Category Archives: Historical Collections
HS/HSL seeks COVID-19 Stories and Experiences from UMB Community
In an effort to capture the UMB Community’s experiences during the current pandemic for future researchers Historical Collections in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library has launched a project: UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19. The project … Continue reading
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Tagged Archival Collecting, Coronavirus, covid-19, UMB History
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Celebrate the end of the academic year with a gift from the HS/HSL!
It’s the end of the semester, during a global pandemic, things are stressful for everyone, everywhere! We at the HS/HSL hope this delightful coloring book of charming botanical images from our Historical Collections will help to ease stress and anxiety. … Continue reading
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Tagged Coloring Book, William Withering, William Woodville
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Recognizing Nurses with a historic poem this National Nurses Week
In the midst of this global pandemic falls National Nurses Week, May 6 to 12, 2020. During this monumental time the HS/HSL wishes to show our thanks to our UMB nurses past and present with a fitting poem from the 1905 Bones, Molars, and Briefs Yearbook. Continue reading
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Tagged National Nurses Week, Poetry, UMB Yearbooks, UMBSON
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Digital Jigsaw Puzzles From the HS/HSL Historical Collections
The HS/HSL has uploaded images from the Historical Collections Department into a virtual puzzle creator. Check them out today: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/winkta01/university-of-maryland-baltimore Continue reading
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Tagged covid-19, puzzles
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“Her Smile” a Poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle
Rounding out National Poetry Month 2020, is a beautiful love poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle, School of Dentistry Class of 1904. The poem, titled “Her Smile” was published in the 1903 Bones, molars, and Briefs, the original name for the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s yearbook. Continue reading
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Tagged National Poetry Month, Poetry, UMB Yearbooks, UMBSOD
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Health: A Poem by the Physician Poet Edward Baynard
Celebrate National Poetry Month with a selection from Historical Collections. In Health, A Poem, Dr. Edward Baynard, a seventeenth century poet and physician, uses poetry to teach. He explains in an understandable—at least to someone in the seventeenth century—tone the manner in which to live a long, prosperous life. Continue reading
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Tagged National Poetry Month, Poetry
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The University Ode: A Celebration of UMB Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, an appropriate time to dig into historical collections to celebrate the literary talents of past members of the UMB community. Despite deep roots in medicine and other health related fields, Historical Collections materials reveal an appreciation for the arts among faculty, students, and staff alike. For example, Historical Collection houses a well-loved copy of The University Ode, a piece written for the Alumni Association. Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Eugene F. Cordell, Dr. Theodore Hemberger, Eugene Lee Crutchfield, John C. Hemmeter, National Poetry Month, University Ode, University of Maryland Musical Association
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UMB Ties to the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort
On March 30, 2020 the USNS Comfort arrived in New York City’s Harbor on a mission to provide assistance to the city’s overwhelmed hospitals in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The USNS Comfort is a Navy Hospital Ship with 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms, which has been deployed in times of crisis and peace around the world. The USNS Comfort is stationed in Norfolk, VA but for a significant portion of her life (1988-2013) as a hospital ship, she was stationed in Baltimore’s Port. The location is not her only ties to the city of Baltimore, as several UMB alumni and faculty served on this hospital ship during her 33-year history. Continue reading
Posted in Dentistry, Historical Collections, Medicine, Nursing
Tagged covid-19, UMBSOD, UMBSOM, UMBSON, USNS Comfort
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UMB in WWII: the classes of 1943M and 1943D
On March 26, Dr. Bruce Jarrell, the University of Maryland Baltimore’s (UMB) Interim President, released a video to the Class of 2020. In the video, Dr. Jarrell, refers to the uniqueness of the 1943 School of Medicine graduating classes and how they had to overcome unusual circumstances surrounding World War II. World War II began in September 1939, with Germany’s invasion of Poland; however, the United States did not officially become involved in the conflict until after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Continue reading
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Tagged Class of 1943, Commencement, UMBSOD, UMBSOM, UMBSON, UMBSOP, WWII
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Dr. Maureen Henderson, First Woman Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, 1971-1975
Rounding out our celebration of Women’s History Month 2020 is Dr. Maureen Henderson. Dr. Henderson joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in 1960 as an instructor. She was born in Tynemouth, England in 1926 to Dr. Leo E. and Helen McGrath Henderson. She was a graduate in medicine and public health from the University of Durham, England. Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Preventive Medicine, UMBSOM, Womens History Month
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