<?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-viw">Margot-Backas-letters</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Margot Backas letters</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Margot Backas letters <num>SC 01867</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 November</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 13:34:55 -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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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1958/2000" type="inclusive">1958-2000</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>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Margot Backas letters, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Related Materials</head>
<p>For further correspondence and information related to Jack Eric Morpurgo, please see the Jack Eric Morpurgo papers, Mss. Acc. 2001.M67.</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>The Margot Backas letters contains correspondence to and from Professor Jack E. Morpurgo, Margot Backus and others. The letters span from 1958-1993.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<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>
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    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
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    <geogname source="lcsh">England--Description and travel--20th century</geogname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_9bc21eb5b6725198a72057ad2b813c70" level="file"><did><unittitle>Correspondence to and from Margot Backus and Professor J.E. Morpurgo</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607192</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1958-09-24/2000-11-11" type="inclusive">1958 September 24 to 2000 November 11</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_49b345f8545a256e6c54a6112b77dcbe" label="Mixed Materials">Small Collections Box 128</container><container id="aspace_0e640dc2d33c66964a35be5c91862868" parent="aspace_49b345f8545a256e6c54a6112b77dcbe" type="Folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_a75ead2a3d47e9fe32c561943f52e406"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>File contains correspondence to and from Margot Backus and Professor Jack E. Morpurgo. Also included are letters from Nan Hodges and others to Margot Backus regarding Professor Jack E. Morpurgo.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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