<?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:/99999/265863">A&amp;M 4693</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Stewart Plein, Librarian, Faculty Papers <num>A&amp;M 4693</num></titleproper><author>Grace Musgrave</author></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><p><date>2025 August 29</date></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>2026-04-14 16:01:45 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">8.96 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">6 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 5 record cartons, 15 in. each; 1 oversize folder, 0.125 in.</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1990/2024" type="inclusive">circa 1990s-2020s and undated</unitdate>
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<p>Papers documenting Stewart's career as the special collections librarian at the West Virginia University Law Library, the rare books curator at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, and a rare bookseller, including academic research, conference presentations, exhibit research and drafts, and assorted publications. Also included are assorted fiction drafts and student work, as well as drafts and research for an academic book on depictions of Appalachia in popular culture.</p>  </scopecontent>
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