4.25 Linear Feet, 4 ft. 3 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each) (2 flat storage boxes, 3
in. each)
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Dr. William A. Neal Papers, A&M 4481, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers of West Virginia University, School of Medicine faculty member Dr. William A. Neal and the Neal family of West Virginia.
Includes correspondence, photographs, awards, clippings, military service record, etc. documenting his career. Also includes
papers regarding Neal's father and paternal uncles, and mother. There are papers of his grandfather William Elmer Neal (1875-1969)
who was a physician, mayor of Huntington, WV (1925-1928), and who served in the WV House of Delegates (1949-1951) and U.S.
House of Representatives (1952-1954; 1956-1958). There are letters of Leonard B. Neal (1878-1900) and material regarding Susan
Witten Neal (1888-1961), who was one of the first female graduates of Marshall College. Finally, there are research papers
and manuscript materials for William A. Neal's book on Edward J. Van Liere, who was an advocate for medical education in West
Virginia.
An assortment of memorabilia detailing facets of the life of Dr. William A. Neal, including letters, diverse committee appointments,
awards, and presentations.
1953-2010, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
William A. Neal (WAN) personal
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
CVs/biosketch
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
John D. Rockefeller IV, letters/photos
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Gordon Gee, letters
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Boy Scout Jamboree
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
St Joseph High School
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Inaugural Van Liere Student Research Award
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
U.S. Naval service, CVW 14 [1967-1970]. Accident report, VA 196, A-6 Intruder ejection over Gulf of Tonkin [August 1968]
1967–1970
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Naval Research Advisory Committee, appointment by Secretary of Navy to Senior Advisory Committee to the Naval Service. Chaired
three study panels briefed at Pentagon: "Aviation Physical Stress in High Performance Aircraft;" "Artificial Blood;" "Biometrics
for Military Application."
1986–2007
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Marshall University School of Medicine Alumni Meeting, keynote address
1990
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Zhejiang Medical University, PRC, visiting professor X 5
1990–2019
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Chicago Metro Alumni Association, feature presentation with author Stephen Coonts
1998
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) first physician chair Board of Trustees
1998–2000
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
School of Medicine, Lifetime Achievement Award
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
National Rural Health Association, Gorin Award
2003
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Phantom Ball, first WVU Children's Hospital Gala awardee
2004
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Ethel & Gerry Heebink Award, WVU
2004
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
No Greater Legacy Award, Morgantown Chamber of Commerce
2008
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Distinguished Alumnus, WVU School of Medicine
2006
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Inaugural Walker Chair of Pediatric Cardiology
2008
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
50th Anniversary WVU Health Science Center, Celebration Address
2010
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
WVU School of Medicine commencement address
2014
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Van Liere Student Research convocation, "Historical Perspective"
2015
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Tribute to Bill and Delores Fleming (Memorial service)
2016
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni
2016
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
Invited Lecture, Society Thoracic Surgeons Lillehei Address
2010
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Continuation of memorabilia described in Box 1
1987-2020, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
CARDIAC Project
1998–2017
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
William A. Neal Navy Service Record (1967-1987); CDR (MC) USNR
ca. 1987
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Retirement Tributes
2014
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Newspaper clippings
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Album containing material from retirement celebration
2014
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Board leadership of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation
2015–2020
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Selected papers from WAN's father and paternal uncles, including detailed description of the Battle of Herrlisheim (1945),
where 2nd LT Bernard Gale Neal was killed in action
1987-2005, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Father, William Leonard Neal (WLN), personal papers (1913-2005)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
WLN, Norval Carter Medical Society, Cabell County, WV
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
WLN, Honoree, WV Public Health Association
1987
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
WLN, Retirement from Cabell-Huntington Health Department
1992
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
WLN Funeral Memorial Service
2005
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
WLN Navy Service Record
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Paternal Uncle, Thomas W. Neal (1915-1982)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Paternal Uncle, 2nd LT Bernard Gale Neal, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division (1920-1945). Details his
role in the terminal Battle of the Bulge, village of Herrlisheim (1945 January 8). The goal was to preserve Alsace for France
strongly advocated by General DeGaulle. KIA 1945 January 25
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Paternal Uncle, Joseph G. Neal (1923-1966)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Describes the fascinating but tragically short life of WAN's mother, including her sojourn as a young reporter assigned to
Hitler Youth camps in 1936 Nazi Germany, detailed in "The Cincinnati Post"
ca. 1936, 2011, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Neal, W.A. "An Odyssey in the Life of Mary Louise Eich"
2011
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Mother, Mary Louise Eich Neal, (1914-1954); University of Cincinnati
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Mary Louise Eich, Hitler Youth Camps, 1936. A journalism student, mother spent the summer of 1936 in two Hitler Youth Camps
(League of German Girls in the Hitler Youth). She wrote a series of 11 articles for The Cincinnati Post detailing this extraordinary
experience.
