Tag Archives: UMB History
Historical Insights: The University of Maryland School of Commerce (1921-1926)
From 1921 to 1926, the University of Maryland, Baltimore was home to the School of Commerce. This post highlights the brief history of the school. Continue reading
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Tagged Maynard A. Clemens, School of Commerce, UMB History
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Historical Insights: Hurd Pharmacy Donation
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library Historical Collections’ strives to provide broad access to our diverse collections both in person and digitally. Materials in our collections appear as they originally were published or created and may contain offensive or … Continue reading
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Tagged Hurd Pharmacy, Maryland College of Pharmacy, UMB History, UMSOP, Williamsport Md.
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Historical Insights: The UMB vs. JHU Thanksgiving Football Tradition
Football and Thanksgiving, a pairing as common as salt and pepper, peanut butter and jelly, or cheese and crackers. While today’s University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) does not field a football team, there was a time around the turn of the nineteenth century when UMB had a Thanksgiving rivalry with Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Continue reading
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Tagged Football, Sports, UMB History
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Historical Insights: Bones, Molars, and Briefs Halloween Edition
The HSHSL’s Historical Collections Department celebrates Halloween with hand-drawn images from the Bones, Molars, and Brief Yearbooks from 1897 to 1904. Check out the selection of creepy, magical, and ghoulish images. Continue reading
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Tagged art, halloween, UMB History, Yearbooks
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Historical Insights: The University of Maryland Faculty of Divinity
In 1812 the Maryland Legislature chartered the University of Maryland. The charter allowed for a Faculty of Medicine, Law, Arts & Sciences, and Divinity. This post oulines the brief history of the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Maryland. Continue reading
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Tagged Faculty of Divinity, Faculty of Theology, UMB History
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Historical Insights: Margaret Bowen Rose’s Scrapbook Digitized
Scrapbooking in the 21st century has become somewhat of a lost art but remains a very powerful historical tool. With a combination of journal entries and photographs, they give a great deal of insight into not only the look and feel of the time period they were created, but also of the person who created them. Margaret Bowen Rose, possibly unknowing of this significance, created such a document for her Class of 1936 at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. The most exciting thing about this book’s donation is that our Historical Collections does not currently have yearbooks for the years of 1933-1946 at the University. Margaret’s unique perspective is the closest insight we have to the experiences of our students during that period. Continue reading
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Tagged Class of 1936, Nursing, Scrapbook, Scrapbooking, UMB History, UMBSON
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First Women of the University of Maryland, Baltimore: Exhibit Returns
In March 2020, the HSHSL was celebrating Women’s History Month with a gallery exhibit featuring the accomplishments of the First Women of the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Unfortunately, a week after the exhibit opened, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Maryland … Continue reading
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Tagged UMB Graduate School, UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOL, UMBSOM, UMBSON, UMBSOP, UMBSSW, Womens History Month
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Historical Collections Highlight: Club Latino-Americano
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, historical collections highlights Club Latino-Americano, an organization created to support early Latin American students at the University of Maryland. The first student to graduate from countries we associate with Hispanic culture was Jose Raphael … Continue reading
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Dr. Gideon B. Smith, UMSOM Class of 1840: 17-Year Cicada Expert
Dr. Gideon B. Smith, University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 1840 is credited with identifying the cycles of the 17-year cicadas (Brood X) in the United States. Read about his life and work in Baltimore. Continue reading
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Tagged Cicadas, Entomology, Gideon B. Smith, James J. Audubon, Nathaniel Potter, UMB History, UMSOM
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Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus at the University of Maryland
A brief history of the purchase and investment in chemical and philosophical apparatus at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The scientific equipment used in the labs in the 19th century were prized possessions of the school. At the time the appartus was extremely expensive to purchase and was kept well guarded; however, this did not stop theft. The post highlights the use and procurement of the equipment. Continue reading
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Tagged Chemical Apparatus, Chemistry, Intern, Philosophical Apparatus, Scientific Equipment, UMB History, UMBSOM, UMBSOP
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