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Contract for Morgantown Research Laboratory

2013-1375
Accession Number
2013-1375
8.25x10 inches
Black & White

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Description
Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated) signs the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, West Virginia. Standing, left to right: Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey; Thomas Kennedy, Vice President, United Mine Workers; Senator Matthew M. Neely; Congressman Harley O. Staggers; Congressman Maurice G. Burnside; Senator Harley Kilgore; and Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee.
Date(s)
June 11, 1952