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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Neal Heflin Papers, A&M 4260, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers of Neal Heflin and his daughter, Lois Heflin. Includes family papers, West Virginia University student records and publications (the Heflins were WVU students), and materials regarding West Virginia history and tourism.

Box 1: West Virginia University Material. This box contains materials relating to the history of WVU as well as Neal and Lois Heflin's time there as students. Materials include photographs, postcards, football tickets, football programs, student directories, and course catalogs.

Box 2: Heflin Family and West Virginia Historical Materials. This box includes material relating to the Heflin family, particularly Neal and Lois Heflin. Included in Heflin family materials are photographs of Lois as a child, 2 postcards addressed to Lois Heflin signed by Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, and a copy of a history of the B&O Railroad written by Lois Heflin. West Virginia historical materials includes B&O Railroad timetables, First Methodist Church Directory from 1961-62, 1958 Bridgeport High School Yearbook, and a program for the West Virginia Semi-Centennial Celebration, among other materials.

Box 3: West Virginia Historical Materials. This box includes West Virginia tourism, conservation and wildlife publications, various high-school newsletters, items relating to the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co., and other material.

Box 4: Cadet jacket belonging to Neal Heflin, ca. 1910-1915
Box 4: Diploma for Neal Heflin (for Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering); 1914

Box 5; folders 1-8; correspondence from Neal Heflin to his future wife Bertie Shackelford; Jan 26 1913-June 7 1914
Box 5; folder 9a; military ball dance card; 1914
Box 5; folder 9b; military ball dance card, cadet corps membership card; 1912, 1907
Box 5; folder 10; photographic postcard with group portrait of the WVU Cadet Corps; 1910
Box 5; folder 11; photograph of Heflin in cadet uniform; ca. 1913
Box 5; folder 12; metal badge depicting West Virginia state seal; undated

Box 6; certificate appointing Heflin to the rank of Cadet Major; 1913

Oversize Folder in Map Cabinet: WVU fraternity banner; ca. 1910.

Unboxed: Election kit from the Vote Gard company, empty; undated

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Family histories.
• Heflin Family.
• Heflin, Neal M.
• Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
• West Virginia - tourism.
• West Virginia University - Football.