Learn more about the history of Rush and the Rush Archives collections by exploring the tabs for Rush Archives blog posts (2020-present) and our previous posts on the Rush InPerson blog.
These pages also include articles written by Rush Archives researchers who have utilized our resources as well as news stories related to the Rush Archives and Rush history.
Although we stopped posting to Twitter in October 2023, this Rush History content is evergreen! @RushArchives
Explore 50 Years of Rush University with our #RU50 hashtag on Twitter! Throughout 2021, we counted down to Rush University's 50th Anniversary spotlighting one year from 1972 to 2022 each week: #RU50 Countdown Project
Articles from 2025:
Part 1: An Introduction to Local Medical Advertisements, 1890-1920 [May 22, 2025]
Honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Pang Yuen Tseo, MD [May 5, 2025]
Rush University Student Leaders! The Rush Archives needs your help [March 7, 2025]
From the Rush Archives: Happy Birthday to Rush and Chicago! [February 18, 2025]
Articles from 2024:
Happy Halloween from STHC! The Rush Archives' showcases 1890s Auzoux papier-mâché anatomical model via Archival Elements: The blog of the Science, Technology, and Health Care Section of the Society of American Archivists. [October 31, 2024.]
Rush Revisited: Dr. Herrick's Message of Tolerance, 1938 [June 17, 2024]
Rush Revisited: Women Physicians at Rush, 1900-1920 [June 11, 2024]
Rush Revisited: Janet Wolter, MD, 1926-2020, Cancer Care Leader [June 10, 2024]
Articles from 2023:
Rush archivist spotlights historic Rush EKG machine from the 1930s via @RushMedical on Instagram [July 5, 2023]
"Eugene Thonar, PhD, 1945-2023: Rush researcher was an impassioned advocate for people with disabilities" via Rush Stories [April 26, 2023]
Women's History Month at Rush: Rush archivist Nathalie Wheaton spotlights some historic Rush women and takes you behind-the-scenes of the Rush Archives via @RushMedical on Twitter [March 28, 2023]
Rush University 50th Anniversary: Rush archivist Nathalie Wheaton spotlights Rush University's Armour Academic Center via @RushUniversity on Instagram [February 25, 2023]
Rush University 50th Anniversary: Rush archivist Nathalie Wheaton spotlights Rush's historic nursing schools via @RushUniversity on Instagram [February 3, 2023]