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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1942/1945" type="inclusive">1942-1945</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_4f820a8ce0dc87cfcc5906a8e135a8db">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: <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/">West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</a></physloc>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, College of Agriculture, Records, A&amp;M 0643, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Correspondence, reports, and bulletins from the office of Clayton Roberts (C.R.) Orton [1885-1955], former Dean of the College of Agriculture, West Virginia University, on the War Planning Committee, War Planning Labor Committee, war service records, and post-war agricultural planning.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00008954" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Orton, C. R. (Clayton Roberts), 1885-1955</persname>
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