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    <abstract id="aspace_bc52a1760f1d591f527f366743907dc9">Correspondence, poems, and clippings of a secondary and normal school librarian in Fairmont and West Liberty, West Virginia. Subjects include the West Virginia Library Association. There is one letter each from Mary Meek Atkeson and Waitman Barbe.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bessie Jane Reed Papers, A&amp;M 1845, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040989" source="lcsh">Education</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Education. SEE ALSO Schools.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076491" source="lcsh">Librarians</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Poets and poetry.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Schools. SEE ALSO Academies</subject>
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    <subject source="local">Women's history -- 1900-1929</subject>
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    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85382280" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Atkeson, Mary Meek</persname>
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