Harry Heflin Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harry Heflin Family Papers, A&M 4199, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
6.13 Linear Feet 6 ft. 1 1/2 in. (4 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (7 unboxed items, 6 in.)
Creator:
Heflin Family.
Abstract:
Papers of Dr. Harry Heflin, who served as Interim President (1966, 1973) and President of West Virginia University (1981). The collection includes genealogy records for the Heflin family and other families, photographs, family letters, and other material. Heflin was married to Dora Morgan. This collection is largely unprocessed.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harry Heflin Family Papers, A&M 4199, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Dr. Harry Heflin, who served as Interim President of West Virginia University three times. The collection includes genealogy records for the Heflin family and other families, photographs, family letters, and other material. Heflin was married to Dora Morgan. This collection is largely unprocessed.

Biographical / historical:

Harry Heflin, of Pennsboro, West Virginia

He started in a one-room schoolhouse. He introduced the first hot lunches in West Virginia in a two-room schoolhouse called Highland School. He brought in an old oil stove and sat it on a table, because he wanted the kids to have a hot lunch.

Harry graduated in 1937 from Glenville State and later received a Ph.D. in education from the University of Pittsburgh. His teaching career took the Heflins to Appalachian State College and the University of North Carolina before returning to West Virginia.

In 1964, Harry left Glenville to become vice president of administration and finance at WVU, a post he held until he became acting president in 1966-67. He would serve as acting president again in 1973 -- and then in 1981, he became WVU's 18th president.

[Adapted from article in the magazine Morgantown, dated 9 February 2013.]

Acquisition information:
Gift from Heflin, Bruce Morgan, 2016/08/04
Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
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