<?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="in_progress" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Bishop-James-Madison-Society-records</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Bishop James Madison Society records</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Bishop James Madison Society records <num>UA 331</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>2023 June</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 12:59:03 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Bishop James Madison Society records</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname source="local">Bishop James Madison Society</corpname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="source">
      <persname source="ingest">Charlie Park</persname>
    </origination>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">4.01 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1996/2021" type="inclusive">1996-2021</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">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>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Charlie Park and William Weston.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Bishop James Madison Society records, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The Bishop James Madison Society records contains correspondence, printed materials, photographs, scrapbooks and audiovisual materials documenting the activities of the Bishop James Madison Society, a secret society on the campus of William &amp; Mary founded in 1812. Materials include posters, fliers and ephemeral material related to the daily activites and members of the Bishop James Madison Society.</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>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">College of William and Mary--History--21st century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">College of William and Mary--History--20th century</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Secret societies</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">College of William and Mary--Students</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">College students</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">College of William and Mary--Students--Social life and customs</subject>
    <persname role="fmo" source="ingest">Charlie Park</persname>
    <corpname source="lcnaf">College of William and Mary.</corpname>
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