<?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="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Harry-F-Byrd-Sr-correspondence</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Byrd, Harry F., Sr. correspondence </titleproper><titleproper>Guide to Harry F. Byrd, Sr. correspondence <num>SC 01816</num></titleproper><author>William &amp; Mary's Special Collection Research Center 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>2023 January </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 13:31:56 -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>Harry F. Byrd, Sr. correspondence</unittitle>
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      <corpname rules="local" source="local">Barranger &amp; Company, Inc.</corpname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1963/1963" type="inclusive">1963</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>Two letters from Harry F. Byrd, Sr. to A.A. Watters, Jr. in regards to proposed tax reforms. The first letter is dated March 5, 1963 and details Byrd's desires to implement tax laws. The second letters is dated April 29, 1963 and expresses Byrd's thanks to Watters, Jr.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Harry F. Byrd, Sr. correspondance, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Harry F. Byrd, Sr. correspondence contains one series: Series I. Correspondence.</p>  </arrangement>
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<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>Harry Flood Byrd, Senior was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia on June 10th, 1887. He was a member of the Virgnina Senate from 1916 until 1926, becoming the 50th Governor of Virginia from 1926-1930. Byrd also served as a United States Senator from Virginia from 1933 to 1965, before he died on October 20th, 1966.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Harry F. Byrd, Sr. correspondance was donated by Barranger &amp; Company Incorporated.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <subject authfilenumber="sh85075851" source="lcsh">Legislators -- United States</subject>
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