Freola Beauregard: Surgery Orderly
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Freola Beauregard: Surgery Orderly
Freola Beauregard: Surgery Orderly
Freola Beauregard Surgery Orderly [3],
Friends of the Newborn Meeting (Houston, Texas), 1957
Eight women, many with papers or notebooks in front of them, sit at a table. Dr. Desmond sits second from the left. Black-and-white photograph measures 3 5/8" x 9 1/2" and is printed on 8" x 10" photographic paper, with three hole punches along one long side of the paper. Handwritten text below image reads, "Friends of the Newborn Meetg [sic] 1957."
Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library records
This collection consists of the records of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library, beginning with the organization's incorporation in 1960. There are materials relating to the Friends Board and administration, fundraising and gifts, events, and publications.
Materials include meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, invitations, photographs, newsletters, and other administrative records relating to the organization and its operations.
The collection also features an Oral History Project, launched in 2023.
Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library
Front view of Jefferson Davis Hospital, 1989
Accompanying correspondence from Dr. Reba Michels Hill to Dr. Desmond indicates photograph taken by Jim deLeon to document the closing of Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas, in 1989, and the move to Ben Taub Hospital. Color photograph measures 3 1/2" x 5".
deLeon, Jim
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
Funeral program for Louise Geerts
From left to right, Geneva Gamble, Julien Rosenthal, Dr. Desmond, Dr. John Pickett, and Doris Pickett, stand together and hold drinking glasses while at Dr. Desmond's retirement luncheon at the Houston Marriott Medical Center hotel. This color photograph measures 3 1/2" x 5". Reverse shows Kodak Colorwatch System logo and a stamped date of "Dec 86."
From left to right, Geneva Gamble, Julien Rosenthal, Dr. Desmond, Dr. John Pickett, and Doris Pickett, stand together and hold drinking glasses while at Dr. Desmond's retirement luncheon at the Houston Marriott Medical Center hotel. This color photograph measures 3 1/2" x 5". Reverse shows Kodak Colorwatch System logo and a stamped date of "Dec 86."
Portrait of German H. Hermann (1843-1914), whose estate supported Hermann Hospital.
George H. Hermann: The Man, His Gift, His Concern, His Legacy
Part of Hermann Hospital Archive records
This 16mm color film with sound is titled, “George H. Hermann, The Man, His Gift, His Concern, His Legacy.” It is a biography of George H. Hermann, benefactor of Hermann Park, Hermann Hospital, and the Hermann Hospital Estate. The film primarily features narration over color drawings (still images, not animation). The opening and closing segments feature live moving images of contemporary Houston, notably Hermann Park and Hermann Hospital. It has a runtime of 23:30 minutes.
The film was produced by Hill Audio-Visual Productions Houston. The film states its copyright as 1983 by the Hermann Hospital Estate.
(0:27) Film opens on shots of Hermann Park as the narrator introduces George Hermann and his “concern.”
(1:20) Title card with text “George H. Hermann, The Man, His Gift, His Concern, His Legacy. Copyright 1983 Hermann Hospital Estate.”
(1:28) The biography of Hermann starts, beginning with his father John Hermann, who was born Switzerland and eventually moved to Houston.
(3:22) George Henry Hermann’s birth.
(3:40) Account of the Hermann family’s life and work in Houston.
(4:50) George Hermann’s service in Company A of the 26th Texas Calvary during the Civil War.
(5:30) Hermann’s return to Houston after the war, his work in a general store, and his initial work with cattle: “His holdings grew rapidly.”
(7:10) His courtship with Elizabeth Broussard, rejection, and bachelorhood.
(8:15) Hermann’s lifestyle, frugality, and business dealings.
(10:40) His friendships and attendance to the sick.
(11:19) His acquisition of land in Humble that would eventually yield oil and form the basis of the Humble Oil and Refining Company.
(12:24) Hermann’s vision for a charity hospital.
(13:18) A yearlong vacation through the South and East Coast, then Europe.
(14:22) His return to Houston and the creation of a city park on the site of his first home.
(17:14) His declining health and deeding over 285 acres for Hermann Park to the City of Houston.
(18:41) In August 1914 he traveled to Baltimore where he spent weeks in a hospital, then to Battle Creek, Michigan for mineral baths. Upon returning to Baltimore, a doctor found stomach cancer. Hermann died on October 21, 1914.
