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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1940/1955" type="inclusive">1940-1955</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_b6d626256ed48de59d4107dcc5b4480d">West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/">West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</a></physloc>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Frank Alden Griffin, Student, Papers, A&amp;M 5225, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Papers of West Virginia University student Frank Alden Griffin, mainly consisting of photographs, as well as material related to Greek Life and athletics. Items within the collection include a West Virginia University commencement program (1953); Griffin's West Virginia University diploma awarding him a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (1953); diploma cover with a tassel; and a photograph of Griffin with Ellen Evans at Mountaineer Weekend (1949). Griffin graduated from Shinnston High School in 1944 and served in the military during World War II and the Korean War.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="local_LC">West Virginia University  -- Students</subject>
    <subject source="local">West Virginia University  -- Diplomas</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Greek letter societies - West Virginia - Morgantown.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">College students - West Virginia - Morgantown.</subject>
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