Van Liere, Edward J., 1895-1979

Overview Dr. Edward J. Van Liere, the first dean of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, was a scientist, physician, and professor of physiology. He served the School of Medicine for more than fifty years as both professor and administrator. Papers chiefly include correspondence files, subject and research files, medical articles and publications, photographs, and files related to the creation and development of the medical center and school of medicine at WVU and to Dr. Van Liere's...

Scope and Contents 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...

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Medical memorabilia collected by Dr. E. J. Van Liere of Morgantown, West Virginia, including a prospectus of the "Richmond Medical Journal", 20 November 1865; and a fee bill of Dr. J. Schwinn of Wheeling, West Virginia, 1 March 1901, that lists the rates for various services. Also includes a facsimile copy of the Philadelphia "Public Ledger", 26 March 1836.

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Typed drafts of Medical Education In West Virginia University by Gideon S. Dodds and Edward J. Van Liere. This eighteen volume draft set of research notes was compiled (1953-64) by WVU Physiology professor, Van Liere and WVU Embryology professor and Medical Faculty Committee officer, Dodds. There are also two volumes of scholarship statistics on WVU Medical students, 1932-64.

Overview Seventeen (17) volumes in 18 books containing the typescript history of the West Virginia University Medical School, 1869-1964, as compiled by Dr. E.J. VanLiere and Dr. G.S. Dodds. It represents research material, too, which VanLiere and Dodds gathered for their history, including correspondence, photographs, charts, maps and pamphlets. Volumes contain lists of women who graduated from the medical school, correspondence with them, and completed survey forms. Generally, this collection...