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West Virginia University, Medical Center, Research Materials

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3164

Scope and Contents

Research materials regarding the history of the West Virginia University Medical Center (now the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center) compiled between 1960 and 1989 by Dolores A. Fleming, Jeanne Grimm, and Patricia Schumann, authors of Generation of Growth: A Contemporary View of the West Virginia School of Medicine, published in 1990. Materials include subject files related to administration, continuing education, curriculum, endowments, financing, University Hospital, medical corporation, the nursing school, research, residency programs, special conferences, faculty, students, technology, and departments within the center. Also includes two boxes of photographs and negatives chiefly from the 1960s and 1970s from the former office of the Medical Center News and Information Service and from various publications of the hospital and school.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-1989

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Biographical / Historical

The West Virginia University School of Medicine began as two-year school in 1912. In 1960, the school opened University Hospital and a four-year medical program. The school was known as the Medical Center until 1988, when it was renamed the Health Sciences Center. Since then the school has undergone numerous changes. Ruby Memorial Hospital opened in 1988, replacing University Hospital. In 1993, the Health Sciences Center was named for U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. The center includes the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the School of Nursing, and the School of Pharmacy.

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet (6 ft. 6 in. (5 records cartons, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.))

Language

English

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/

Title
West Virginia University, Medical Center, Research Materials
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536