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    <abstract id="aspace_28ac7f93ae780f833f169a461aa9cb7c">Correspondence concerning the 1977 proposed merger of the West Virginia Library Commission and the new Department of Culture and History. Also includes bills relating to the creation of the Department of Culture and History and the proposed merger.</abstract>
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