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John Schleicher credits his love of history to his grandmother, who immigrated from Russia when she was a child.<\/p>\n

As a boy, Schleicher was captivated by stories of Ellis Island and her other experiences. As he grew, his interest in history continued — so much so that, after completing an undergraduate degree in education, he took his master’s in history. <\/p>\n

Today, Schleicher — the head of special collections for the McGoogan Library of Medicine since 2002 — uses his expertise to explore the history of UNMC in monthly columns in UNMC Today. With Robert Wigton, M.D. — “He’s the man!” Schleicher said — he’s one of UNMC’s unofficial campus historians, finding and sharing tales from UNMC’s long and storied history. <\/p>\n


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\nAs head of special collections for the McGoogan Library of Medicine, John Schleicher oversees the official institutional archives for UNMC.<\/p>\n

“We should be getting all newsletters, all annual reports — ideally, we’d like to be on mailing lists for any published, hard-copy items.”<\/p>\n

The library takes donations of papers and books when faculty members are retiring, as well, he said.<\/p>\n

To speak with Schleicher about donating materials to the archives, call 402-559-7094 or send an email.<\/a>
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“I had always worked in museums and archives before I came to UNMC, but I never had any medical history background before I came here,” Schleicher said.<\/p>\n

“There are a lot of different stories that we have that can be told from the archives,” he said. In the past, he’s written or contributed to stories about a series of tornadoes that rocked the city and the campus,<\/a> the First World War’s effect on the college,<\/a> and two medical students’ long-distance romance in the 1930s.<\/a><\/p>\n

“There are a lot of true stories out there that can be told.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think people realize some of the medical and institutional history, how connected it all is down through the years,” he said.<\/p>\n

For example, Schleicher can trace his former Plattsmouth doctor — who treated him from when he was 9 months old until he left for college — to Robert Ramsay Livingston, M.D.,<\/a> an important figure in UNMC history.<\/p>\n

Growing up, Schleicher would sometimes visit the Cass County Museum. Outside the museum was a historical marker featuring information about Dr. Livingston — one of the founders of The Omaha Medical College and a signee of the college’s original charter.<\/p>\n

Dr. Livingston’s sons took over his practice in Plattsmouth, and later passed it on to another graduate. That doctor, who graduated from the medical college in 1917, eventually turned the practice over to the man who was Schleicher’s own doctor when he was growing up in Plattsmouth.<\/p>\n

“So I call that my clinical genealogy,” he said with a smile. “I can trace back from that Plattsmouth doctor’s office to this figure in UNMC history — essentially the first dean of the Omaha Medical College — right up on that big brass marker outside the Cass County Museum.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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