(20:04) Hermann’s funeral in Houston.
(21:44) As the film cuts to contemporary images of Houston, the narrator concludes by reflecting on Hermann and his relationship to the city of Houston.
George Herschel Spurlock: Obstetrician, Gynecologist [1]
George Herschel Spurlock: Obstetrician/Gynecologist
George J. Ehni, MD papers contains documents relating to Dr. Ehni’s life and career in neurology, including correspondence, manuscripts, research materials, and reprints. Some of these materials appear to be related to lectures or talks given by Ehni.
Ehni, George
Gilbert Owen: Gift Shop Manager
Gilbert Owen: Gift Shop Manager
Gilbert Owen: Gift Shop Manager
Gilbert Owen: Gift Shop Manager
Gilbert Owen: Gift Shop manager [4],
Gordon F. Hinds: Pediatrician [1]
Greater Houston Hospital Council records
The Greater Houston Hospital Council collection contains a hospital directory, council comments, annual reports, and newsletter.
Subjects: Hospital
Greater Houston Hospital Council
Demonstration dated 04/17/1969 of transplantation of the human heart. A plastic bubble oxygenator is used. Film has voice over narration by Lucien Stervinou and illustrations by Barry Baker.
Griff Ross, MD oral history scrapbook
The Griff T. Ross, MD, oral history scrapbook was compiled by Stanley Joel Reiser, MD, MPA, PhD. Dr. Reiser is the Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus; and the University of Texas Austin Plan II Honors Program. Dr. Reiser donated the scrapbook in March 2014. The scrapbook contains a bibliography of Dr. Ross’s works and an oral history interview of Dr. Ross. The scrapbook also includes interviews with Bill Ross, Griff Ross’s brother; Dr. Carlson (given name unknown); Dr. Alton Steiner, and Dr. Ernest Knobil. The scrapbook was actually a binder filled with loose sheets of 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper. The binder has been removed and discarded. The collection consists of 0.25 cubic feet (1 box).
Subjects: oral history, scrapbook, UT School of Medicine, Ernst Knobil.
Ross, Griff T.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the High School for Health Professions
Groundbreaking Ceremony and Construction of the New High School for the Health Professions Building. Several people place shovels with bows into the dirt, while others look on.
Group photograph of Doctors Taylor, Desmond, Hsu, and McNamara in Blattner Conference Room
Doctors wearing formal attire stand together in front of a framed portrait of Dr. Russell Blattner. Reverse labeled, "Drs Taylor Desmond Hsu & McNamara[,] Blattner Conf. Rm. TCH," referring to Dr. Fred M. Taylor, Dr. Murdina M. Desmond, Dr. Katherine Hsu, and Mr. Dan G. McNamara. Color photograph measures 5" x 6 3/4".
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
H. C. Stevens: Hospital Aministrator
Papers consist primarily of personal and professional correspondence; board meeting and committee meeting minutes and reports; drafts, manuscripts, and published professional papers (including several first drafts handwritten by Dr. Taylor); documentation chronicling his role with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) in Japan, his role in the organization and development of a regional medical plan centered in Houston, of the University of Texas (UT) Postgraduate School of Medicine and its Division of Continuing Education, and of M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute (MDAH), currently known as UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and its renowned Department of Pediatrics; applications and correspondence regarding funding for a wide range of research, continuing education, and community projects. The collection consists of 45 boxes equaling 23 cubic feet contain personal and biographical papers, documentation of appointments, meetings, boards and committees, continuing education, and other paper materials.
Subjects: ABCC, Oncology. Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston.
Taylor, H. Grant
Half body shot of distressed infant
Infant is supine on a blanket with hands on chest. Reverse stamped, "Medical Photograph Dept., Ben Taub General Hosp., Houston, Texas. File no. 60124-B. Date 3-31-60." Accompanying description identifies photograph as part of the Jefferson Davis Hospital Newborn Services morbidity study. Black-and-white photograph measures 5" x 7".
Medical Photography Department, Ben Taub General Hospital (Houston, Tex.)
The Harold Pruessner, MD papers contains documents relating to his role at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, particularly in the Department of Family Practice. Contents include articles, curricula, training material, information about family practice, and other administrative materials. There is also an audio recording of an interview with Dr. Pruessner from 1998. Items date from 1964 to 1998, with most of them corresponding to his time in Houston, Texas.
