<?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-viw">Ursula-Fairfax-Harrison-Baird-Gardening-Notebook</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Baird, Ursula</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird Gardening Notebook <num>Mss. Acc. 2014.079</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.</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>2014-06-30</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 12:43:47 -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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    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Ursula Harrison Baird is the daughter of Fairfax Harrison. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <extref xlink:href="http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Ursula_Fairfax_Harrison_Baird" xlink:title="Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird"/>.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Gift.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Custodial History:</head>
<p>Found with Baird/Lusby gift of books.</p>  </custodhist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>Collection is open to all researchers.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird Gardening Notebook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Gardening notebook of Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird, wife of Charles L. Baird.  Notes are mostly a record of the names (often specific varieties), amount ordered, prices and vendors of the flowers and seeds ordered.  A few letters from gardening supply outlets are inserted in the notebook, along with loose handwritten notes by Ursula Baird.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="local">Gardening--History--20th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Gardening--Virginia</subject>
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