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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.75 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 1 ft. 8 1/4 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1878/1944" type="inclusive">1878-1944</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_f47f9c17dfd876d7f3439a8704a99662">Business and personal correspondence of several members of the Holt and Keyes families of Barbour County, West Virginia, including Ben M., Charles, Samuel T.H., and Stephen Holt, and W.G. and Bertha Holt Keyes. The collection includes records of firms operated by these families, mainly the Keyes Lumber Company, the Holt Ice Company, and Holt's Mill; genealogical material on the Holt family; records relating to foundries, coal, coke, building supplies, general merchandise, farm and construction work, mine post sales, and the Elk Creek Oil and Gas Company.</abstract>
    <physloc id="aspace_a760d1c2054845514ab2e78c07900452">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>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Holt-Keyes Families Papers, A&amp;M 0631, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018760" source="lcsh">Barbour County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber=" http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000413" source="lcsh">Account books</subject>
    <subject source="local">Builders and contractors.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Country stores.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Farms and farming.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053304" source="lcsh">Gas industry</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053768" source="lcsh">General stores</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Holt's Mill.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Iron furnaces and iron industry.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814" source="lcsh">Lumber trade</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085422" source="lcsh">Mills and mill-work</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100430" source="lcsh">Petroleum industry and trade</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Elk Creek Oil and Gas Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Holt Ice Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Keyes Lumber Company</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Holt, Ben M.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Holt, Charles.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Holt, Samuel T.H.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Holt, Stephen.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Keyes, Bertha Holt.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Keyes, W.G.</persname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061553" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Holt family</famname>
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