<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199425">A&amp;M 4429</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Daguerreotype of M. A. Valentine <num>A&amp;M 4429</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 14:00:59 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.1 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 in. (small box)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1850/1860" type="inclusive">ca. 1850-1860</unitdate>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Daguerreotype of M. A. Valentine, A&amp;M 4429, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Daguerreotype of M. A. Valentine, probably from Virginia (sixth plate size, 2 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in., wood case in excellent condition).  Includes note inside the case authored by the subject of the photo that reads "This picture to be given to Mrs. Katherine Lee Long Simpson, M. A. Valentine".  This item was found with photographs from the Richmond and Lynchburg Virginia areas; another daguerreotype in this grouping [not at the History Center] was stamped by the photographer Gibbs of Lynchburg.</p>  </scopecontent>
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