Category Archives: Historical Collections
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
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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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1920: A Look Back at the School of Nursing (SON) 100 Years Ago
The School of Nursing was founded in 1889 in the University of Maryland University Hospital. The school was under the leadership of a superintendent of nurses and was part of the School of Medicine. When the Maryland State College of Agriculture (College Park) and the University of Maryland (Baltimore) merged in 1920, the School of Nursing became its own entity but remained under the administrative control of the University Hospital. Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, Class of 1921, UMB History, UMBSON, University Hospital
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1920: A Look back at the School of Pharmacy 100 Years ago
When the 1920 merger between the University of Maryland (Baltimore) and the Maryland State Agricultural School (College Park) occurred the Department of Pharmacy became the School of Pharmacy. Like many of the schools in the University, the School of Pharmacy was coming off a low period in terms of admissions and graduates because of World War I. At commencement in May 1920 only 16 pharmacists graduated. Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, B. Olive Cole, Edward F. Kelly, UMB History, UMBSOP
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1920: A Look back at the School of Dentistry 100 Years ago
In the 1920-21 academic year the University of Maryland School of Dentistry was entering into its 39th session. It was established as a department in the School of Medicine in 1882. In 1920 the University of Maryland (in Baltimore) had merged with the Maryland State College of Agriculture. The merger brought with it the promise of a new dental building, which opened in January 1930 after yet another merger between the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (SOD) and the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (occurred in 1924). Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, Timothy O. Heatwole, UMB History, UMBSOD
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1920: A look back at the School of Medicine 100 Years Ago
In 1920 the School of Medicine (SOM) was beginning its 113th academic year. The 1920-21 academic year marked the first as a public institution following its merger with the Maryland State College of Agriculture (College Park). This merger prompted the Faculty of Physic, as the SOM faculty was known, to tender their resignation as sign of acceptance of the new University charter. Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, UMB History, UMBSOM
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1920: A look back at the University of Maryland 100 Years Ago
A new, albeit strange, school year has begun at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. At this unique time, it is valuable to look back at our campus history to see how things have changed and remained the same. This post marks the beginning of a series of posts looking at UMB in the academic school year 1920-1921. Continue reading
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Tagged 100 years, 1920, UMB History
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Play Ball! The University of Maryland Nine vs. the Orioles, April 13, 1898
The Historical Collectiond department of the HS/HSL is throwing it back to 1898 when the University of Maryland, Baltimore baseball team took on the professional Orioles team. Continue reading
Posted in Dentistry, Historical Collections, Medicine
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Orioles, Sports, UMBSOD, UMBSOL, UMBSOM
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