Marshall University Special Collections Welcomes Political Consultant’s Papers

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…

Thousands of Photographs from Senator Rockefeller’s Collection Available Online

West Virginia University Libraries’ West Virginia & Regional History Center has released more than 1,500 digital photographs from the Senator John D. Rockefeller IV archives. Available from the Libraries’ website, the photographs document many significant moments from Rockefeller’s 30 years in the U.S. Senate. The images, taken by the Senate Photographic Studio, begin with the…