The McGovern Center serves as the conservator of historical documents,
books, and photographs on Texas medicine and provides multiple routes
of access to nationally recognized history of medicine collections.
The book and photograph collections are housed on the Second Floor
of the Library. These include the McGovern History of Medicine Collection,
the Mading Collection on Public Health, the Burbank/Fraser Collection
on Arthritis, Rheumatism and Gout, about 10,000 images documenting
Houston healthcare, and the photo archive of the journal, Medical
World News.
The manuscripts, institutional records, and art collection are housed
in the basement. These collections include newsletters and printed
material from Texas Medical Center institutions, manuscript collections
from Houston physicians and members of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission,
and the Space Life Sciences Archive from the Johnson Space Center.
The art collection contains paintings and drawings by several artists
for four medical journals that were published in Houston, Texas.
For further information -- http://mcgovern.library.tmc.edu
Atomic
Bomb Casualty Commission Collections
For assistance with the books and photographs, call
713.799.7139.
For assistance with the manuscripts & records, call 713.799.7141.
Email -- mcgovern@library.tmc.edu
Hours - Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to Noon and 1:00 - 5:00 pm.
Weekend and evening hours by appointment.
