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0118: Jane Adams Dingess Papers, 1906-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, clubwoman and educator. Papers consist primarily of scrapbooks of school days at Huntington High School, West Virginia University, and Washington and Lee University; also included are resource materials related to conservation and social studies and items concerning the Junior League, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames, and garden club activities. Photographs of Italy in WWI, papers from the Marshall University plan crash in 1970, extensive newspaper clippings from circ WWII and conservation resource material.

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0117: Neal Family Papers, 1864-1957, Marshall University Special Collections

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Papers include diaries of Dr. Will Neal, Huntington, West Virginia, physician and member of Congress; diaries describe teaching school in Kentucky and Ohio in the 1890's, and life in Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. Scrapbooks describing the career of Richard Nixon comprise the bulk of the collection.