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    <abstract id="aspace_9a0f5972acef7d1abe6c0c0c5321b7ab">Copies of transcripts of inaugural speeches delivered by West Virginia University presidents, including Alexander Martin (1867), Jerome Raymond (1897), Thomas Hodges (1911), John Roscoe Turner (1928), Irvin Stewart (1946), Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. (1959), Paul Miller (1962), James Harlow (1968), and David C. Hardesty, Jr. (1995). Also includes transcript of a Faculty Assembly Speech delivered by E. Gordon Gee (1982), and a report titled "Building for a New Century: Higher Education in West Virginia" by the Carnegie Foundation (1987).</abstract>
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    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Hardesty, David C.)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Harlow, James)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Hodges, Thomas)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Martin, Alexander).</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">West Virginia University. President (Miller, Paul A.)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Raymond, Jerome Hall)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Stahr, Elvis)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Stewart, Irvin)</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University. President (Turner, John Roscoe)</subject>
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