Pruessner, Harold
Harold S. Skjonsby, DDS papers
The Harold S. Skjonsby, DDS, papers (MS069) is 2 cubic feet,consists of 5 boxes, and is in good condition. The collection contains memos, instructional materials, curriculum, and reports that document Harold S. Skjonsby’s time as faculty the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston.
Skjonsby, Harold S.
The Harris Busch papers is a conglomeration of reprinted research conducted by Dr. Harris Busch and his colleagues. The reprints are bound into volumes according to year. Dr. Busch's research was conducted at a variety of institutions including the Department of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Pathology at Yale University; University of Wisconsin Madison; and the Department of Pharmacology at University of Illinois. However, most of his research in the collection was conducted at the Department of Pharmacology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he was Professor in the Department of Pharmacology. He would conduct research regarding cellular metabolism, cancer, toxicology, and pharmacology within the Department of Pharmacology at Baylor College of Medicine from approximately 1962-1997. This collection includes: publications, reports, research, reprints, and patents.
Subjects: Cancer, Toxicology, Pharmacology
Busch, Harris
Harris County Academy of General Practice records
The Harris County Association of General Practice is a component branch of the American Academy of General Practice and the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of General Practice. Through the diligent efforts of Dr. Lyman C. Blair and others a charter was issued on July 23rd, 1948, thereby establishing the Harris County Chapter.
The collection documents the history of a local medical association and to some extent the attitudes with the field of general practice.
Harris County Academy of General Practice
Harris County Medical Society commercials (4)
This Harris County Medical Society sound recording comes from a 12" phonograph record. It contains four commercials, each one minute in length, regarding an upcoming vote for the location of the new Jefferson Davis Hospital. The segments cite increased traffic; duplication of administrative, maintenance, and personnel costs; and the geographic location of existing paitents as reasons to oppose a new facility in the Texas Medical Center and support a hospital on the present site. While the claims are mostly the same, each segment offers a slightly different way to frame the argument. The segments evoke radio programs such as quiz shows and mysteries. While the claims are mostly the same, each segment offers a slightly different way to frame the argument. Each segment concludes with a variation of the refrain "On July 26 vote for the new Jefferson Davis Hospital on the present site. Vote 'for' the hospital issue on July 26." Each segment runs approximately one minute, with a total recording time of 4:12 minutes.
Segment 1 (0:01) "The truth about Jefferson Davis Hospital" poses "Did you Know?" questions and concludes responses with "That's the Truth About JD."
Segment 2 (1:01) "The Case of the Dislocated Hospital" poses a mixture of questions and statements and invites "you the taxpayer to solve the case." This segment offers additional statistics and other information about the patients served by the hospital.
Segment 3 (2:06) uses the framing "Your Dr. Recommends...." to make the case.
Segment 4 (3:05) "Here's the case of tax vs. fiction on the hospital issue" frames opponents' arguments as "Fiction has it..." and then tells the audience "Fact has it...."
Harris County Medical Society (Tex.)
Harris County Medical Society Ellen Durckel Interviewing Dr. Mylie E. Durham, Jr. (Continued)
Part of Mylie E. Durham, Jr., MD papers
In this Q&A, he discusses his early career, his medical focuses on military history, second marriage, his work in Houston, his relationship with George Herman, and how the medical field has become colder and more professional before.
Harris County Medical Society Ellen Durckel Interviewing Dr. Mylie E. Durham, Jr. March, 1985
Part of Mylie E. Durham, Jr., MD papers
These documents are an interview done by the Harris County Medical Society by Ellen Durckel. Within the Q&A, he discusses his early childhood, memories with his father, influences of his mother, early marriage, and military history.
Part of Mylie E. Durham, Jr., MD papers
In this Q&A, he discusses how the medical field has evolved into a big business, the changing of relationships between doctors and patients, what made him decide to be specialized in an area, the insurance has made the doctors overcharge for procedures, and what the role of a doctor is.
Harris County Medical Society records
Harris County Medical Society records consists of about 14 boxes and contains financial, newspaper clippings, audio discs, digital roster CD, photographs, bound copies of Physicians Newsletter, pictorial rosters that document the history of the Harris County Medical Society.
