<?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:/99999/202340">A&amp;M 2828</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Scott Bills, Student, Activist Records, 1968-1970 <num>A&amp;M 2828</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>2025-08-30 08:18:25 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Scott Bills, Student, Activist Records</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82072163" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Bills, Scott L.</persname>
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    <abstract id="aspace_f7e1bbbc6dda3e16e495769dbfdabbd1">Records regarding political activities of West Virginia University (WVU) students. Includes newspaper clippings, flyers, broadsides, constitutions for organizations, petitions, correspondence, and legal documents regarding the Anti-Vietnam movement, United Farm Workers national boycott, etc. There is also miscellaneous material regarding the rights of African-American students at WVU. Organizations represented include the Mountaineer Freedom Party, Student Activist League, Students for a Democratic Society, and the WVU Moratorium Committee.</abstract>
    <physloc id="aspace_94e08773db22b2a311da389c63c409f5">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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/</physloc>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scott Bills, Student, Activist Records, A&amp;M 2828, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="ingest">Vietnam War - resistance.</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82072163" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Bills, Scott L.</persname>
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