<?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:/99999/195363">A&amp;M 2812</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute, Degree for Martha Brock, 1861 <num>A&amp;M 2812</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</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><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 14:07:05 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1861/1861">1861</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_08e012cc20a9cd57ce4a48659521b4d7">A.B. degree awarded to Martha Brock in 1861 by the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute in Morgantown, West Virginia. Degree is signed by the president and professors from the institute. This is an oversize item.</abstract>
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<p>The Morgantown Female Academy was chartered in 1830 in Morgantown, West Virginia. In 1843 it was enlarged and renamed the Whitehall Female Seminary. In 1860 the name was changed a second time, to the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute. In 1869 the name was changed yet again, to the Morgantown Female Academy.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute, Degree for Martha Brock, A&amp;M 2812, 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/sh85147291" source="lcsh">Women --  Education</subject>
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