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Sciencemag.org Video: Hiroshima survivor explains why 75 years of radiation research is so important

Posted on August 5, 2020 (August 13, 2021) by Sandra Yates

by Sandra Yates Archivist and Special Collections Librarian August 6, 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary since the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Science (sciencemag.org), an AAAS publication, has produced an excellent video about the survivors and the Life Span Study of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), successor to the Atomic… Continue Reading Sciencemag.org Video: Hiroshima survivor explains why 75 years of radiation research is so important […]

COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons from Chernobyl

Photograph of finished “Shelter” at Chernobyl, Ukraine, c. 1990. MS211 Armin Weinberg, PhD papers, TMC Library, McGovern Historical Center.

Posted on April 27, 2020 (August 5, 2020) by Sandra Yates

by Armin D. Weinberg, PhD April 26 is the date in 1986 when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident occurred. April 26 is a day in 2020 that we find the world, our country, our community considering how to move forward with the uncertainty, fear and realities of the COVID-19 Pandemic. There have been those… Continue Reading COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons from Chernobyl […]

Explore Our Collections in Detail

Image of The TMC Library, McGovern Historical Center’s collection search website.

Posted on March 31, 2020 (August 13, 2021) by Sandra Yates

Finding historical information about the people and institutions in the Texas Medical Center just got easier! We’re excited to launch a web-based tool that simplifies online research of our collections. Researchers can search across all 323 collections and over 53,000 individual item descriptions. The site provides access to more than 1,200 digital images and documents… Continue Reading Explore Our Collections in Detail […]

Two Texas Medical Center Collections Online!

St. Luke's and Texas Children's Hospitals Cardiovascular Surgery Team in Operating Room, 1969.

Posted on October 14, 2019 (July 11, 2022) by Sandra Yates

Sandra Yates Archivist & Special Collections Librarian The Texas Medical Center Library, McGovern Historical Center is excited to announce the completion of two important collections: Texas Medical Center records (IC 002) and the Texas Medical Center Photograph Collection (IC 104). Complete finding aids and inventories are now online and available for researchers on the McGovern… Continue Reading Two Texas Medical Center Collections Online! […]

Radiation Effects and Events

Image of flyer that provides an overview and images fro the Radiation Effects & Events Archive Project of the Texas Medical Center Library, McGovern Historical Center.

Posted on May 21, 2019 (August 13, 2021) by Sandra Yates

by Philip Montgomery Archivist and Head of the McGovern Historical Center The “Chernobyl” miniseries on HBO has struck a chord with me, because the effects of radiation on large populations has long been one focus of collecting at the McGovern Historical Center. Since the mid-1980s, the McGovern Historical Center has collected material related to the… Continue Reading Radiation Effects and Events […]

Sakamasu: a sake tradition

A masu or more specifically a sakamasu or measuring cup for sake. Several of these have appeared in the archive. This item is 3.25 inches square and just a bit over 2 inches tall. The wood appears to be cypress or cedar, although I am hard pressed to identify wood unless it is clearly labeled.

Posted on December 13, 2018 (April 1, 2020) by Sandra Yates

by Philip Montgomery, archivist and Head of the McGovern Historical Center I found this small wooden box among papers and photos from the estate of Dr. William Jackson “Jack” Schull. Dr. Schull was involved in the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) and later the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) from the late 1940s until his… Continue Reading Sakamasu: a sake tradition […]

Three for One: Memorial Hospital

Nursing students and faculty of Baptist Sanitarium and Hospital Training School for Nurses (later Memorial Hospital), 1918. [Memorial Hospital System records, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library, IC 022, IC022-Nutrix-p23]

Posted on October 19, 2018 (March 30, 2022) by Sandra Yates

by Sandra Yates, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian The McGovern Historical Center has three finding aids available related to the Memorial Hospital System, one of the earliest hospitals in Houston. Founded in 1907 as the Baptist Sanitarium, Memorial Hospital began as a two-story, wood-framed building at the end of the trolley line on Lamar and… Continue Reading Three for One: Memorial Hospital […]

Medical World News Photograph Collection

Posted on August 21, 2018 (August 13, 2021) by Sandra Yates

by Sandra Yates, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian The Texas Medical Center Library, McGovern Historical Center is excited to announce the completion of the IC 077 Medical World News Photograph Collection. A complete finding aid and inventory is now online and available for researchers. The Medical World News Photograph Collection is one of the largest… Continue Reading Medical World News Photograph Collection […]

“I Question" by Anonymous

Posted on July 20, 2018 (April 1, 2020) by Sandra Yates

by Kelsey Koym Archives Intern The Menninger collection contains hundreds of books spanning the various periods of psychological history and its specialties. Although the idealization of Freud and his near idol-like status saturate many of the pages of these books, unique items will stand out written by the patients of these medical professionals. One of… Continue Reading “I Question" by Anonymous […]

Colonel Bates: enemy of the Klan

Posted on October 5, 2017 (March 30, 2022) by Sandra Yates

By Philip Montgomery Head of McGovern Historical Center Yesterday, Colonel William B. Bates and his role in moving Baylor College of Medicine from Dallas to Houston came up in a conversation with Bryant Boutwell, the John P. McGovern Professor of Oslerian Medicine, at the UT Health Science Center-Houston. Boutwell, an historian and author, described how… Continue Reading Colonel Bates: enemy of the Klan […]

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Sciencemag.org Video: Hiroshima survivor explains why 75 years of radiation research is so important

COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons from Chernobyl

Explore Our Collections in Detail

Two Texas Medical Center Collections Online!

Radiation Effects and Events

Sakamasu: a sake tradition

Three for One: Memorial Hospital

Medical World News Photograph Collection

“I Question" by Anonymous

Colonel Bates: enemy of the Klan

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