Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1414
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, 1945-1947, United States senator, 1923-1929, 1931-1941, 1949-1958, and governor of West Virginia, 1941-1945.
English
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10.8 Linear Feet (Summary: 10 ft. 9 1/4 in. (24 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.); 5 reels of microfilm)
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