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Five Newly Processed Collections Related to Dentistry

Image of the Old Time Ceramic Dentist Statue owned by Elie Watts. [MS 209 Elie M. Watts, DDS Papers, GAF-0418, McGovern Historical Center, The TMC Library]
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by Arthur Fowler, Archives Intern Five dental collections have been processed and are now available for research at the McGovern Historical Center collection search site. (yay!) These were the first collections I processed while interning at the McGovern Historical Center  this summer totalling almost 12 cubic feet of material. Materials included books, scrapbooks, papers, ephemera,… Continue Reading Five Newly Processed Collections Related to Dentistry […]

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Hermann Hospital A/V Inventory Published

[Screenshot from Hermann Hospital "Campaign for Life": Internal Fundraising Video, aerial view showing the hospital and proposed expansion, 1980s. AVF-IC086-013, IC 086 Hermann Hospital Historical Archive records, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]
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By Matt Richardson, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. Archivists recently published our guide to the audiovisual items found in the Hermann Hospital Historical Archive. Nearly 200 audio recordings, approximately 250 videos, and 46 reels of film are now described item-by-item and can be searched or browsed by title online. Filling 644 boxes, the records of… Continue Reading Hermann Hospital A/V Inventory Published […]

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Medical World News Publications Series

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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… Continue Reading Medical World News Publications Series […]

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James “Red” Duke, Jr., MD Papers 

[James "Red" Duke, Jr., MD portrait on a promotional folder, Box 13, MS 250 James "Red" Duke, Jr., MD papers, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library]
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By Tara Carron, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian.  Newly acquired! The papers of James “Red” Duke, Jr., MD were recently donated to the McGovern Historical Center. A box-level guide to the collection is now available online, and the materials are open for research. More information regarding Dr. Duke’s biographical history and his papers can be… Continue Reading James “Red” Duke, Jr., MD Papers  […]

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Digitizing Medical Illustrations from the Heart Bulletin + The Role of Art in the Medical Field

[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]
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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… Continue Reading Digitizing Medical Illustrations from the Heart Bulletin + The Role of Art in the Medical Field […]

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Friends of the TMC Library Oral History Project 2023 Online

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The Friends of the TMC Library Oral History Project began last year, and the first six interviews and transcripts are available on our collections site. https://archives.library.tmc.edu/ic090-s5 The project seeks to identify, capture, and preserve the histories of those individuals who have made singular contributions to their professions and to the Texas Medical Center (TMC). It… Continue Reading Friends of the TMC Library Oral History Project 2023 Online […]

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Selections from the Papers of Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, MD Digitized and Online

Murdina MacFarqurah Desmond working in a laboratory at George Washington University, 1947-1948
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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… Continue Reading Selections from the Papers of Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, MD Digitized and Online […]

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25 years later: we still care about innocent Palestinians

Cropped image of Debbie Goldberg, Executive Director of Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation, stands as medical supplies are unloaded from plane behind her at Yasser Arafat International Airport in Gaza on February 9, 1999. [IC 105 Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation records, McGovern Historical Center, TMC Library, IC105-024]
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By Armin Weinberg, PhD, Guest Contributor I’ve had the pleasure of working with the staff at the McGovern Historical Center for several years. The opportunity to place articles, notes, correspondence, photos, equipment, and books related to the academic and research initiatives that my colleagues and I at Baylor College of Medicine conducted is truly an honor. My… Continue Reading 25 years later: we still care about innocent Palestinians […]

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#ColorOurCollections

The Heart Bulletin vol.4 no.5 (1955: September/October). Illustration, p. 95: “Physiology and Pathology of the Heart” drawings of figure drinking. IC 094 Medical Arts Publishing Foundation records, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library. https://archives.library.tmc.edu/gi203694738
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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… Continue Reading #ColorOurCollections […]

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