Images of Health Sciences in Arkansas History

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This collection contains a selection of photographs and other graphic materials related to the history of UAMS or the health sciences in Arkansas. Images include UAMS grounds, buildings, and employees; UAMS College of Medicine class composites ca1890-1946; the first graduating class of other UAMS colleges or programs; scrapbooks; medical instruments; antique pharmaceuticals; memorabilia and souvenirs; medical illustrations; campus maps; certificates and diplomas; ephemera.

Titles for items related to UAMS reflect changes in both the institution’s name and location. Founded in 1879, the medical school was known as the Arkansas Industrial University Medical Department until 1899; University of Arkansas Medical Department, 1899 to 1918; University of Arkansas School of Medicine, 1918 to 1975; and University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Campus, 1975 to 1980. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was adopted as the official name in 1980. The campus was referred to informally as the University of Arkansas Medical Center ca1947 to 1974. The medical school was previously located at the following four sites: 113 West Second Street (remodeled Sperindio Hotel), 1879 to 1890; Second and Sherman Streets, 1890 to 1912; 300 West Markham (Old State House), 1912 to 1935; McAlmont and Twelfth Streets, 1935 to 1956. The medical school moved to its present location on 4301 West Markham in 1956. The UAMS Northwest Campus was established in Fayetteville in 2007.

Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society

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This collection contains text searchable volumes of the Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society and related titles from 1870 to 1922. The digitization of the journals was made possible by a federally funded 2011 Digital Preservation Award from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

The text in this digital collection was extracted using OCR software. Accuracy varies due to the print quality and physical condition of the original as well as the font sizes and types. Therefore, in addition to keyword searches, users are advised to always review the page images for the time period being researched.

ABOUT THIS PROJECT:

The approx. 14,984 page images in this collection were photographed by five Library staff members from May to December of 2012. The images were captured with a BookDrive Pro system equipped with two Canon Rebel T2i EOS 550D cameras. The camera settings were ISO 400; 1/100; F5.0; and automatic white balance. Using Canon’s Digital Photo Professional software (DPP), the RAW image files were visually inspected for clarity, skew, and completeness. DPP was also used for renaming batches of files when necessary. After inspection, the RAW files were rotated, cropped, deskewed, & exported as color, 300 ppi master Tifs (archived) using the BookDrive Editor software. Copies of the Tif files were processed with OCR software [ReadIris Pro-version 12], and exported as compressed PDFs (Image-Text) for upload to CONTENTdm. The collection in CONTENTdm was set to display the uploaded PDFs as compound objects. For further details about this project, contact Suzanne Easley easleymyra@uams.edu.