Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
Person
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview
Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates:
1898-1965
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
Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Scrapbooks
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1384
Scope and Contents
The two volumes of newspaper clippings cover the years 1913-1916, and 1922-1927 and are concerned with Neely's activities as Congressman and Senator, including his abortive attempt to have Judge A. G. Dayton impeached. There are also two volumes of speeches (clippings from the Congressional Record) for years 1926-1928, and 1931-1932.
Dates:
1913-1932
Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) Vest
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3753
Overview
Vest owned by West Virginia politician Matthew M. Neely around the age of 22 years.
Dates:
1896
Perry D. Strausbaugh (1886-1965) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1848
Scope and Contents
Papers of P. D. Strausbaugh, former head of the Department of Botany, author of a biology textbook, and professor of Botany at WVU.Papers consist mainly of correspondence concerning the writing, compiling, editing, and revising a college biology text in cooperation with B. R. Weimar and Earl L. Core. Also included are letters concerning the investigation of plants for identification, the making of "Wild Flowers of the Alleghenies" and other moving pictures, and the signing of...
Dates:
1913-1964
Richard M. Hadsell, Collector, Records Regarding History of Coal Industry
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2122
Overview
Correspondence, reports, petitions, agreements, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles relating to the soft coal industry and labor conditions, generally in southern West Virginia. Subjects covered include the eight-hour day; strikes; consolidation of coal operations; freight rates; government contracts for coal; Paint and Cabin creeks, 1912-1913; working conditions in the Polack Cigar Factory, Wheeling, 1914; investigation of the Gay Coal and Coke Company, Logan County, 1917;...
Dates:
1880-1935
Robert G. Kelly Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1959
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, reports, and speeches of a Democratic Party official; correspondence and minutes of Democratic State Executive Committee meetings. Subjects include West Virginia gubernatorial campaign of 1932, political patronage, federal relief programs in West Virginia, Rush Holt's senatorial campaign of 1934, the Holt-Kelly feud, and the miners' strike of 1939 Correspondents include Robert G. Kelly, Herman Guy Kump, M.M. Neely, Joe L. Smith, Homer A. Holt,...
Dates:
1932-1941
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates:
1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
West Virginia Governors' Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1977
Scope and Contents
General correspondence and papers, ca. 1929-1964, of Governors William G. Conley (18th Governor, in office 1929-1933), Herman G. Kump (19th Governor, in office 1933-1937), Homer A. Holt (20th Governor, in office 1937-1941), Matthew M. Neely (21st Governor, in office 1941-1945), Clarence W. Meadows (22nd Governor, in office 1945-1949), Okey Patteson (23rd Governor, in office 1949-1953), William C. Marland (24th Governor, in office 1953-1957), Cecil H. Underwood (25th Governor, in office...
Dates:
ca. 1929-1964
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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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