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Shaffer and Carol L. Hampton, \"Some Experiences with a Self-Study Center\"  Drexel Library Quarterly  7 (April 1971): 145-151  Organizing a Biological Photographic Unit: A Guide to Organizing a Biological Photographic Unit in Health Sciences Educational Institutions  DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 73-509 June 1973 Carol L. Hampton, Gloria Holland Hurwitz, and Melvin C. Shaffer, \"Management of a  Learning Resource Center: A Seven-Year Study\"  Journal of Medical Education  54 (February 1979): 90-95 Gloria Holland Hurwitz, Carol L. Hampton, and Melvin C. Shaffer, \"Profile, Data, and Management of Two Learning Resource Centers, 1970-1978\"  Bulletin of the Medical Library Association  67 (October 1979): 369-375 Gloria Holland Hurwitz, Carol L. Hampton, and Melvin C. Shaffer, \"Does Closed Circuit Television Still Apply? A Utilization and Management Study\"  Journal of Biomedical Communication  7 (November 1980): 23-27 \"The Media Messiah\"  Journal of Biomedical Communication  8 (March 1981): 2-3 \"Computers as Learning Resource\"  Journal of Clinical Computing  11 (May-June 1983): 211-212","Melvin Cyrus Shaffer, the second of three sons born to Frank and Elizabeth Shaffer, was born in Shinnston, West Virginia on May 9, 1924. Shaffer was a white male who was raised and attended school in rural West Virginia where he first developed an interest in photography, kindled by a gift of an old camera from his grandmother. He presented papers on photography twice at the West Virginia Science Academy where he made the acquaintance of a physician who invited the young Shaffer to move to Philippi, West Virginia to complete high school and learned about clinical photography. ","Following his high school graduation, Shaffer spent one year at Alderson Broaddus College in Philippi. He enlisted in the United States Army and was posted at the Army Medical Museum where he received further training in photography. His basic training as a medical corpsman took place at Camp Picket and he was assigned to the 3rd Detachment, Medical Museum and Arts Service. Initially deployed to Casablanca in August of 1943, Shaffer spent time in North Africa, Italy, and Germany where he witnessed and photographed the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and arrived in Berlin just following the German surrender. Shaffer was honorably discharged from the Army on November 16, 1945 and returned to Washington, D.C. where he worked at the Armed Force Institute of Pathology helping to identify the many photographs and films he made while overseas. He also continued his education at George Washington University. ","On January 1, 1947 Shaffer started his affiliation with the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) as Director of Visual Education. This new department would provide photography and art illustrations for the School of Medicine.  During his 37-year tenure Shaffer built a large department responsible for audiovisual services and instructional support. At Shaffer's suggestion the School of Dentistry introduced closed circuit television in 1953, one of the first institutions in the United States to use this technology in educating dental students. As a result of his success in his role as director, the MCV Board of Visitors appointed him as an assistant professor in 1966. He subsequently rose through the ranks to full profession in 1979 in spite of the fact that he did not earn a college degree.","Shaffer was active professionally in a number of photography, educational, and biomedical communications organizations. He was a founder and charter member of the Health Sciences Communications Association and Association of Medical Television Broadcasters. Shaffer served in leadership roles in both organizations. During the last fifteen years of his career at MCV and then Virginia Commonwealth University, he consulted extensively with medical institutions in the United States and abroad. He worked with both the World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization advising about audio-visual services and instruction. His department was considered by many as the model for supporting health sciences education. His consulting took him to Mexico, Cuba, the Soviet Union, Brazil, and other countries.","Early in his career Shaffer developed an interest in aviation possibly a result of his experiences in the military during World War II. He became a skilled pilot and frequently flew planes over MCV to capture aerial images illustrating the physical growth of the institution. Shaffer retired in 1984 and remained in Richmond for some years while serving on local airport advisory boards. He later relocated to Green Valley Arizona where he passed away on January 25, 2021. Shafer and his wife of 67 years, Edith, had two sons. ","This collection consists of materials retained by Melvin C. Shaffer from his tenure at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) and later donated to Virginia Commonwealth University. The collection primarily documents his consulting and professional work in biomedical communication from his appointment as director of Visual Education in 1947 until his retirement in 1984. There is correspondence related to his position including his hiring in 1947 and some activities in Visual Education but no extensive documentation related to the operation of his department. ","The collection includes correspondence, 1947-1987, certificates, publications, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials related to his work. There are photographs of the television system Shaffer developed in the School of Dentistry to support dental education, one of the first in the United States. 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