11.71 Linear Feet, (24 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 flat
storage box, 3 in.; 1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.; 5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
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, business and personal 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, United
States 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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