<?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">Hardin-Family-letters</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Hardin Family letters</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Hardin Family letters <num>SC 01953</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>2025 February</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>2026-05-09 03:03:12 -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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    <unittitle>Hardin Family letters</unittitle>
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      <corpname rules="local" source="local">Barranger &amp; Company, Inc.</corpname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.1 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 full size Hollinger box</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1944/1948" type="inclusive">1944-1948</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>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_ee29baf2954aa8d879dd4db6f1240824">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Collection donated by Barranger &amp; Co. Inc.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>Collection is arranged into one series: Series I. Letters.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Hardin Family letters, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Content Description</head>
<p>Collections contain letters to and from members of the Hardin family during World War II and post-war Louisiana.</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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    <title authfilenumber="n42026883" source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">World War II</title>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945</subject>
    <genreform source="ingest">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Letters (correspondence)</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">Personal narratives</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States</subject>
    <subject source="local">Women--Southern States--History</subject>
    <corpname role="fmo" rules="local" source="local">Barranger &amp; Company, Inc.</corpname>
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