The West Virginia and Regional History Collection is the world's largest collection of West Virginia related research material. It is located in the Wise Library at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. According to the university, the collection includes over 4,500,000 manuscript documents, 30,000 books, 15,000 pamphlets, 1,200 newspapers, 100,000 photographs and prints, 5,000 maps, and 25,000 microfilms, oral histories, films and folk music recordings. It is often called simply the "West Virginia Collection."
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