Category Archives: Historical Collections
UMB and the United States Presidency: Faculty and Alumni Ties to the Country’s Highest Office
In celebration of President’s Day, Historical Collections at the HSHSL is looking back on University of Maryland, Baltimore’s connections to the United States Presidency. With a founding date of 1807, UMB is just thirty-one years shy of sharing a birthyear with the United States and with a home in Baltimore a mere thirty-eight miles from Washington, D.C. it is not surprising to find ties to the U.S. Presidency. The following outlines three UMB faculty and alumni and their ties to the highest U.S. Office. Continue reading
Posted in Dentistry, Historical Collections, Medicine
Tagged Dr. Henry Albert Parr, Dr. James Julius Richardson, Dr. Robley Dunglison, Presidents, Presidents Day, UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOM
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#ColorOurCollections at the HSHSL
Every February since 2016, the New York Academy of Medicine hosts the #ColorOurCollections event meant to highlight the diverse images in the form of coloring sheets and books from libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions. This year the HSHSL Historical … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Historical Collections
Tagged Botanical, Color Our Collections, Coloring Book, Herbals
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A History of the UMB Presidency
The inauguration of the 46th president of the United States occurs Wednesday, January 20, 2021. The United States and World will watch as Joseph R. Biden Jr. is sworn in as President along with Vice President Kamala Harris. In celebration of the United States Inaugural events, the Historical Collections Department of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, is taking a moment to look back on our own Presidential history. Continue reading
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Tagged Presidents, UMB History, UMB Presidents
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Submit your story to UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19
Since June, the Historical Collections Department of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library has been collecting campus reactions to the pandemic as well as personal stories and reflections of the campus community. The project, UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19, has received seven submissions since its launch. Submissions have included diary-like reflections, poetry, photographs, and original artwork. Historical Collections continues to solicit submissions for this project. Continue reading
Posted in Faculty, Historical Collections, Students
Tagged Archival Collecting, Coronavirus, covid-19, umb digital archive
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Common Holiday Spices, Flavors, and Nuts and their Traditional Medicinal Qualities
The holiday and winter seasons have common ingredients, usually with bold, warming flavors. The holiday bread, cookie, and cake recipes call for spices and flavorings like nutmeg, ginger, vanilla, and clove or nuts like walnuts and almonds. Historically however, these ingredients were prescribed for a variety of ailments in botanicals and herbals. Continue reading
Posted in Historical Collections, Medicine, Pharmacy
Tagged Botanical, Herbals, holiday, Robert Bentley, UMBSOP, William Woodville
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A Look at Winter Fruits and their Medicinal Qualities from Select Historical Botanicals
Lemons, oranges, pomegranates, these are all fruits associated with winter and the holiday season. Today we eat them as desserts or in desserts or in cocktails. These fruits bring a sense of freshness to the winter months. While today these fruits are important for a balanced and flavorful diet; in the 17th through the early 19th centuries, these fruits were often prescribed in botanicals for a variety of medicinal purposes. Botanicals are a form of book published to illustrate plant species and their medicinal value. The HSHSL’s Historical Collections Department is home to a large collection of Botanicals as part of our historic Pharmacy Collection. These volumes were used by the early UMB schools to teach pharmacists and doctors the value of plants for medicinal purposes. Continue reading
Posted in Historical Collections, Medicine, Pharmacy
Tagged Botanical, Robert Bentley, UMBSOP, William Woodville
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1984 HS/HSL Cookbook Looks to Spice up your Thanksgiving and Holidays
Still looking for that perfect Thanksgiving dish? Holiday dessert? Appetizer to try during a virtual office event? Or perhaps you are tired of making banana or sourdough bread? Drop that phone, cancel your GrubHub order! The HS/HSL is here to help! In November 1984 the staff of what was then the Health Sciences Library produced their very own Cookbook. Continue reading
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Tagged Cookbook, HSHSL, Library Staff, Recipes
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Remembering Dr. Burt Jacob Asper, School of Medicine Class of 1911 on Veteran’s Day
This Veteran’s Day the HS/HSL highlights the life of Dr. Burt Jacob Asper, School of Medicine Class of 1911. Dr. Asper served in the Navy on the USS Cyclops during World War I. He was the doctor on the ship when it disappeared in March 1918. To this day the Cyclops wreckage has not been found and it is unclear how the ship was lost. Continue reading
Posted in Historical Collections, Medicine, Students
Tagged Burt J. Asper, UMBSOM, USS Cyclops, World War I, WWI
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The HS/HSL Wants Your Pandemic Stories
The HS/HSL is collecting stories from the pandemic to preserve a record of UMB’s collective experience for posterity and future research. Since the project’s launch over the summer, there have been five submissions of artwork and written reflections to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Archival Collecting, art, covid-19, historical collection, umb digital archive
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1920: A look back at the Graduate School 100 Years Ago
In 1920 the University of Maryland Graduate School was only a two-year-old institution (the school was established during the 1918-1919 academic year). The Graduate School was founded at the Maryland State College of Agriculture in College Park, which merged with the University of Maryland (Baltimore) in 1920 forming two campuses under the UM name. The Graduate School oversaw all students taking graduate coursework at the University of Maryland and remained at College Park after the merger in 1920. Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, UMB Graduate School, UMB History
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