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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">2.08 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1890/1925" type="inclusive">circa 1890-1925</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_cbe6f3e3cf80f4740eb7035ad924138e">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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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>No special access restriction applies.</p><p>Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Center, 2015 September 21</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alexander Foreman, Photographer, Glass Plate Negatives, A&amp;M 4142, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Includes 88 glass plate negatives documenting subjects from Grafton and Taylor County, West Virginia from circa 1890-1925. Subjects include farming scenes, classrooms and schools, stores, bridges, tunnels, railroads, bands, rivers, home and town scenes, saw mills, industry, and churches and cemeteries. Four boxes contain the original glass plate negatives while one box contains the original sleeves for the negatives, including identifying information where present. Digitized copies of the glass plate negatives are available.</p>  </scopecontent>
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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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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86011641" source="lcsh">Grafton (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Grafton, WV - Photographers.</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Photographers -- West Virginia -- Grafton</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81122764" source="lcsh">Taylor County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="local_LC">Churches  -- West Virginia -- Taylor County</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Churches  -- West Virginia -- Grafton</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Buildings -- West Virginia -- Grafton</subject>
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