<?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:/99999/199293">A&amp;M 5239</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>William H. Culp Graduation Regalia <num>A&amp;M 5239</num></titleproper><author>Jane LaBarbara</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>2018/04/30</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>2026-06-18 13:59:17 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>William H. Culp Academic Regalia</unittitle>
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      <persname source="ingest">Culp, William Harrison, 1931-2017</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.5 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">6 in. (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)</extent>
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    <unitdate certainty="approximate" datechar="creation" normal="1969/1969" type="inclusive">ca. 1969</unitdate>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William H. Culp Academic Regalia, A&amp;M 5239, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Graduation gown, cap with tassel, and hood for William Harrison Culp (1931-2017), who earned his doctorate at WVU in December of 1969. Also includes an academic regalia sales pamphlet and spare black tassel. Dr. Culp, a veteran of the Korean War, graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (then State Teachers College at Indiana) in 1957 with a B.S. in Mathematics Education, then he pursued his interests in psychology and counseling, completing an M.S. at Southern Illinois University and an Ed.D. at West Virginia University. He taught at IUP in the Counselor Education program from 1975 until his retirement in 1993.</p>  </scopecontent>
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