Dr. Steven Palmer

Local historian Arthur Jahns (centre) who received the 2015 UWindsor History Department Community Heritage Medal, accepted congratulations from the History Department professors’ Miriam Wright (l.) and Steven Palmer (r.).Local historian Arthur Jahns (centre) who received the 2015 UWindsor History Department Community Heritage Medal, accepted congratulations from the History Department professors’ Miriam Wright (l.) and Steven Palmer (r.).

Hiram Walker aficionado wins UWindsor attention

Arthur Jahns received the 2015 UWindsor History Department Community Heritage Medal for his extraordinary contribution to the conservation of the City of Windsor’s heritage through collecting stories about Hiram Walker and Son’s Ltd.

Shirley Whitfield flips through a year book during a ceremony to introduce the newly created digital archive of the Metropolitan General Hospital School of nursing archives at Windsor Regional Hospital. Photo credit: Tyler Brownbridge/The Windsor Star.Shirley Whitfield flips through a year book during a ceremony to introduce the newly created digital archive of the Metropolitan General Hospital School of nursing archives at Windsor Regional Hospital. Photo credit: Tyler Brownbridge/The Windsor Star.

UWindsor lends a hand to nursing school’s digital memories project

digital archives project that preserve the memories of some pioneering local nurses.