<?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-ViLxW"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Roger Mudd collection on Eudora Welty</titleproper><titleproper>Roger Mudd collection on Eudora Welty <num>WLU.Coll.0565</num></titleproper><author>Essie Haydon</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher><p><date>March 2026</date></p></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-03-21 07:02:16 -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>Roger Mudd collection on Eudora Welty</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Mudd, Roger </persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.75 Linear Feet</extent>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Identification of item], Roger Mudd Collection on Eudora Welty (WLU Coll. 0565), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_35457018a899d75748d8a4135ed1f8ff">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>This collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_3b22cc5bbdee9d1bb5eab29a8d59d0af">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection contains items related to writer and novelist Eudora Welty collected by Roger Mudd. This includes the personal correspondence from Welty to Mudd, along with interviews and photographs of Welty. There are also several publications and articles written both during her life and posthumously.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Biographical Note</head>
<p>Roger Mudd graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1950 and had a long and distinguished journalism career. He had a particular interest in Southern writers, and in 2007, he donated his library to his alma mater.</p><p>Eudora Welty was a noted writer and novelist who wrote about the American South.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <subject source="fast">Southern writers</subject>
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parent="aspace_21908bd6740ed2a718860a9f80e54d0e" type="folder">2</container></did></c><c id="aspace_599653cdefa2a3441245ede18ef175f5" level="file"><did><unittitle>Articles, miscellaneous newspapers on Welty</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/5/archival_objects/35250</unitid><unitdate datechar="Creation" type="inclusive">1986-2006</unitdate><container id="aspace_8652c8622662199cebd9f5a4c7384f59" label="Mixed Materials [35101206266533]" type="box">1</container><container id="aspace_ae5116f4e4ea0d2d1caa313f21a2c9cf" parent="aspace_8652c8622662199cebd9f5a4c7384f59" type="folder">3</container></did></c><c id="aspace_8df4b8dc8f1e1e613eea16eabdd9f857" level="file"><did><unittitle>Articles-Smithsonian Magazine</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/5/archival_objects/35251</unitid><unitdate datechar="Creation">2009 April</unitdate><container id="aspace_9a9942d3cb28bd9e7262cba058fadddb" label="Mixed Materials [35101206266533]" type="box">1</container><container 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