Recently more photographs were added to the Historical Images of the Health Sciences Campus collection in Scholarly Commons, Augusta University’s institutional repository. It is often thought-provoking when looking at photographs from the past, including photographs of buildings that are no…
From the Historical Collections and Archives: Dr. Leslie Wilkes, MCG Class of 1965, and his wife have gifted the Robert B. Greenblatt, MD Library several books, a few artifacts, and an exhibit case that houses their gift of William Hunter’s…
From the Historical Collections & Archives (HCA): If you were an employee or student on the Augusta University Health Sciences Campus from 1980 to 2011, you most likely read the Beeper at least once during your time here. The Beeper was the…
Soma Mukhopadhyay, PhD, will present Laughing Gas, Not a Laughing Matter: A History of Anesthesia on Thursday, November 14, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Greenblatt Library’s Historical Collections and Archives room. Dr. Mukhopadhyay is a lecturer with the Department of Biological Sciences…
From the Historical Collections & Archives: Fifty-seven years ago, during the first week of October 1962, the first electronic computer was installed on the Health Sciences Campus. In an article in the December 1962 Foundation and Alumni News, the IMB 1620 was…
Due to a recent shifting project, Reese Library was able to bring back its “Browsing Books” section on the first floor near the staircase. There you can find some of the Library’s latest acquisitions and donations. Included among these titles…
A small book housed in the Faculty Author Collection at Greenblatt Library represents one example of one man’s intellectual curiosity and his desire to instruct and share his knowledge with others. This book is Interesting Chemical Exercises in Qualitative Analysis…
From the Special Collections & Institutional Archives: The artifact I’ve chosen to highlight this month is a World War I Troop K military patch, which is a part of the Bailie family collections (MSS 001). The “K” patch is currently…
From the Historical Collections & Archives: Hopefully, as a student or faculty member or as an alumnus, you are familiar with A. – Augusta University’s alumni magazine. For many years, MCG Today was the alumni magazine for the Health Sciences Campus. However approximately 20 years before…
Shaheen Islam, MD, will present History of Bronchoscopy on Thursday, May 23, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Greenblatt Library’s Historical Collections and Archives room. Dr. Islam is the Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of…