by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’m sure you’ve noticed that I like to link to other pages in my blog posts. Phil and I have come across some very interesting, and often very fun, websites–usually while trying in vain to uncover the identity of a Thingamajig–and he suggested that we do a post to share […]
Sanborn Viso Cardiette model 51
by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant Phil Montgomery is setting up a display of vintage medical machines today in the main library. I thought I’d share one of them with our blog readers. If you’re in the library, I hope you’ll go see it in person. This is the Sanborn Viso-Cardiette, model 51, a portable (“portable” […]
The Texas Medical Center through the years: Aerial images
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’ve had this post on my mind for awhile but it took some time to put it together. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, but still of interest. (Click on the images to see larger versions.) 1. We know what the Medical Center looks like now: Pavement as far as the […]
Baylor College of Medicine: Roy and Lillie Cullen Building
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant This set of photographs is P-2696, images of Baylor College of Medicine‘s Roy and Lillie Cullen Building when it was new in 1948. The photographer seems to have had quite a flair for the dramatic. We are familiar with the beautiful Art Deco design on the outside of the Cullen […]
Medical moulage
by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant We have a new toy at the Research Center, and just in time for Hallowe’en! Archivist Phil Montgomery joined our department this past spring after a stretch with the Woodson Research Center at Rice University. In the 1920’s, the Woodson was home to the Rice Parasite Museum, which Phil says […]
Writing Home: Selections from the Texas Hospital Postcard Collection
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant The McGovern Research Center’s collection of postcards of Texas hospitals has been online for quite a while, and can be accessed through our website. Our postcard images are arranged alphabetically by town, and you can see scans of both sides of the card. Most cards are still blank on the […]
Baptist Sanitarium student nurses album, circa 1918
by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’m going to take a little bit of a detour this Friday and do a posting on another of my favorites from the historical collections. The following images are a small selection from a photo album that belongs to the Memorial Hospital collection. The nutshell history of the Memorial Healthcare […]
Thingamajig: Correction
It seems there was a bit of a misunderstanding regarding Friday’s magneto posting. Brenda had already written an excellent posting on the magneto and had it waiting in the Institutional Collections folder, and somehow, I missed the memo. Doh! She invited us to pick and choose, but I’m going to provide her work in its […]
Thingamajig
by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant The verdict on what, exactly, is the previous Thingamajig–the dental item with the green glass bottle–has not yet come back. I emailed the pictures to my uncle, who is a dentist, and he printed them out to ask around at the dental school to see if anyone recognizes it. If […]
Thingamajig
Alethea Drexler, archives assistant. This week’s Thingmajig is part of our collection of items donated at some uncertain time, by an unknown donor, without any documentation. Once again: We don’t know what this is. We know that it’s related to the dental profession, but that’s about it. It’s very heavy for its size (it’s only […]