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West Virginia’s Billion Dollar Man

8/29/2013

 
Note: This post was previously listed under our "News from the Grey Box" blog series 
Here at the Byrd Archive, we are often asked: “How much money did Senator Byrd bring to West Virginia?”
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We’ve always been able to answer in general terms (“billions!”), but now we’re working to get a more specific and accurate total.
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A listing of some of Senator Byrd’s projects in West Virginia

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Preserving the Past, Planning for the Future

8/13/2013

 
PictureConstruction workers are seen finishing the roof of the station and shed in 1909
Note: This post was previously listed under our "News from the Grey Box" blog series 
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By Jody Brumage


Between 1990 and 2001, the complete transformation of a derelict train station to a community health center was witnessed by the residents of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The town’s historic Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot had stood unused for thirty years when Town Mayor Audrey Egle began an effort to restore the structure. Soon, the restoration project became a rehabilitation project, and then a call to Senator Byrd’s office was made.

In response to Mayor Egel’s interest, the Historic Shepherdstown Commission formed a committee, comprised of Robert Fodor, Harvey Heyser, and Joseph Snyder, to investigate the structure and determine what could be done with it.


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Secret Documents in the Byrd Archive

8/2/2013

 
Note: This post was previously listed under our "News from the Grey Box" blog series 

By Marc Levitt


Sometimes during our work processing millions of documents, archivists come across records that we don’t have the security clearance to see. These “Secret” documents may have been inadvertently filed or forgotten in a file drawer, only to be “discovered” later by those processing the collection. With the recent WikiLeaks incidents where thousands of classified documents were released, perhaps this more routine example of what can happen in an archive will be illustrative of normal archival protocol.

Recently, I came across such a document in the Robert C. Byrd collection. Following proper archival protocol, I contacted the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to let them know what I found. They instructed me to send the document back to their offices, along with a request for declassification through the normal channels (a Mandatory Declassification Request). I also had to sign an Inadvertent Disclosure Agreement that stated I would not even acknowledge the existence of the document.

Fortunately, my request for declassification was granted rather quickly (which is not typical), and I now can discuss the document in question.

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