ca. 1936
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Maternal grandfather, Albert Eich (1878-1967)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Robert Helms, grandnephew of Albert Eich
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Eich family genealogy
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Background material for "An Odyssey…"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5
The prolific life of WAN's paternal grandfather, physician, mayor of Huntington, and member of Congress
1949, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Will E. Neal family genealogy
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Grandfather, William Elmer Neal, known as Will E. Neal (1875-1969). Physician; Mayor of Huntington, WV (1925-1928); WV House
of Delegates (1949-1951); U.S. House of Representatives (1952-1954; 1956-1958)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
WEN, photos
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Will and Susan Neal Grand adventure with grandson WAN
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
WEN West Virginia House of Delegates (1949-1951)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
Congressional Years
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
WEN Ken Hechler's reflections as political opponent
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
WEN, obituary, including a telegraph from President Eisenhower, letter from Vice President Nixon, extensive testimony in Congressional
Record
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
WEN, ancestral home, Lawrence County, OH
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
WEN, Huntington, WV, medical practice and adulthood home
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
Market value of estate of WEN
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12
"The Art of Caring: Will E. Neal, Physician and Public Servant." Manuscript and supporting documentation
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
Neal, W.A. "The Art of Caring…" hard and softback books
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Leonard B. Neal (1878-1900), brother of WEN and great uncle of WAN. Includes extensive packet of letters between Leonard and
brother Will as young men prior to Leonard's death in Philippine-American War.
1897-1900, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Obituary
ca. 1900
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Spanish-American War
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Letters to father, Thomas Neal, and brother Will E. Neal
1897–1900
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Letters
1899–1900
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Correspondence transcribed
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
Manuscript, "The Art of Caring…"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7
WAN's paternal grandmother, Susan Witten Neal (1888-1961)
1990, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1
One of first female graduates of Marshall College; learned matriarch, descended from one of first families to settle in Northwest
Territory.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
The Witten Family Farm, Monroe County, OH., 200th anniversary celebration
1990
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
Witten, Sally Sue. Descendants of Phillip and Ruth Dickerson Witten.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
Genealogy, 40 generations Witten family, beginning year 629
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5
Will E. and Susan Neal, family photos
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Photographs
1925, 1951-1954
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
Will E. Neal, scrapbooks of congressional newspaper clippings. Compilation enclosed
1952–1954
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
Photo of WEN with Huntington Police Department
1925
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3
Photo of West Virginia House of Delegates, 1951 Session
ca. 1951
Mixed Materials Box: 9
Original tributes from Eisenhower and Nixon
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
Will E. Neal, scrapbooks of congressional newspaper clippings, including obituary. Condolences from President Eisenhower and
Vice President Nixon (1956-1958). Tribute from colleagues, Congressional Record
ca. 1956-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 10
Neal, W.A. "Quiet Advocate: Edward J. Van Liere's Influence on Medical Education in West Virginia," Supporting materials.
1935, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
Populore Publishing Company, Morgantown, WV
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2
Preliminary Outline
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3
Van Liere Genealogy
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Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4
Interviews
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5
Abstract of Doherty & Summers
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Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6
Source Material, Van Liere archives, WVRHC A&M 2677
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7
Source Material, Van Liere archives, WVRHC A&M 2046
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