<?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" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VOD">RG 39-6</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Decker, Peter</titleproper><titleproper>A Guide to the Peter Decker, Jr. Imps Mug <num>RG 39-6</num></titleproper><author>Steven Bookman, University Archivist</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>ODU University Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/odu.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>12/08/2023</date></p><address><addressline>3000 Perry Library</addressline><addressline>4427 Hampton Blvd.</addressline><addressline>Norfolk, VA 23529</addressline><addressline>Telephone: 757-683-5350</addressline><addressline>libspecialcollections@odu.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://www.odu.edu/library/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://www.odu.edu/library/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-04-01 11:20:27 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Finding Aid written in English.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Peter Decker, Jr. Imps Mug</unittitle>
    <unitid>RG 39-6</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.4 Linear Feet Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1956/1956">1956</unitdate>
    <physdesc id="aspace_36608f16f451e2025b614cf0ccd96f73" label="Condition Description">Good condition.</physdesc>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Content Description</head>
<p>This collection consists of a white stein mug with a depiction of a devil on the front. The mug belonged to Peter Decker, Jr., class of 1956 and a member of the Imps student organization. The words "College of William and Mary Norfolk", "Peter Decker, Jr.", and "1956" are written in black.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <bioghist id="aspace_822806b5b053d2744e16fa8926975210">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Peter (Pete) Decker, Jr. was born in 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia and attended Maury High School as well as the Norfolk Division of the College of William &amp; Mary. While at the Norfolk Diviison, he was a member of the Imps social organization. He received his law degree from the College of William &amp; Mary and practiced as a lawyer in Norfolk for over 50 years. He founded the Decker Law Firm, one of the  prestigious law firms in Hampton Roads. He passed away in 2012.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Open to researchers without restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Peter Decker, Jr. Imps Mug, 1956, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">Old Dominion University--Alumni and alumnae</subject>
    <subject source="local">College of William and Mary. Norfolk Division--Student life</subject>
    <subject source="local">College of William and Mary. Norfolk Division--Student organizations</subject>
    <subject source="local">Imps</subject>
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