Syanpse, the UCSF Student Newspaper, published a wonderful article about Ishi and his history with UCSF this week, Ishi: The Greatest Anthropological Treasure, by Yi Lu.
Portrait of Ishi
Read the article and follow it up with The Story of Ishi on the UCSF History website for more information. The Archives & Special Collections has information regarding published resources available here and other institutions.
Take a quick 7 minute break to watch this newly digitized and previously rarely seen footage we presented at last night’s Bay Area Video Coalition’s (BAVC) program– Video Capsule: Treasures from Bay Area Archives! UCSF’s contribution was this amalgamation of clips from “moving memento” films of the 1930s. For a time the UCSF School of Medicine had a tradition of creating these dynamic mementos of each class of students of staff. The films are comprised of faculty and staff introductions and a variety of candid scenes around campus and in the hospitals.
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Or watch the video on the Internet Archive.
Join us next Tuesday, May 27th, at the Exploratorium at 7pm to take in some rarely seen audiovisual treasures from local archives– including some of our own! UCSF’s contribution is an amalgamation of clips from “moving memento” films of the 1930s. For a time the UCSF School of Medicine began a tradition of creating these dynamic mementos of each class of students of staff. The films are comprised of faculty and staff introductions and a variety of candid scenes around campus and in the hospitals.
Here is more information from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), and do note that while the program is free there is a link to RSVP:
WHAT: Video Capsule: Treasures from Bay Area Archives
WHERE: Exploratorium, Pier 15: Kanbar Forum. Please enter the Exploratorium through the historic Pier 15 Bulkhead located directly on the Embarcadero.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 27 at 7PM
ADMISSION: Free
Join Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) Preservation program staff for an evening of video preservation revelry. Anchored by recent selections from BAVC’s Preservation Access Program*, tonight’s program includes archivist favorites, unexpected gems, and rarely seen treats from artists and arts organization participants from the program as well as friends from other Bay Area preservation organizations– including Stanford Media Preservation Lab, San Francisco Media Archive, UCSF Archives, the GLBT Historical Society and California Audiovisual Preservation Project. We invite you to join us as we share recent, prized work, making for a congenial celebration of archival craft and our media legacy.
Co-presented with BAVC by the Exploratorium Cinema Arts.
Let us know you’re coming. RSVP here.
Please note: there will be no Museum access during this program. Join the Exploratorium during adult evening hours on May 29th, 6-10pm, which will include a film screening co-curated by Walter Forsberg and Exploratorium Cinema Arts.
*The Preservation Access Program is made possible through the generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
More historic images brought to you this week in honor of National Hospital Week! Celebrated May 11-17, Hospital Week serves to recognize the dedication of all hospital professionals.
Operating Room at City County Hospital, circa 1890
UC Hospital Men’s Ward, circa 1920s
UC Hospital, circa 1918
UC Hospital Lobby, 1920s
UC Hospital Kitchen, 1924
Read more about the history of San Francisco’s hospitals on the UCSF History website.
Happy National Nurses’ Day! Here’s a selection of a few of our favorite images of nurses from the UCSF Historic Photograph Collection. For more images, check out our Digital Collections.
Moffitt Hospital Nurses’ Station, circa 1970s
UC Nurses, World War I, Base Hospital # 30
Nurses at the 30th General Hospital, June 1943
Tuberculosis service, circa 1930s
Three UC Nurses– Rigney, Dubois, and Catton– in the nursery with infants an unidentified man, 1912
UCSF School Of Nursing students watching TV in the Nursing Dorm, circa 1955
UCSF School of Nursing students in the Nursing Dorm archway, circa 1950s
UCSF School of Nursing class in Toland Hall, 1941