Category Archives: Historical Collections

1920: A Look back at the School of Dentistry 100 Years ago

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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Medical Illustrators and Illustrations in the HS/HSL’s Historical Collections

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Tara Wink

On October 6, 2020 the HS/HSL is hosting medical illustrator, Lydia Gregg, for a Meet the Makers lunchtime event.  Medical illustration combines the creative talents of artists and the medical and anatomical knowledge of doctors.  These combined skills are used to illustrate medical texts and teach new physicians, nurses, dentists, and other medical professionals the workings of the body. Continue reading →

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1920: A look back at the School of Medicine 100 Years Ago

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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1920: A look back at the University of Maryland 100 Years Ago

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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Play Ball! The University of Maryland Nine vs. the Orioles, April 13, 1898

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Tara Wink

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 →

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HS/HSL seeks COVID-19 Stories and Experiences from UMB Community

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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Celebrate the end of the academic year with a gift from the HS/HSL!

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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Recognizing Nurses with a historic poem this National Nurses Week

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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Digital Jigsaw Puzzles From the HS/HSL Historical Collections

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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“Her Smile” a Poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Tara Wink

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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