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West Virginia and Regional History Center

U.S. Works Progress Administration, West Virginia Historic Records Survey, Records, 1930/1939

133.19 Linear Feet Summary: 133 ft. 2 1/4 in. (215 document cases, 5 in. each); (299 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Copies of records from each county in West Virginia gathered by the depression-era public records survey funded by the Works Progress Administration. Included are registers of births, marriages, deaths, wills, estate settlements, and land records. Transcriptions of county and circuit court minute and order books are included as well as cemetery readings and registers; church record surveys; mimeographed calendars of the papers of West Virginia governors; and American Imprint Inventory slips of the holdings of several West Virginia libraries. Material covers the years 1750-1939.
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U.S. Works Progress Administration, West Virginia Historic Records Survey, Records, 1930/1939 133.19 Linear Feet Summary: 133 ft. 2 1/4 in. (215 document cases, 5 in. each); (299 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

United States. Works Progress Administration
Copies of records from each county in West Virginia gathered by the depression-era public records survey funded by the Works Progress Administration. Included are registers of births, marriages, deaths, wills, estate settlements, and land records. Transcriptions of county and circuit court minute and order books are included as well as cemetery readings and registers; church record surveys; mimeographed calendars of the papers of West Virginia governors; and American Imprint Inventory slips of the holdings of several West Virginia libraries. Material covers the years 1750-1939.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Library, Works Progress Administration Binding Project Procedures, 1932/1940

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Partial copies of procedures for the West Virginia University Library Order Department that appear to have been used during a Works Progress Administration (WPA) binding project in the 1930s.
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