by Tiffany Davis, University Communications Office, Marshall University Marshall University has acquired the papers of the late political consultant Matthew A. Reese from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston. Reese was a native of Huntington, West Virginia, and a 1950 graduate of Marshall. He came onto the national political scene in 1960 when…
by Danielle Emerling and Jane LaBarbara, Assistant Curators at the West Virginia & Regional History Center October is American Archives Month, and for the first time, archives in our state are collaborating to celebrate “West Virginia Archives Month.” Archives from around the Mountain State will contribute blog posts to this site, host events, and invite…
The West Virginia Caucus of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) is celebrating with the launch of a new website, www.archivingwestvirginia.org. The mission of Archiving West Virginia is to create an online directory of archival repositories around the state, host blog posts and galleries highlighting and promoting individual archival collections, and create a calendar of events…
