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
Creator
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Papers, A&M 1414, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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.
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