By Tara Sims, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. Introduction Each May, we recognize National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the challenges faced by millions of individuals affected by these chronic conditions. At the McGovern Historical Center, the archival repository of the Texas Medical Center Library, we are proud to honor our […]
by By Armin Weinberg, PhD, Guest Contributor We are excited to present the Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC) records, a testament to the dedicated efforts of a passionate network of professionals striving to address and diminish cancer health disparities across diverse communities. Housed at the McGovern, this collection offers a comprehensive look into the ICC’s impactful […]
We’re very excited to announce that all library annual and other reports in the archive are now available online!!! You can find the report on the McGovern Historical Center collection site and the Texas Medical Center Library digital repository. The links are provided below: https://archives.library.tmc.edu/ic001-s1 https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/library_annualreports/ The history! The graphics! The themes! You won’t believe […]
We’re excited to provide an additional way to explore the Medical World News Photograph Collection (IC 077) on our collections site. The Publication Series includes selected pages from each issue of Medical World News Volumes 1 – 35. Pages include cover page, masthead, table of contents, acknowledgements, and (in most cases) advertisement index. This series […]
![[Illustration, p. 74: “Cardiac Clinic: Renal Hypertension” drawing, July/August, 1957, Box 11, Folder 37, IC 094 Medical Arts Publishing Foundation, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/IC094-heart-illustrations-0604-074_banner-1024x501.jpg)
By Johana Canales, Archives Intern. As archivists discussed recently, the Houston-based Medical Arts Publishing Foundation produced illustrated medical publications like the Cancer Bulletin, Heart Bulletin, and Psychiatric Bulletin. The Foundation’s records began arriving at the McGovern Historical Center in 1992. Since then some of the collection’s medical illustrations had already been digitized, including several complete […]
By Joy Oria, Archives Intern Almost two hundred items from the Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, MD papers have been digitized and are now available online. Dr. Desmond (1916-2003) contributed to the fields of pediatrics and neonatology during her long tenure (1948-1986) on the pediatrics faculty of Baylor College of Medicine and service to Jefferson Davis Hospital […]
By Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. The McGovern Historical Center invites you to #ColorOurCollections! This week the MHC joins other libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions sharing coloring pages created from our historical materials. This is the MHC’s first time joining this annual celebration, which is hosted by The New York Academy of […]
![[Black-and-white photograph of Lucile Baird standing between two nurses, 1927. MS247-11, MS 249 Lucile Baird papers, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/ms249-11_banner-1024x585.jpg)
by Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Newly acquired, processed, and digitized! There’s something to be said for small archival collections. For one thing, they present great training opportunities for interns and volunteers.* On top of that, every now and then, they give an archivist the chance to make that rarest of assertions: This […]
By Tara Carron, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. Dr. Isaac Cline, a remarkable figure in the field of meteorology, played a vital role in advancing our understanding of weather patterns and their impact on human life. Beyond his contributions to meteorology and predicting the Galveston Hurricane of 1900—which slammed into the thriving Texas port city […]
![[Phillip Robinson shaking hands with the Russian Health Minister at a signing cermony, July 1993. Armin Weinberg and their guide Nikita stand in the background. MS 233 Phillip D. Robinson, MHA, LFACHE papers, box 1, folder 8, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]](https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/MS233-b01f08-01_banner-1024x585.jpg)
Newly acquired! A collection of papers from Phillip D. Robinson, MHA, LFACHE have recently been acquired—and processed—by the McGovern Historical Center. A finding aid is available at archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-233 and the papers are available for research. Phillip D. Robinson, MHA, LFACHE was a Senior Vice President at Houston Methodist and held many leadership roles in healthcare […]