Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/History of Medicine in Newark/October 2023
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Wikipedia Editathon at Dana Library
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Help us enhance information in Wikipedia about the history of medicine in Newark!
The John Cotton Dana Library of Rutgers University in Newark welcomes students, staff, faculty, and the general public to an edit-a-thon focused on the history of medicine in Newark, New Jersey. Please [https://libcal.rutgers.edu/event/10896552 register in advance] and bring your laptop to participate in the event.
In anticipation of the edit-a-thon, "For all the People, a Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform, " a traveling exhibit created by the National Library of Medicine will be on display in Dana Library on the 1st floor. Please come check it when it goes on display October 3rd!
The participants affiliated with this initiative will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia. We will modify our editing behavior if any edits conflict with Wikipedia guidelines. Please contact the Project Coordinators, Dbiunno (talk) or Bobavrul or Runarchives if any activities appear to go against this statement.
Details
- Location: Hybrid but in-person strongly encouraged! In-person at the John Cotton Dana Library of Rutgers University, Newark and via Zoom.
- Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023
- Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Sign up and register here: [https://libcal.rutgers.edu/event/10896552 Please register in advance]. Seating is limited.
- Please register for a Wikipedia account at this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Wikipedia%3AWhy+create+an+account%3FCre link] BEFORE coming to the event
- All are welcome to join us! Please bring a laptop to participate.
'''Location:'''
- John Cotton Dana Library, 185 University Avenue, Newark, NJ NJ 07102. Use 77 Bleeker St, Newark NJ if you are using a GPS.
- To enter the Library please use the new Plaza Entrance on the south side of Bleeker Street. {{Coord|40.74239|-74.1753}} Climb to the plaza level. The Library is on the east (left) across the plaza from Paul Robeson Student Center on the west (right). When you go through the entrance door, you'll see the guard who will check your ID.
- [https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/visit/directions-campus Directions to campus] and a [https://maps.rutgers.edu/#/?lat=40.737616&lng=-74.179921&parking=true&sidebar=true&zoom=14 campus map]
- Attendees must present a current Rutgers ID card or government-issued ID (ie, drivers license, real ID, etc) to enter Dana Library.
- Washington Street station (Newark Light Rail) is a few blocks south of the campus. If you are driving, you'll need to pay for street parking.
Quick Editing Tips
Agenda
- Welcome! Introductions
- Brief presentations
- Angela Lawrence, archivist at the Rutgers University Newark Archives
- Bob Vietrogoski, archivist at Smith Library, Special Collections in the History of Medicine
- Beginner tutorial by Diane Biunno, archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies: How to edit Wikipedia
- Announcements: please feel free to share any events going on in the area.
- Let's edit!
= Upcoming Events =
(feel free to add any upcoming Wikipedia related events you'd like to share)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia Philadelphia WikiSalon] - monthly online Wikipedia group, open to all
- Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC New York City
- [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2023/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2023] - annual Wikimedia Conference - held in Toronto 9-12 November 2023
Attendees
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- Jim.henderson (talk) 02:13, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
- Dorevabelfiore (talk) 16:19, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
- Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:20, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
- Misterman226 (talk) 19:43, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
Articles that need additional citations/references and general copyediting
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- Marcus Lawrence Ward{{Cite web |title=Box {{!}} Login |url=https://rutgers.account.box.com/login?redirect_url=%2Ffolder%2F226705070253 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=rutgers.account.box.com}}{{Cite book |last=Turner |first=Lloyd |title=Newark: city of destiny |year=2018}} {{Cite book |last=Jordan |first=Brian Matthew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMQNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT181&lpg=PT181&dq=Ward+hospital+and+Marcus+Lawrence+Ward&source=bl&ots=r5CBELllh1&sig=ACfU3U0dOyT33cbiyJmKzK0W0JdeBW2a6A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjaoK3FmLeBAxXtrokEHQURBEk4ChDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=Ward%20hospital%20and%20Marcus%20Lawrence%20Ward&f=false |title=Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War |date=2015-01-26 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-0-87140-782-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Francis Bazley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KI8MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=Ward+hospital+and+Marcus+Lawrence+Ward&source=bl&ots=Pz2xvYwk8y&sig=ACfU3U0zbYrKE8sRPyiktHm9WS5h6S3HuA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRks7amLeBAxV1mYkEHTT-CNM4FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=Ward%20hospital%20and%20Marcus%20Lawrence%20Ward&f=false |title=New Jersey as a Colony and as a State: One of the Original Thirteen |date=1902 |publisher=Publishing Society of New Jersey |language=en}}He co-founded Ward hospital in Newark, a hospital for convalescing service members. Former governor of NJ.
