>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center staff</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref actuate="onLoad" href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" show="embed" type="simple"/></p><p><date>2026-8-7</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" show="new" title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-08-07 20:00:49 -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>Arthur George Williams postcards</unittitle>
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      <persname role="rcp" rules="dacs" source="local">Williams, Arthur George</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1925/1925">1925, and undated</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
      <language langcode="fre">French</language>
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    <head>Content Description</head>
<p>3 postcards, 1925, and undated, sent to Willam &amp; Mary professor Arthur George Williams, Williamsburg, Virginia. Each postcard was sent by a different student from Paris, France. Only last names of students are legible: Cobb, Lyons, Thomson.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Arthur George Williams, M.A., was professor in William &amp; Mary's Modern Languages and Literature department from 1918-1937.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>William &amp; Mary Libraries' archival, digital and physical collections may contain content with harmful language or difficult subject matters. We strive for transparency in making these materials available for teaching and research, but we do not endorse the attitudes, prejudices or behaviors found within them.</p><p>William &amp; Mary Libraries' perspective on harmful content and language aligns with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and university libraries around the world.</p>  </odd>
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<p>A. Williams postcards, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <genreform source="aat">Postcards</genreform>
    <geogname source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Paris (France) -- Description and travel</geogname>
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