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    <abstract id="aspace_30d5b31d1298b010211f18ac666d12c1">Research notes for the history of West Virginia University's Agricultural Experiment Station, written by Ernest J. Nesius. The notes track the development of the institution under the leadership of the following directors (in chronological order): Ferris Dewey Cornell, John Lee Coulter, Robert S. Dunbar, Jr., Homer C. Evans, Fred Denton Fromme, Nahum James Giddings, Henry C. Knight, Roy M. Kottman, Robert H. Maxwell, John A. Myers, Ernest J. Nesius, Clayton Roberts Orton, E. Dwight Sanderson, James H. Stewart, Audrey Howard Vanlandingham, Harry Ross Varney, and Dale Zinn.</abstract>
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