<?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">Margaret-L.-Templeton-letters</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Margaret L. Templeton letters</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Margaret L. Templeton letters <num>SC 01838</num></titleproper><author>Kendall McKinley</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>March 2023</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>2025-09-10 07:03:12 -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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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1931/1931" type="inclusive">1931</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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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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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Purchased with the Molly Elliot Seawell Endowment. The collection is included in the Virginia Women Writers Archive.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Margaret L.Templeton was a resident of Staunton, Virginia. She was the head of the local chapter of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The letters she received are from various leaders of the organization.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Margaret L. Templeton letters, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>The collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions and acquisitions to the collection.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection contains 26 letters and one pamphlet received by Margaret L. Templeton in 1931. The letters range from business correspondence to personal correspondence and the pamphlet documents updates to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of which Templeton was a member.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<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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    <subject source="lcsh">Women--History--Virginia</subject>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Women--Societies and clubs</subject>
    <geogname source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Staunton (Va.)--History</geogname>
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