Harris County Medical Society (Tex.)
Harris County Psychiatric Center records
The Harris County Psychiatric Center records contains a total of 2 boxes that consist of newsletters for the Harris County Psychiatric Center. 1989 – 2003. Total of 10 boxes that consist of faculty reprints, correspondence, newsletters, scrapbooks, annual reports, and administrative records that document the history, operations, and development of the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTHSCH), Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences (UT Psych), Mental Health Institute (MSI), Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC), Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR). 1950 – 2005. Newsletters include: Progress 1989-1994, Progress 1995, News January through September 1989.
Subjects: Psychiatry
Harris County Psychiatric Center
Harry Bunyan Burr: Proctologist
Harry Bunyan Burr: Proctologist [1]
Three rows of Hartford Project staff members sit in auditorium seating. Accompanying description identifies 1st row: medical student, Mrs. Arnold, Pricilla, Mrs. Mitchell, lab tech., Dr. Reba Hill. 2nd row: M. Desmond, L.L. Hill, Bob Franklin, Bruce Green, M.S., John Rusk, M.S., James Watts, M.S. 3rd row: Dr. Sam Henle (surgeon) - 2 of his assistants. Reverse labeled "Hartford Project." Stamped with "Medical Photographic Laboratory, Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, Texas. File no. 6008-5-A, date 4-28-61." Black-and-white photograph measures 5" x 7".
Medical Photographic Laboratory, Jefferson Davis Hospital (Houston, Tex.)
Harvey Lee Kincaid: Obstetrician: Gynecologist [1]
Harvey Lee Kincaid: Obstetrician/Gynecologist
H.C. Stevens: Hospital Administrator [11],
"Headlines" newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall 1998
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
"Headlines" newsletter, vol. 4, no.2, Summer 2001
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Summer 2001 bulletin featuring news and information on upcoming museum events, exhibits, and programs
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
"Headlines" newsletters, vol. 2, nos. 1-3, Winter, Summer, Fall 1999
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
"Headlines" newsletters, vol. 5, nos. 1-2, Winter, Summer, 2002
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
"Headlines" newsletters, vol. 6, nos. 2-5, March 2003-February 2004
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
Part of John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection
Hector Mason Janse: Otorhinolaryngologist
Hector Mason Janse: Otorhinolaryngologist [1]
Hellmuth Jack Ehlers Surgeon [1]
Hellmuth Jack Ehlers Surgeon [1]
This video by the Junior League of Houston presents the findings of the League’s Mental Health Study Group convened in January 1957 to look at mental health services in Houston, Texas. The group points out problems including understaffing, lack of training opportunities, and limited facilities. At the time only Baylor University College of Medicine and the University of Houston had programs to train mental health professionals. In addition there were long wait times for mental health patients to be seen at hospitals. The Study Group suggests that the university programs need to be expanded to attract more mental health students and facilities need more funding. The video covers mental health services for both adults and children in Houston. The video also mentions the shifting idea that mental illness is a disease and talks about the emerging research that is being done.
"Help Wanted" was produced in the mid 1950's by The Junior League of Houston. League members Julia Schnapp, Sadie Cowin Blackbusn and Evelyn Houston were instrumental in the creation of them film. This documentary, along with its sister documentary, "In Their Shoes" examine the need for creating and maintaining mental health services in Houston, Texas.
Henry R. Maresh: Internal Medicine [1]
Henry Ryan and [Soph?]. Jefferson Davis
Henry Ryan and [Soph?] standing beside a car outside a hospital building.
Lensky, Paul
Henry Ryan, Homer Allgood, and Ernie [Halle?]. Jefferson Davis
Henry Ryan, Homer Allgood, and Ernie [Halle?] sunbathing and having a snack on the rooftop of Jefferson Davis Hospital. The Nurses' Home and adjacent neighborhood are visible in the background.
Lensky, Paul
Henry Ryan, Larry Carlton, Homer Allgood, Morris Britton, and Ernie [Halle?]. Jeff Davis
Henry Ryan, Larry Carlton, Homer Allgood, Morris Britton, and Ernie [Halle?] on the rooftop of Jefferson Davis Hospital. The Nurses' Home and adjacent neighborhood are visible in the background.