- Hildegard Peplau{{Cite web |title=Hildegard Peplau Papers |url=https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/live/files/1700-pu-n-mc-59-hildegard-e-peplau-papers}}{{Citation |title=A Conversation with Hildegard Peplau |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdx5Dw-dkBg |access-date=2023-02-21 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=PhD |first=Barbara J. Callaway |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDC9Kqx-46YC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=hidegard+peplau&hl=en |title=Hildegard Peplau: Psychiatric Nurse of the Century |date=2002-06-18 |publisher=Springer Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8261-9765-8 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Callaway |first1=Barbara |title=Hildegard Peplau: Physchiatric nurse of the century |date=2002 |publisher=Springer Pub Co.}}: American Nurse who created the first grad level program for the preparation of clinical specialists in psychiatric nursing.
- Clara Maass was an American Nurse who died as a result of volunteering for medical experiments to study yellow fever. She was born in NJ and graduated from Newark German Hospital.
Short articles that need additional written content
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- Rutgers School of Nursing: {{cite web |title=Google Books: Making Room in the Clinic: Nurse Practioners and the Evolution of Modern Nursing |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=hwG25RFlhGUC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&ots=iyxkjSW6Be&sig=eb5RABov4RX62nfoH80PGcSEvRk#v=twopage&q&f=false}}{{cite web |title=Nursing Through Time 1930-1959 |url=https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nursing-through-time/1930-1959/}}{{cite book |last1=Callaway |first1=Barbara |title=Hildegard Peplau: Physchiatric nurse of the century |date=2002 |publisher=Springer Pub Co. |page=294-342}} {{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Francis |title=On Duty: Power, Politics, and the History of Nursing in New Jersey |date=2009 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |page=131-171}} {{cite web |title=Various sources |url=https://rutgers.box.com/s/d2ulajun0ub66qsnl1buh4i6bqzc6jwl}}{{Cite web |title=Rutgers Newark Archives finding aid (add to external sources) |url=https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/10/resources/516}} Established in 1956. Article is very short. Find some reliable sources and add content.
- John Kenney{{Cite web |last=NJ.com |first=Barry Carter {{!}} NJ Advance Media for |date=2020-02-01 |title=Pioneering doc opened N.J. hospital for black patients. Museum will honor him. |url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2020/02/pioneering-doc-opened-njs-1st-hospital-for-black-patients-museum-will-honor-him.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=nj |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=resources/articles for John Kenny/ Kenny Hospital - if you have trouble accessing the link, let one of the organizers know |url=https://rutgers.box.com/s/axxoyerkbhhajjht3eo560gt25p2jfor}} {{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic places- NJIT |url=http://archives.njit.edu/archlib/digital-projects/2010s/2010/articles/njit-naa-2010-0069-a.pdf}}Founded Kenney Memorial Hospital in Newark. Article is very short. Find some reliable sources and add content.
