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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ira E. Robinson Papers, A&amp;M 0294, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Papers of Ira E. Robinson (1869-1951), an attorney practicing in Grafton and Clarksburg.  Robinson served in the state legislature in 1902-1904, and was a judge in the State Supreme Court of Appeals (1907-1915), a Republican candidate for Governor (1916), and a member of the Federal Radio Commission (1929-1932).  The collection includes material documenting his schooling and legal career, as well as his business and financial interests, and personal and family matters.  Types of material include photographs, correspondence, maps, music books, cookbooks, and ephemera.  Topics include the B&amp;O Railroad and early radio.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">Judges - letters and papers.</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81149493" source="lcsh">Clarksburg (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118451" source="lcsh">Schools</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110385" source="lcsh">Radio</subject>
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