<?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="in_progress" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">John-Womack-Wright-Collection-of-military-artifacts</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Wright, John Womack, Collection of military artifacts</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the John Womack Wright Collection of military artifacts <num>UA 5.056</num></titleproper><author> Special Collections Staff</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2007-08-06</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 xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:26:17 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>John Womack Wright Collection of military artifacts (UA 5.056)</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Wright, John Womack, 1876-1953</persname>
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    <unitid>UA 5.056</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1893</unitdate>
    <unitdate datechar="creation">before 1899</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>William and Mary student from 1892 until 1895. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:</p><p>  <extref xlink:actuate="onrequest" audience="external" linktype="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:href="http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Col._John_Womack_Wright" xlink:title="Col. John Womack Wright"/></p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_a7b8ee8a339b0275f4540ea7f2925062">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Acc. 1989.147. Gift of John Womack Wright 1/31/1927.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_422af8bba85b44066a79fefa739a1915">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>This 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>
  <prefercite id="aspace_be61783bc0c14c967abd2e5f0341dfae">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>John Womack Wright Collection of military artifacts, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
  <relatedmaterial id="aspace_5931394048e5fd99262d5df6e133122b">
    <head>Related Materials:</head>
<p>Mss. 65 W93: John Womack Collection of Maps</p>  </relatedmaterial>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_01968ce506242af196363ca37df7b7cf">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection contains 68 buttons, 2 belt buckles, and 2 cockades taken from Spanish prisoners of war or from sunken ships off of Cuba. It also contains a commemorative medal from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <genreform source="aat">Buckles (strap accessories)</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="sh2005003244" source="lcsh">Metal buttons</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">Spanish-American War, 1898</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="sh85082818" source="lcsh">Military decorations</subject>
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