West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1414
Scope and Contents
Papers of Matthew Neely, a politician who had a long career as senator, congressman, governor, and Democratic political boss. Collection includes speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, legal papers, photographs, and copies of the Congressional Record . There are also newspaper clipping scrapbooks covering the years 1928-1954 (on five reels of microfilm). Neely had a long career, including law student at West Virginia University, Marion County lawyer, mayor of Fairmont, congressman, 1913-1921,...
Dates:
1900-1954
Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Scrapbooks
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1353
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings on Neely's controversy as a law student at WVU, and his subsequent career as a lawyer, Mayor of Fairmont, Congressman, and United States Senator.
Dates:
1900-1924
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates:
1880-1947
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates:
1774; 1780; 1830-1952
William O. Armstrong Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2176
Scope and Contents
Letters, speeches, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of Dr. William O. Armstrong, principal of Dunbar School, Fairmont, and the first Black student to attend the graduate school at West Virginia University. Includes correspondence, articles, speech scripts, and other material regarding Armstrong's involvement with the Marion County Public Library, Marion County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and other organizations. Also includes...
Dates:
1918-1919, 1936-1971
Filtered By
- Subject: Fairmont. X
Additional filters:
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- Fairmont. 3
- Elections 2
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
- Land. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Preston County (W. Va.) 2
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 2
- Universities and colleges 2
- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Grafton. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marriage records 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Palatine. 1
- Philippi. 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Slavery 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Webster Springs (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- West Virginia - songs 1
- West Virginia -- Economic conditions 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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