Lensky, Paul
Henry S. Meyer: Pediatrician [1]
Herbert F. Poyner: Surgeon [1]
Manuscript (MS) 159, The Herbert Fred, MD Papers, is a collection of papers related to Dr. Fred's medical career and personal life in five self-defined series: Medical, Running, Writing, Family, and Religious. Herbert Leonard Fred, MD was born in 1929 in Waco, Texas. He is known for his contribution to medical education. He is an award-winning clinician, diagnostician, and professor of internal medicine. In keeping with the beliefs of Sir William Osler, Dr. Fred, an emeritus American Osler Society member, centered his medical practice on the patient, championing the use of the mind and five senses to develop medical diagnoses.
Dr. Fred studied at Rice Institute from 1946 to 1950, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1950 to 1954, and University of Utah Hospitals from 1954 to 1957. After service in the United States Air Force, he returned to Houston, Texas where he joined the faculty of Baylor University College of Medicine from 1962 to 1969. Ensuing academic appointments included: University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences from 1968 to the present; Director of Medical Education, St. Joseph Hospital from 1969 to 1988; The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston from 1971 to the present; Rice University from 1979 to 2002; and HCA Center for Health Excellence from 1988 to 1993.
The papers are in excellent condition. Documentary forms consist of correspondence, certificates of fact, scholarly presentations, scholarly article reprints, school boy essays, real estate deeds and titles, judicial decrees, news clips, portrait and event records. Formats include text; visual works in photographic, slide, pastel chalk, and pencil; audio works in video and audio on compact disc and magnetic tape along with award and gift realia. Dr. Fred collected images of disease conditions and symptoms throughout his career to use for medical education. The collection contains an extensive color slide collection of medical images, many of rare conditions. These slides are in fragile condition and some have faded beyond recognition. Extensive papers relating to Dr. Fred’s parents and grandparents from the Fred and Marks families in Waco, Texas are in the Family Series and contain some information about Waco and or Texas history. Geographic locations to which the records pertain are Waco, Amarillo, and Houston, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Salt Lake City, Utah; Europe and China. While most of the collection is open to public use, some folders and the medical images have restricted access due to patient confidentiality. With a date range from 1890 to 2013, the collection consists of 112 cubic feet in 88 boxes plus several realia objects in the Oversize collection.
Fred, Herbert L.
Herbert Thomas Hayes: Proctologist
Herbert Thomas Hayes: Proctologist
Herbert Thomas Hayes: Proctologist [1]
Herbert Thomas Hayes: Proctologist [1]
Herman Detering and another person in the Detering Book Gallery
Part of Herman Detering History of Photography and Psychiatry collection
Herman Detering History of Photography and Psychiatry collection
This collection reflects the interest Herman E. Detering, III, owner of the Detering Book Gallery, had in photography and psychiatry in the 19th century. A primary focus is on the treatment and study of people experiencing various forms of mental illness. Publications from numerous hospitals, asylums, and other organizations are included. The coverage includes the United States, France, England and other places in Europe.
The original materials Detering gathered include 19th century carte de visites, a collection of glass plate negatives from the 1920s, and postcards and other images related to hospitals and asylums. Accompanying the photographs are some realia, such as a magic lantern and a camera and stand, all of which are probably from the late 19th century. The collection also includes material related to Mr. Detering’s bookstore and his collecting activities, such as correspondence and invoices.
A significant portion of the collection consists of prints Detering created in preparation for to the exhibit "Photography and Psychiatry in the 19th Century." Curated by Mr. Detering for Houston FotoFest '88, the exhibit was on display from February 25 - March 25, 1988 at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. In addition to various iterations of prints, there is also some correspondence related to exhibit preparation.
The Hermann Detering Book Collection on Psychiatry and Photography (McGovern Historical Center RB 002) has been separated from this archival collection. However, when those books were reviewed, ephemera found within their pages was removed, placed in archival folders, and kept with the archives. The folders were given numbers corresponding to the books in which the items were found.
Many of the prints and working documents in the collection were generated by Mr. Detering around the 1980s, but the source materials range widely in dates, going back at least to the 1800s.