- Shirley Smoyak{{Cite web |title=Obituary for Shirley A. Smoyak at Flynn and Son Funeral Home |url=https://www.flynnfuneral.com/obituary/shirley-smoyak?lud=E00B92A3E521084DD600EE49BDD0D4A0 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.flynnfuneral.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Payne |first=Natasha |date=2009-06-03 |title=Pioneering US psychiatric nurse honoured by London university |url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/archive/pioneering-us-psychiatric-nurse-honoured-by-london-university-03-06-2009/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=Nursing Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Shirley A. Smoyak papers |url=https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/live/files/1735-pu-n-mc-246-shirley-a-smoyak-papers}} {{Cite web |last=Leslie |date=2013-08-07 |title=Congratulations to Joyce Fitzpatrick and Shirley Smoyak! |url=https://nursingeditors.com/2013/08/07/congratulations-to-joyce-fitzpatrick-and-shirley-smoyak/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=INANE - International Academy of Nursing Editors |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |title=Living Legends - American Academy of Nursing Main Site |url=https://www.aannet.org/about/fellows/living-legends |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.aannet.org}}{{Cite web |title=Tribute article about Smoyak. If you need help accessing the link, please reach out to an edit-a-thon organizer. |url=https://rutgers.box.com/s/r9d7weeioejw5ufy23v5poqpdusje4k9}}{{Citation |title=Psychiatric Nursing Today - Shirley Smoyak |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55_yikml-A |access-date=2023-09-19 |language=en}}nurse and academic who has had a significant impact on the field of psychiatric nursing. Article is very short. Find some reliable sources and add content.
- Medical Society of New Jersey is the oldest professional society in the US. Article is very short. Find some reliable sources and add content.{{Cite web |title=MG 209 Medical Society of New Jersey Records 1766 – 1887 {{!}} The New Jersey Historical Society |url=https://jerseyhistory.org/medical-society-of-new-jersey-records-1766-1887/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |language=en-US}}
Articles to create
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- Mary G. Boland (nurse) NEW ON WIKIPEDIA
- Ward hospital{{Citation |last=Platt |first=Hermann K. |title=Marcus L. Ward (1866–69) |date=2019-12-31 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.36019/9780813562452-046 |work=The Governors of New Jersey |pages=176–179 |access-date=2023-06-19 |publisher=Rutgers University Press}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Army. Ward General Hospital, Newark, N.J: Rear View - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine |url=https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101395581-img |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=collections.nlm.nih.gov}} Hospital for convalescing service members. Co-founded by Marcus Lawrence Ward. Please work on the draft of the Wikipedia article with other editors in this [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDzRmeJ8l2E498NWKr3vF7AQ8xSqdDcWRFZJmYnL3zc/edit?usp=sharing google doc] and when it's ready to be published, move it to Wikipedia. If you'd like to work on this article, please add your name or username to this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14tRUODCLNQzsgvK6UqdCmVnbfgUbhJviwfmvVqjCsmE/edit?usp=sharing spreadsheet]
- Ironbound Community Corporation{{Cite web |title=Various resources from Internet archive (archive.org) |url=https://archive.org/search?query=ironbound+community+corporation}}{{Cite web |title=PAGES 281-287 ON IRONBOUND. "Toxic Heritage" |url=https://rutgers.box.com/s/fyn8cid7hn7oh70tnllnppctu2lgehlh}}{{Cite web |title=online resources via the RUL catalog - if you need help accessing the resources, please reach out to one of the edit-a-thon organizers. |url=https://rutgers.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,ironbound%20community%20corporation&tab=Everything_except_research&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI_2&vid=01RUT_INST:01RUT&offset=0}} Please work on the draft of the Wikipedia article with other editors in this [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xZo6PtWwB9pezFq1tYtkdDryzURbXcXv8IQT4uom0wY/edit?usp=sharing google doc] and when it's ready to be published, move it to Wikipedia. If you'd like to work on this article, please add your name or username to this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14tRUODCLNQzsgvK6UqdCmVnbfgUbhJviwfmvVqjCsmE/edit?usp=sharing spreadsheet]