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West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
of West Virginia University, in which William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) gives the 
President $250 to be invested by the university, the income there from to be given as an annual prize "for the best essay in the science
of government." It was hoped that the prize would "stimulate the students to more earnest and diligent study of the principles
which underlie free Institutions."
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Jennings Bryan, Letter regarding Contest Sponsorship, A&M 0337, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.