Detering, Herman E., III
Herman Detering in the Detering Book Gallery
Part of Herman Detering History of Photography and Psychiatry collection
Herman Detering in the Detering Book Gallery
Part of Herman Detering History of Photography and Psychiatry collection
Herman Detering in the Detering Book Gallery
Part of Herman Detering History of Photography and Psychiatry collection
Herman Detering in the Detering Book Gallery
Part of Herman Detering History of Photography and Psychiatry collection
Herman W. Johnson: Obstetrician
Herman W. Johnson: Obstetrician [1]
Herman Walter Johnson, MD Papers
The Herman Walter Johnson, MD papers (MS001) is .25 cubic feet and consists of 1 box and oversized materials. It contains Dr. Johnson's autobiography (Reminiscences of a Male Midwife), United States Army appointment, news articles, certificates, and medical licenses that document the life, career, and military service of Dr. Herman Johnson. The records pertain to the geographic areas of Buffalo, New York and Houston, Texas. The materials are in good condition.
Johnson, Herman Walter
Hermann Hospital East Tower and Main Entrance to original Hospital building.
Helm, Victor M.
1970s-era copy of a 1925 photograph of Hermann Hospital. Hermann Park is visible in the background.
Hermann Hospital addition construction
Construction on the addition to Hermann Hospital. Dan Kadrovach and other man at construction site.
Hermann Hospital and nurses' residence
Herman Hospital and Nursing School. A view of the buildings with parking lot, drive-up, and cars in the foreground.
United Gas, Shreveport, Louisiana
Hermann Hospital Archive records
The Hermann Hospital Archive records consists of administrative records, founding documents, legal papers, maps, photographs, films, videos, oral histories, nursing school records, yearbooks, and artifacts ranging from the late 1800s to 1998 that document the creation, development, and history of Hermann Hospital, the first institution in what is now known as the Texas Medical Center. The materials document the long history of the hospital from its inception to the merger with Memorial Hospital System in 1997. Hermann Hospital Archives contains the institutional records of Hermann Hospital (1925-1997) as well as the Hermann Estate (1914-1985).
Real estate-related material from the Hermann Estate business offices, some of it predating the hospital, including professional correspondence, property deeds, copies of letters to tenants and lessees, maps, photographs of construction sites, and a salesman sample or miniature real estate sign (silk-screened metal, circa 1935) (1918-1950’s). Materials related to the construction of the hospital building including work orders, construction progress reports, and order forms and receipts for building materials (1920’s). There are some advertisements and information sheets from companies that supplied hospital and cafeteria equipment to the new hospital (x-ray machines, milk coolers, lighting, surgical implements, etc.) (1920’s). Copies of orders for medical supplies and alcohol permits from the Prohibition years. A small amount of material is related to the lawsuit filed by Hermann’s Swiss relatives over his bequest to the city. There are items dealing with daily operations in the earlier part of the century, including staff newsletters, letters of application for “cards” (permitted local doctors to see patients at the hospital even if they did not practice there full-time), administrative memos. Some material about the financial situation of the Estate and funding of the hospital, including accounting records, ledgers from the pre-hospital Estate, and legal papers (1910’s-1950’s). Staff publications, meeting minutes for various committees, board of trustees items (1940’s-1980’s). Oral History Project transcripts, 1992-1998.
There are photographs (originals or copies) of Houston in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of Mr. Hermann in his last years; of the hospital interior and exterior when it was new; of early nursing school graduation classes (ca. 1850-1930’s). Nursing school yearbooks, records, and a uniform (1940’s-1970’s). VHS tapes of relevant television specials, news reports, and educational programs for staff (1980’s). A sizable collection of patient registers and logbooks from various departments (1920’s-1980’s) including the register with the hospital’s first patients in 1925. Scrapbooks of staff photos and news clippings (1960’s-1980’s). There are large numbers of slides and photographs that document the history of LifeFlight and the work of Dr. James "Red" Duke (1970’s-1980’s). There is a small amount of realia including decorative plaques, awards, small commemorative items, and a mailbox from the old hospital building. A few boxes contain administrative papers (1980’s). One contains working papers of the Rice University Oral History Project.
A group of photographs equaling 12.5 cubic feet (25 boxes) were compiled for hospital publications by media relations staff in the mid to late 1980s. Most of the items are undated.
The collection is 481.5 cubic feet in size which includes 644 boxes. Materials are in good condition.
Hermann Hospital (Houston, Tex.)
Hermann Hospital at Entrance to Hermann Park, Houston, Texas
Seawall Specialty Co.