Earlier this month, I presented my first history of medicine (#histmed) conference poster at the MLGSCA/NCNMLG 2026 Joint Meeting. Though the conference was focused on medical librarianship, it offered an opportunity to highlight the region's medical history for colleagues who traveled to Las Vegas from across the West...

Blog note: This is a new series called, Field Notes, which are seedling posts that focus on research topics of interest. The information listed here is a work in progress. Back in the summer of 2025, I started exploring the history of hospital and healthcare infrastructure in early Las Vegas. I caught the bug, while...