<?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">Wingfield-Britton-family-papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Wingfield-Britton family papers</titleproper><titleproper>Wingfield-Britton family papers <num>MS 00365</num></titleproper><author>William &amp; Mary Special Collections 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>2024 April</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><seriesstmt><p>This collection is divided into three series; correspondence, family papers, and photographs.</p></seriesstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 13:35:25 -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>Wingfield-Britton family papers</unittitle>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.17 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1857/1983" type="inclusive">1857-1983</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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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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    <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>Content Description</head>
<p>Photos, letters, a diary, an account book, and an album belonging to members of the Wingfield-Britton family. The collection ranges from pre-civil war to the 1980s, with the bulk of the material dated around the early 1900s. The correspondence covers a number of topics including health and family life, farming, and travel in the north-western valley region of Virginia.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Wingfield-Britton family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Genealogy</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia--Genealogy</geogname>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Personal health</subject>
    <title authfilenumber="n42026883" source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">World War II</title>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">American Civil War, 1861-1865</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh85143770" source="lcsh">Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_a446bd8aad674c30e5d11351c822ea05" level="series"><did><unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610505</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1857/1945" type="inclusive">1857-1945</unitdate></did><c id="aspace_e40e941d513f9f599b9f01df1777affc" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter to Anne Maria Bullock Ratcliffe</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610504</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1862-05-23/1862-05-23">1862 May 23</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_00fa3d0c14c41fe1f1067b80b5402477" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_6f6fd3f9d1b6db8a65bc9fa8257a941e" parent="aspace_00fa3d0c14c41fe1f1067b80b5402477" type="Folder">1</container></did></c><c id="aspace_393c3469772e01844a7217e6220881d0" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter addressed to Mrs. Ratcliffe</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610506</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1869/1869">ca. 1869</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_1b4c26a24ab525d1459c737b66f6af59" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_752845c715469d189aed21b69a8d0f2d" parent="aspace_1b4c26a24ab525d1459c737b66f6af59" type="Folder">2</container></did></c><c id="aspace_a3cbd4a51549e13ddc39ba8c50eea66c" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter from Anne F. R. Wingfield to her son, H. Ratcliffe Wingfield</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610507</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1940-08-09/1940-08-09">1940 August 9</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_e6d52ff6a14f8030faa34e46daa42b17" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_6492203469f74f9722386402715029a1" parent="aspace_e6d52ff6a14f8030faa34e46daa42b17" type="Folder">3</container></did></c><c id="aspace_d9ee7f2c74f0d70928e75f9dc4218b45" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter from Caroline "Carrie" Ratcliffe to Anne F. R. Wingfield</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610508</unitid><unitdate datechar="other" normal="1932-10-09/1932-10-09">1932 Oct. 9</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_5e4770689e031894b0067cc6f031843e" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_00057a8c4df4fbac2ff87e0f105194de" parent="aspace_5e4770689e031894b0067cc6f031843e" type="folder">4</container></did></c><c id="aspace_cadf4794fa7dfb9d03f21e20ab3389b1" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter from Harvey A. 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Wingfield</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610510</unitid><unitdate datechar="other" normal="1906-07-16/1906-07-16">1906 July 16</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_5d5a671aa5a1897645e6833c16ecc72d" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_d406c1d63c3885b308ad4c33c4c138bb" parent="aspace_5d5a671aa5a1897645e6833c16ecc72d" type="Folder">6</container></did></c><c id="aspace_fc784c443d3a34e04f3143eace9e217e" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter from Harvey Wingfield to Anne "Nancy" F. R. Wingfield</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/610511</unitid><unitdate datechar="other" normal="1907-06-20/1907-06-20">1907 June 20</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_0a003cfc258c5b066f881d51f114f8f5" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_ac83aed0d2a0af2027129ecfb263c189" parent="aspace_0a003cfc258c5b066f881d51f114f8f5" type="Folder">7</container></did></c><c id="aspace_13d700c06632179da6c2a764593fcf3e" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letter from Harvey Wingfield to Anne F. R. 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W. 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