<?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-viw">Lady-Nancy-Astor-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Astor, Lady Nancy Papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Lady Nancy Astor Papers <num>SC 00631</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections 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>2007-08-17</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>2025-05-15 12:32:11 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Lady Nancy Astor Papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>SC 00631</unitid>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.01 Linear Foot</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1927/1956" type="inclusive">1927-1956</unitdate>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_4f482597fa8c7cfb716f9988e3a1a31a"><language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial>
  </did>
  <bioghist id="aspace_6be1e92cd08c6d4dee5ad2df8f60d13b">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:</p><p>  <extref audience="external" xlink:href="http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Nancy_Witcher_Langhorne_Astor_Astor,_Viscountess" xlink:title="Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor Astor, Viscountess"/></p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_b85210fe26421654ffeb15e5b140905b">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Gift through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <userestrict id="aspace_4ce122d715d5b05e225fbf9ad4ae5ba0">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_fa4b4a912691c2d2e9f8e68c8cbe4008">
    <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>
  <prefercite id="aspace_8617a7cdd1870d6e42032dde3c96163e">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Nancy Astor Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_e45a8392591ecdb26dcd5dd67d4a4e4a">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>18 Letters and notes, 1927-1956, from Nancy Astor, London, Taplow, and Plymouth, England, to Lilly Harrison Hill Smith Bradbury in Upperville, Virginia. Collection includes two photos of Nancy Astor, not originating with the correspondence. Lilly Harrison Hill Smith Bradbury and Nancy Astor were childhood friends.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <controlaccess>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Great Britain--Buckinghamshire--Taplow--Cliveden</subject>
    <subject source="local">World War, 1939-1945--Europe--Great Britain--Plymouth</subject>
    <persname source="lcnaf">Bradbury, Lilly Harrison Hill Smith</persname>
    <persname source="local">Shaw, Bernard</persname>
  </controlaccess>
  <dsc><c id="aspace_5a40cbaec1cd0a349714f9b6e412d1cc" level="file"><did><unittitle>Small Collections Box 21</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/258461</unitid><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_6e8f5a03d5d1b4217b53498b1720f577" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Small Collections Box 21</container></did><c id="aspace_3d51834ea6a0526289f10a4f701b9d9c" level="file"><did><unittitle>Papers</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/258463</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1927-1956</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_1257f7b2a0566f0b63d107650617d3af" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Small Collections Box 21</container><container id="aspace_2c995624798be08b96e807ed235fbf3e" parent="aspace_1257f7b2a0566f0b63d107650617d3af" type="folder">1</container></did><c id="aspace_a9f4fbe7001ca6134dc98c79cd4306e1" level="item"><did><unittitle>Card from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221074</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28278</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 27, 1931</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_c042998f9e7158919c55e3f5a598b855"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Autograph Card Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_772fd517bc0453dc6cfc32a0d6381f04" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Richmond, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221073</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28277</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 11, 1929</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_f16d099ab03ade583b7a9c1253afc138"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_4ad4a1c8a4f81153a67b8db38d484b43" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Smith, Richmond, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221072</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28276</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">May 20, 1927</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_5b8c4f5fb55c5364c72a1107f89c338c"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_54febd765b06d76a75a8916e58deef9a" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury and Julien H. Hill, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221082</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28286</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">June 14, 1938</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_8cde348316e97c592e3a22aa07bf8210"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_17295ac113be80acd9577a57228f033c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Midlothian, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221081</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28285</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">May 26, 1938</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_447cdfa3e8516171b8043531ebfc39a6" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221080</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28284</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">February 17, 1938</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_feb7186506a0e95a6b8fb81e61950b5b"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_68587e11ccae006ed9c1888bb0e7bad9" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Richmond, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221079</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28283</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">June 5, 1936</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_0a7cc585aaf23176c01a8a3d816957dd"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_5ccd8b11826b29a912a4a3292bb9305f" level="item"><did><unittitle>Card from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221078</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28282</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January [15], 1936</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_2e96647942bea55e24587ced2aac31ec"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Autograph Card Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_655c26b6d59dbc7fb36b41303ebbb746" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221077</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28281</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 4, 1934</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_2d6c5559e8b59797de259b6276d7cb71"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_6d70b28274cc8de33a99c4042af7e7ef" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221075</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28279</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">June 19, 1931</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_cdc6ed0feb91227be5da653c140b5df5"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_2e8abdd83af6ea80ad369062e39d723b" level="item"><did><unittitle>Card from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221076</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28280</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 7, 1933</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_b00544050d83f84d8fd35ceb366ff95a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Autograph Card Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_9dc2f77b38bcfec1078c38e37cacb228" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, to the care of Julien Hill, Midlothian, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221083</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28287</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 7, 1939</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_1b2066a1eba2025a6a0d4b3a6ea92f16"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_a751a1f00188e907a6c66451cf8e8b9e" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221084</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28288</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">June 2, 1939</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_0294eeedef1ad8fe7e73f71478e8bac2"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_d34173740870889f24838c7cc3a6c29f" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury</unittitle><unitid>id221085</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28289</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 17, 1941</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_ae4050744d9e65bfdbc83130624b4a0f"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_40ea4e0fe0c62e142c46f0b04120e544" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor, Plymoth, England to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221086</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28290</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">January 16, 1942</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_f74a401a2fc1eb57f9adab2c93784d7d"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_1b20e3f53765e6e9677655ba285ad37f" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor, Burke, England to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Richmond, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221087</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28291</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">July 9, 1942</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_06b570558b168f4624efafc2ad2032a2"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Typed Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_84c941e65384c429acda76644b2e42fc" level="item"><did><unittitle>Card from Nancy Astor, Plymoth, England to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Upperville, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221088</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28292</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">March 3, 1944</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_5b9d31415a03c55be92b7d1161b7d14d"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Autograph Card Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_12f00068ca5938be53cfd5223aacfae5" level="item"><did><unittitle>Letter from Nancy Astor to Lilly Harrison Bradbury, Richmond, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221089</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28293</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">August 2, [1956]</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_9a5c9642c1b4b145ee7baf1d3bbf9988"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Autograph Letter Signed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_3e13230a581967c60c87c84ffdf5ea51" level="item"><did><unittitle>Small Photo of Vivian Smith and Nancy Astor at Jamestown, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id221090</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28294</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1948 or 1949</unitdate></did><scopecontent id="aspace_b1df85a706d96b37fa3103e5bc5264f9"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Photograph. Endorsed.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_43d4ae842f9837a3b64eacc5e41b406d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Magazine or Newspaper Portrait of Nancy Astor</unittitle><unitid>id221091</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28295</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_34286007fb7c5718adc302da06f4976c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Notes on collection from donor, Rodney B. Taylor</unittitle><unitid>id221092</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/28296</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate></did></c></c></c></dsc>
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