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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.7 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1970/2011" type="inclusive">ca.  1970-2011, 2019, undated</unitdate>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1970/1985" type="bulk">ca. 1970-1985</unitdate>
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<p>No special access restriction applies.</p><p>Researchers may access born digital materials 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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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation Records, A&amp;M 4391, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Records of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation documenting the restoration and preservation of the Pearl Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in Pocahontas County.</p><p>Box 1 includes correspondence, reports, contractor records, and other material; 1970-1974.</p><p>Box 2, addendum of 2019/11/22, includes correspondence of the executive director, certificates of gift, lists of donated property, appraisal lists, reports, and other material, ca. 1970-1985, undated.</p><p>Digital materials include 2,841 digital files of photographs that document the facilities and artifacts of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum, ca. 2019, and a digitized version of the Absalom Sydenstricker Bible.</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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    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79026662" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973</persname>
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