Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
Person
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1439
Scope and Contents
The bulk of these papers deal with Miss Jarvis' work as the founder of Mother's Day, her attempts to persuade state governors to issue proclamations to establish the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, and her later protests against the commercialization of the holiday, as well as the efforts of other organizations to promote Mother's Day.There are a few papers of her father, Grandville E. Jarvis; some correspondence and legal papers concerned with the Jarvis coal and farm...
Dates:
1858-1943
Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1674
Overview
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...
Dates:
ca. 1840-1955
Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1606
Overview
Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. Marshall (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates:
1787-1957
Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0258
Overview
Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. marshal (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates:
1787-1957
David A. Christopher Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0181
Overview
Correspondence, minutes and miscellaneous papers of David A. Christopher, West Virginia University stadium office manager (1923-42) and secretary of the University Committee of the State Planning board. Primarily these papers contain suggestions for long term improvements and of funding needs at WVU in the immediate post-war (World War II) era. Also there are papers from his days as a student at WVU, Class of 1918, reflecting his activities in fraternities, as editor and chief of the Daily...
Dates:
1920-63
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3946
Overview
Research papers of Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Collection includes photocopied correspondence, articles, and typescripts, as well as manuscript notes. Many of the photocopies appear to have been made from Archives and Manuscript collections at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, including A&M 873, A&M 1661, A&M 1824, and...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1971
George McCullough Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0879
Overview
Nine letters from various West Virginia politicians sent to George McCullough in the 1950s. These letters, in response to correspondence from McCullough, typically thank McCullough for his words of support and congratulations. Letters are from Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, 1951 and 1954; Congressman M. M. Neely, 1954; Senator Harley Kilgore, 1952-1955; and Congressman Robert H. Mollohan, 1955. Also includes an 1897 letter from Governor Henry Matthews and silhouettes of M. M. Neely, 1936; Rush...
Dates:
1879-1955; Majority of material found within 1952-1955
Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1661
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, farm records, legal and financial records, speeches, medical files, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Governor (1913-17) and United States Senator (1929-35) Henry D. Hatfield, who was also chief surgeon and founder of the Huntington Memorial Hospital.Subjects include West Virginia and national politics, 1928-35; 1944-57; National Republican Conventions of 1912, 1928, 1932, 1944, 1948, and 1952; criticism of the New Deal and the Fair Deal; the NRA; the West...
Dates:
1913-1958
Homer Adams Holt (1898-1975) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1450
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, messages, and state papers of West Virginia's twentieth governor, 1937-1941, and manuscript drafts of "West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State (1941)," the Works Project Administration's Federal Writer's Project's work on West Virginia. Also included are assorted speeches and addresses given by Holt, newspaper clippings and articles regarding Holt's successor as Governor of West Virginia, Matthew Neely, and other political figures, and correspondence with governors from...
Dates:
1937-1944
John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2963
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, diaries, correspondence and papers of the noted lawyer and 1924 presidential aspirant for the Democrats, John W. Davis, kept by his daughter, a famous author, Julia (McDonald) Davis Adams. Noteworthy is a 1948 official publication in tribute to Davis' career as Solicitor General of the United States (1913-1918). There is a typescript copy of his diary recounting his wartime and post-war tenure (1918-1921) as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. His letters include some of his...
Dates:
1842, 1861-1897, 1918-1927, 1946-1953, 1978
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- Politics and government. 18
- Elections 14
- New Deal, 1933-1939 10
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 9
- Politicians -- United States 8
- United States -- Politics and government 8
- West Virginia - Governors. 7
- Account books 5
- Marion County (W. Va.) 5
- Union names. 5
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 5
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 5
- Coal mining - coal companies. 4
- Coal mining. 4
- Editors - letters and papers. 4
- Fairmont. 4
- Unions. 4
- Universities and colleges 4
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 4
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 3
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 3
- General stores 3
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 3
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 3
- Railroads 3
- Taxation 3
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 3
- United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 3
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
- World War, 1914-1918 3
- World War, 1939-1945 3
- Academies (Private schools) 2
- Agriculture 2
- Charleston. 2
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 2
- Coal mining -- Strikes 2
- Farms and farming. 2
- Gas industry 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Land. 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Roles in society 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Biology 1
- Botany 1
- Botany -- West Virginia 1
- Botany and botanists. 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Charleston Gazette 1
- Civil defense -- United States 1
- Civil defense -- West Virginia 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining - Medical care. 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - Working conditions. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education 1
- Election of 1856. 1
- Election of 1884. 1
- England 1
- Fairmont Index. 1
- Fairmont Times. 1
- Great Britain 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Guffey Coal Act. 1
- Huntington. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th Century 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Kentucky - coal lands. 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Labor organization - Interracial Council. 1
- Labor organization - Labor's Non-Partisan League. 1
- Labor unions 1
- Lewis County. 1
- Librarians 1
- Literacy 1
- Logan County. 1
- London Naval Conference 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Mother's Day 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Physicians - letters and papers. 1 + ∧ less
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