{"id":13,"date":"2019-05-21T18:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/digital-collections\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:08:24","slug":"digital-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/digital-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a title=\"Browse Digital Collections\" href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.tmc.edu\/informationobject\/browse?view=card&amp;onlyMedia=1&amp;topLod=0\"><button class=\"btn btn-info\" type=\"button\">Browse Digital Collections<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The McGovern Historical Center is working to digitize and provide online access to many of its collections. Our digital collections document the history of medicine through rare pamphlets and books. In addition, the MHC is dedicated to preserving born-digital materials retrieved from legacy storage, such as floppies, zip disks, and other obsolete formats. Materials are available on our <a title=\"Browse the Digital Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.tmc.edu\/informationobject\/browse?view=card&amp;onlyMedia=1&amp;topLod=0\">collection site<\/a> as well as <a title=\"View DigitalCommons@TMC\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DigitalCommons@TMC<\/a> and <a title=\"Browse Collection in Internet Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/@mcgovernhrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">McGovern Historical Center on Internet Archive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"View Digital Collection on Internet Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/@mcgovernhrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Archive Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The following books are available within the McGovern Historical Center section of DigitalCommons. Click the link to go to the digital item or subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"time_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table table-striped\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\" role=\"row\">\n<th class=\"column-1 sorting\" style=\"width: 188px;\" tabindex=\"0\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" aria-controls=\"tablepress-1\" aria-label=\"Author: activate to sort column ascending\">Author<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2 sorting\" style=\"width: 508px;\" tabindex=\"0\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" aria-controls=\"tablepress-1\" aria-label=\"Title: activate to sort column ascending\">Title<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3 sorting\" style=\"width: 40px;\" tabindex=\"0\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" aria-controls=\"tablepress-1\" aria-label=\"Year: activate to sort column ascending\">Year<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4 sorting\" style=\"width: 70px;\" tabindex=\"0\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" aria-controls=\"tablepress-1\" aria-label=\"Subject: activate to sort column ascending\">Subject<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">A. P. Cary<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cary&#8217;s Illustrated and Priced Catalogue: Surgical Instruments, Physicians, Hospital Supplies, and Furnishings, Druggist Sundries, Etc.<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1894<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Baker, Marilyn Miller<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The History of Pathology in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Fleming,E.B. and Augustin Fleming<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three years in a mad house<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1893<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Hamilton, James A. and Associates<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical Center: A hospital study of the city of Houston and Harris County, Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1946-1947<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Harris County Medical Society, Historical Committee<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A History of Organized Medicine in Harris County, Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1948<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Harris County Medical Society, Woman\u2019s Auxiliary<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Year Book 1926-1927<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1926<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Houston Chamber of Commerce<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical Center, The &#8212; Its origins<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1971<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reflections: historical perspectives on pathology in Houston and Galveston<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1998<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Johnson, Herman W.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reminiscences of a male midwife<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1955?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Koch, Ellen B.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reflections: historical perspectives on pathology in Houston and Galveston<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1998<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Osler, Sir William.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/osler\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original Papers<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1881-1897<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/rarebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rare Book Collection<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Osler, Sir William.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/osler\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original Papers<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1898-1906<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/rarebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rare Book Collection<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Osler, Sir William.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/osler\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original Papers<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1907-1919<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/rarebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rare Book Collection<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R. L. Polk and Co.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1902 Polk\u2019s Medical register and Directory of the United States and Canada<\/a> (Texas portion only)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1902<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R. L. Polk and Co.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1906 Polk\u2019s Medical Register and Directory of North America<\/a> (Texas Portion Only)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1906<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Red, George Plunkett<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medicine man in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1930<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Starley, S.F.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/ebooks\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two obstetrical heresies<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1886<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dim_sky\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Texas Medical Center &#8211; Women&#8217;s History Project<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/tmc-whp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical Center Women&#8217;s History Project<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2013 &#8211; present<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/texashistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Medical History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"white\" role=\"row\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Vesalius, Andreas<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/anatomicaltexts\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anatomia in qua tota humani corporis fabrica&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1617<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu\/anatomicaltexts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anatomical Texts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Browse Digital Collections The McGovern Historical Center is working to digitize and provide online access to many of its collections. 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