<?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-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195988">A&amp;M 3463</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>USS West Virginia, Scrapbook and Memorabilia, 1941-1991 <num>A&amp;M 3463</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 07:27:02 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>USS West Virginia, Scrapbook and Memorabilia</unittitle>
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      <persname source="ingest">Walsh, Mike</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.3 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 3 1/2 in. (1 small flat storage box)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1941/1991" type="inclusive">1941-1991</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_0a57f2d876c24c8fb4f7cf8159340e7c">Artifacts, scrapbook, photographs, clippings, and ephemera related to Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia, and World War II. The collection includes a 9' x 14' scrapbook labelled 'Logalbum, USS West Virginia, Aloha Honolulu' with a color illustration of the USS West Virginia on the cover, it contains 27 vintage World War II photographs of mostly naval ships (not including the USS West Virginia). There is an 8' x 14' print of a tinted photograph of the USS West Virginia. There are also four World War II service and campaign medals and one ribbon, a Pearl Harbor Survivor Association medal, three naval certificates, two news clippings, and a 1991 collector's edition Life magazine relating to Pearl Harbor, and a Minnesota 'Pearl Harbor Survivor' license plate.</abstract>
    <physloc id="aspace_e50da93ffebfc8950badad2a0b98d36c">West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/</physloc>
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<p>No special access restriction applies.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], USS West Virginia, Scrapbook and Memorabilia, A&amp;M 3463, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright" target="_blank">Permissions and Copyright page</a> on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148273" source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099030" source="lcsh">Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">United States Navy - USS WEST VIRGINIA.</subject>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82086166" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">West Virginia (Ship)</corpname>
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