New addition! The McGovern Historical Center recently received an accrual to the papers of Thomas R. Cole, PhD, and the new materials are now available for research! An updated finding aid is available at archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-225. Thomas R. Cole is Professor of Oslerian Medicine and was the founding Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and […]
![[Portrait of Felix L. Haas, PhD. MS070-sviii-b188-f4-rQFS. MS 070 R. Lee Clark, MD papers, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/MS070-sviii-b188-f4-rQFS_banner-1024x586.jpg)
Newly processed! The papers of Felix Haas, PhD (MS 027) have been processed and a finding aid is available at archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-027. Felix Haas played key roles in the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth), the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (UTGSBS) in Houston. He was […]
![[Harold Pruessner, MD, Panacea Yearbook, 1979, IC 008 University of Texas Medical School at Houston records, box 27, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/IC008-b27-UT-Panacea-1979-Pruessner_banner-1024x585.jpg)
Newly processed! The papers of Harold Pruessner, MD (MS 083) have been processed and a finding aid is available at https://archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-083. Harold Pruessner joined the University of Texas Medical School in Houston in 1972 as the second member of its department of family practice. Dr. Pruessner was an early advocate of preventive medicine. The […]
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Updated finding aid! The records of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library (IC 090) have an updated finding aid available at archives.library.tmc.edu/ic-090. The Friends were incorporated in 1960 to “assist in the development, improvement, and expansion of facilities, services, and functions of the Texas Medical Center Library.” Their collection at the McGovern Historical […]
![[Elvin L. Shelton, MS219-n1150, MS 219 Joseph Joseph I. Maurer Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/MS219-n1150_banner-1024x585.jpg)
Newly processed! The papers of Elvin L. Shelton, Jr., MD (IC 082) have been processed and a finding aid is available at archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-082. Elwin L. Shelton served on the staff of St. Luke’s, Bellaire, Twelve Oaks, Methodist, and other hospitals in Houston, TX. He also taught at both Baylor College of Medicine and the University […]
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Newly updated! The records of PARTNERS have been processed and an updated finding aid is available at archives.library.tmc.edu/ic-089. PARTNERS (Providing Advancement Resources to Nursing Education, Research, and Students) was formed in 1994 through the leadership of Dean Patricia L. Starck, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Margaret A. “Peggy” Barnett, founding chair of PARTNERS. Their collection at […]
![[Lee D. Cady, 1954. MS219-n1825, Joseph I. Maurer Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/MS219-n1825_banner-1024x586.jpg)
Newly processed! The papers of Lee D. Cady, MD (MS 026) have been processed and a finding aid is available at https://archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-026. Lee Cady was Director of the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Texas, from 1949-1963. Before coming to Houston, he had also served in the Veterans Administration in Dallas. His archival collection at the McGovern Historical […]
by Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. There’s a new exhibit from the archives of the McGovern Historical Center on display in the main TMC Library. The exhibit, located on the Jones Library Street Level, features cartoons drawn by Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission researcher Akio AWA, Sc.D. AWA joined the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission […]
by Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. Time for an update on the TMC Historical Audiovisual Resources Digitization Project: it’s online! Thanks to funds from the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium (SCAMeL), we were able to digitize more than fifty items from a variety of archival collections. In selecting materials, we prioritized recordings […]
by Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian October is Archives Month! The TMC Library is celebrating with a special opportunity to support the McGovern Historical Center. Help us secure the history of the Texas Medical Center. https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/2022/09/28/give-2-history-secure-the-past/ Since the McGovern Historical Center is headquartered a couple miles south of the main TMC Library, visibility […]