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February 20, 2020

‘Downton Abbey’ Exhibit Offers Peek at Past — Including Mayo Clinic’s Titanic Connection

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A new exhibit, “Dressing the Abbey,” highlights Rochester and Mayo Clinic connections to the Titanic tragedy and provides an up-close look at costumes from the hit show “Downton Abbey.”

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Tags: Dressing the Abbey, History & Heritage, Matt Dacy, Renee Ziemer


December 13, 2018

Dashing Through the Snow: Vintage Sleigh Display Comes to Mayo Clinic

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Years ago a one-horse open sleigh was the preferred method of transportation in winter. A new exhibit features, among other historical tidbits on frontier medicine, a story of a sleigh ride gone awry for Dr. W.W. Mayo.

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Tags: Heritage Days, Matt Dacy, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall, Mayo Clinic in Rochester


August 28, 2018

Concert Honors Lives Lost in Tornado That Gave Birth to Saint Marys Hospital

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The story of Mayo Clinic’s beginning is well-known to many, but until recently Doug Hansen had no idea that his great-grandfather was among those killed in the storm.

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Tags: Matt Dacy, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall


January 17, 2017

On the Road Again: Historic Ambulance Heads South to Arizona

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Even in its early days, Mayo Clinic leaders sought the latest and greatest technology and tools to help patients. That includes the most up-to-date medical transportation. In the late 1800s, the fastest way to transport patients was, as you can imagine, quite a bit different than it is today. But at Bellevue Hospital in New […]

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Tags: Dr. William Worrall Mayo, Matt Dacy, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall, Sharon Erdman, Todd Brown


October 27, 2016

“Renewal of Life” Mosaic Gets New Life After 10 Years in Hiding

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It’s said that every picture tells a story. One that greeted patients walking into Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus, back in 1966 was one many patients could relate to. The picture — actually a mosaic titled “Renewal of Life” — depicted the biblical story of Job, a story of suffering, faith and perseverance. The piece, […]

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Tags: Billie Needham, Dave Eide, Dr. Amy Williams, Dr. Gerald Needham, Dr. Ken Ackerman, Heritage Days, Matt Dacy, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall, Sharon Erdman


August 25, 2016

Investor’s Business Daily Shares How Mayo History Provides Lessons for Investors

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Recently, while doing some financial research (or looking for Mayo Clinic appearances on The Simpsons, we can’t recall) we were surprised to stumble on an article in Investor’s Business Daily about Mayo Clinic’s history. The article, which appeared in the “Leaders & Success” section, made us wonder what inspired the publication to feature our favorite […]

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Tags: Matt Dacy, Mayo Brothers, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall


March 10, 2016

Remembering Nancy Reagan and a “Magical Friendship”

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Written by Matt Dacy, director of Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall. Nancy Reagan liked to say she had a “magical friendship” with Mayo Clinic, since it was a future surgeon’s sleight-of-hand that introduced her to the institution. Mrs. Reagan, who died March 6, was a loyal Mayo patient and advocate along with her husband, former President Ronald […]

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Tags: Dr Oliver Beahrs, Dr. Ronald Petersen, Matt Dacy, Nancy Reagan


March 1, 2016

New Book, Exhibit Highlight Women Who Helped Shape Mayo Clinic

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What started as a search for historical tidbits for a “Jeopardy-style game” about the role of women in Mayo Clinic’s history turned into something much more once Virginia Wright-Peterson, Ph.D., began looking through Mayo’s archives. “I started reading some of the stories, and I couldn’t believe it that as a local person and someone who […]

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Tags: Dr. Gertrude Granger, Dr. Harriet Preston, Eleanor Fry, History, Matt Dacy, Maud Mellish, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall, Virginia Wright-Peterson, Women's History Month


January 26, 2016

‘Recovering Bibliophile’ Donates Library’s Worth of Books to Mayo Clinic

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What do you get a “recovering bibliophile” who, due to his self-confessed condition, seems to have every medical book ever written? If you’re Mayo Clinic, perhaps you carve out a section of your History of Medicine Library for part of his collection and rename the library in his honor. And as the Rochester Post-Bulletin reports, […]

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Tags: Dr W. Bruce Fye, History of Medicine Library, Matt Dacy, Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall


August 20, 2015

Up Periscope: Mayo Uses New Technology to Highlight History and More

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It might seem like the gang at the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media has all the fun — trying out new technologies, testing new ideas, using the latest techy slang. Of course, they’re also trying new tools in full view of the public. They are, however, quite adept at that. And they know who […]

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Tags: Lee Aase, Matt Dacy, Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, Renee Ziemer


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