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0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
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The collection contains a compilation of genealogy and local history materials created or copied by NSDAR members while conducting chapter activities. Materials are primarily focused on Wood and Wayne County deeds, birth, death, and will data, but also includes family Bible records submitted by NSDAR chapter members throughout the state of West Virginia in addition to miscellaneous county records, include deeds, will abstracts, and cemetery records, from around the state.
0475: Nancy Murray Mann Papers, 1914-1985, Marshall University Special Collections
0475: Nancy Murray Mann Papers, 1914-1985, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
The Nancy Murray Mann papers consist of correspondences, speeches in various paper formats, newspaper clippings, government publications, photographs, copies of Mann’s passport, land deeds, and research notes from Ben Riley, a Marshall University graduate student from 1983-1985. The focus of the collection primarily covers Mann’s political and social activities, particularly her political involvement during the 1928 presidential campaign for Herbert Hoover and her subsequent work during his administration. Several of her letters are addressed to President Hoover; however almost of the responses come from his secretary Lawrence Richey. The inclusive dates range from 1914 - 1985, however most materials consist …