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Abstract
Papers of inventor Milton R. Yarger, who lived and worked in Morgantown, West Virginia. Includes copies of Yarger's patents,
correspondence, photographs, and documentation of his work (including plans, sketches, development costs), among other material.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Milton R. Yarger, Inventor, Papers, A&M 4279, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers of inventor Milton R. Yarger, who lived and worked in Morgantown, West Virginia. Includes copies of Yarger's patents,
correspondence, photographs, and documentation of his work (including plans, sketches, development costs), among other material.
Correspondence includes 5 letters from Ann Hastings, patent searcher, and 4 carbons and a draft of Yarger's letters to Hastings;
7 letters from Victor Evans, office of patent attorneys, a draft of letter to Evans from Yarger, a set of recruitment literature
from Evans and 2 certificates of invention from Evans; letter from Inventor's League with their resume that Yarger partially
completed; record of invention from Patent Service Institute with description and diagram, also with patent research letters
from Inventors Patent Exchange with their brochures; letter from Dixie Manufacturing rejecting Yarger's invention; letter
from Yarger to Cromwell manufacturing; and 4 drafts of letters from Yarger to store that may sell his invention.