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Houston and the Fight Against Tuberculosis

This little bungalow at 806 Bagby St first opened in 1913 as the Free Clinic for the Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League. The organization had a clinic or offices there until 1957 when they moved to a new building on Dallas Avenue. [IC 034 San Jacinto Lung Association records, Box 5, P-921, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library.]

Posted on September 26, 2016 (December 15, 2020) by Sandra Yates

Sandra Yates Archivist and Special Collections Librarian I spent the last couple of weeks processing the records of the San Jacinto Lung Association. It’s a small collection, only 12 boxes, that includes correspondence, tuberculosis statistics, scrapbooks, Christmas seals, and photographs of the organization’s history, community services, staff, and administration from 1911 and into the 1980s.… Continue Reading Houston and the Fight Against Tuberculosis […]

The TMC Flatiron that was not to be.

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Sandra Yates

1966: “Bonanza” was in color[1], the shift dress was coming into vogue[2], the Beatles were singing improbably about being paperback writers[3], and international outer space law was well on its way to becoming reality[1]. The Library was considering an addition. The front would remain conventional enough . . . . . . but the back… Continue Reading The TMC Flatiron that was not to be. […]

Medical World News: Contact Sheets and Photo Shoots

Posted on November 14, 2014 (March 30, 2022) by

by Sandra YatesArchivist and Special Collections Librarian I’ve been working with a media firm to find archival materials for a documentary about the history of cancer. They are specifically looking for images within our Medical World News Collection. This project has been a great opportunity for me to familiarize myself with this amazing photograph collection… Continue Reading Medical World News: Contact Sheets and Photo Shoots […]

Product News: Shopping Hints from 1967

Posted on October 17, 2014 (August 30, 2019) by

by Sandra Yates, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Archives Assistant, Gina, started a much-needed inventory of the Medical World News Collection this week. To our surprise, it isn’t just medical news! The archive staff had a great time looking at some of the cutting-edge household products of 1967, and we think you will, too. Here’s… Continue Reading Product News: Shopping Hints from 1967 […]

The Doctor and the Herb-Woman

Posted on September 5, 2014 (August 30, 2019) by

By Kiersten Bryant, archives metadata intern The McGovern Collections and Research Center is home to an extensive collection of original artwork published in various journals produced by the Medical Arts Publishing Foundation beginning in the early 1950s. One of these artworks is the cover art for the first issue of Heart Bulletin published for March-April… Continue Reading The Doctor and the Herb-Woman […]

Medical World News: Conjoined Twins

Posted on July 17, 2014 (August 30, 2019) by

by Sandra Yates, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian The Medical World News Collection is one of the largest and most interesting in the McGovern Historical Center. Comprised of over 80,000 photographic prints, slides, and negatives, it offers an expansive visual tour of medical advances from 1960-1994. For most, if not all, of the images in… Continue Reading Medical World News: Conjoined Twins […]

Feigning neurological illness

Posted on June 3, 2014 (August 30, 2019) by

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Back in the saddle

Posted on January 12, 2012 (August 30, 2019) by

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu Figuratively, if not literally. Actually, we do have a saddle here at the McGovern Historical Research Center. It came with the Methodist Hospital collection, although nobody at Methodist could tell Elizabeth White, at the time it was donated, what was significant about it. They simply insisted it went with… Continue Reading Back in the saddle […]

Air and Rail, 1944

Posted on November 10, 2011 (August 30, 2019) by

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu Guess what? Ephemera! I found a new cache this week and it’s too beautiful not to share. The following come from a series of items related to the early days of the newly-founded Texas Medical Center, when the M.D. Anderson Foundation had development grants and was looking for ways… Continue Reading Air and Rail, 1944 […]

Outdoor Sculpture in the Medical Center

Posted on August 25, 2011 (August 30, 2019) by

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu It’s been a long week and–guess what?–I’m still going through slides. I’ve learned more than I ever wanted to know about the ways in which plastic can deteriorate after a couple of decades. Did you know that something can be sticky and greasy at the same time? Go figure. … Continue Reading Outdoor Sculpture in the Medical Center […]

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