Society Celebrates 35 Years of Preserving Medical History
| Nov. 3, 2016 | Health and medicine in the 1890s German community in Arkansas was the topic at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for the History of Medicine and the Health Professions on Oct. 29 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.
Kathleen Condray, Ph.D., associate professor of German at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, based her talk on research she’s done while working on a book on Das Arkansas Echo, a weekly German newspaper published in Little Rock from 1891-1932.
The society provides support for the Historical Research Center in the UAMS Library. It awards an annual research grant to encourage research into the history of the health sciences in Arkansas. Other projects include the conservation of rare and classic books in the center. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in preserving the history of UAMS and medicine in Arkansas.
Corbin Stinnett was recognized at the dinner as winner of the 2016 research grant.
About 35 people attended the event, which also included a welcome from society President Mary Ryan; an introduction of officers and board members; remarks from Nadia Lalla, associate provost for library and student services and executive director of the library; and remarks by Tim Nutt, director of the Historical Research Center.