<?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">Porter-Wilson-Letter-to-the-Black-Steel-and-Wire-Company</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Porter Wilson Letter to the Black Steel and Wire Company<num>SC 01408</num></titleproper></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><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 12:56:14 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Porter Wilson Letter to the Black Steel and Wire Company</unittitle>
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      <persname source="ingest">Gary Alonzo Barranger</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1919-03-03/1919-03-03">1919 March 3</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>Three page letter from Private Porter Wilson of the 34th Engineers in France to the Black Steel and Wire Company inquiring about the status of his job or the possibility of getting a new one from them upon his return from active service in the war.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <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>
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<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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<p>Porter Wilson Letter to the Black Steel and Wire Company, 1919 March 3, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Gary Barranger, class of '73 Law '76.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1914-1918</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1914-1918--France</subject>
    <persname role="fmo" source="ingest">Gary Alonzo Barranger</persname>
    <corpname source="ingest">United States. Army</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="no2014133089" source="ingest">United States. Army. Engineer Battalion, 34th</corpname>
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