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"Mail Call" at Baptist Memorial Hospital

Photograph of three men and two women holding and looking at envelopes and packages. One person may be Dr. Meyer's intern and another Dr. Rader's intern, per inscriptions on the front side edges.

Miss Roberts and Lucile Baird

Photograph of two women, "Miss Roberts, Nurse Supervisor" (left) and Lucile Baird (right), standing outside on a sidewalk near a bush, with a building in the background.

Miss Roberts and Lucile Baird

Photograph of two women, "Miss Roberts, Nurse Supervisor" (left) and Lucile Baird (right), standing outside on a sidewalk near a bush, with a building in the background.

Miss Roberts and Lucile Baird

Photograph of two women, "Miss Roberts, Nurse Supervisor" (left) and Lucile Baird (right), standing outside on a sidewalk near a bush, with a building in the background.

Lucile Baird papers

  • MS 249
  • Collection
  • 1925-1927

The Lucile Baird papers contains 13 photographs and 4 letters related to the Baptist Memorial Hospital (later Memorial Hospital). The photographs depict hospital staff, interns, nurses, and students. Robert Jolly and Lillian Wilson Burnett Jolly appear in a few photographs, and they are the correspondents with Lucile Baird. Letters include Christmas greeting cards and Baptist Hospital stationary. Photographs and letters appear to have annotations by the creator as well as her niece, Carol Wilde.

Rogillio, Lucile Baird

Phillip D. Robinson, MHA, LFACHE papers

  • MS 233
  • Collection
  • 1993-1994

This collection consists of materials relating to Phillip D. Robinson's professional relationships and travels in Ukraine and Russia. The collection contains agreements, proposals, correspondence, reports, agendas, contact lists, and photographs. There are materials pertaining to the International Consortium for Research on the Health Effect of Radiation (ICRHER); the Ukrainian Research Center for Radiation Medicine; the International Consortium for Research of Radiation Induced Injury; the Methodist Hospital (Houston, Tex.); Institute of Experimental Radiology (Kiev, Ukraine); and the Ukrainian Research Center for Radiation Medicine. The materials date from 1993-1994, with most centering around the trip in July 1993.

Descriptions of the materials were provided by the donor.

Robinson, Phillip D.

Sidney Schnur, MD papers

  • MS 031
  • Collection
  • 1939-1976

The Sidney Schnur, MD papers document his work as a cardiologist and clinical professor at Baylor College of Medicine. The papers include materials related to St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, and a variety of professional organizations. Foremost among these are a number of records relating to the Harris County Medical Society around the time of his presidency in 1972. There are also records from his involvement in the American Heart Association, Houston Heart Association, and other groups.

The collection contains committee and expenditure reports, committee agendas and meeting minutes, other committee documents, publications, and correspondence. There are also surveys, course documents, personnel files, admittance lists, and awards.

While the collection contains some materials dating as far back as 1939, the bulk of the materials date from 1965-1976.

Schnur, Sidney

Donald J. Fernbach, MD papers

  • MS 085
  • Collection
  • 1932-2000

The Donald J. Fernbach, MD papers contain materials relating to his career in pediatric oncology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.

A significant amount of material comes from the Southwest Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group, of which Dr. Fernbach was a founder, and its successors the Southwest Oncology Group and Pediatric Oncology Group. The groups would meet, correspond, and collaborate on grants to conduct clinical trials for research and to improve patient care. Dating from 1956 through 1990, these materials include meeting minutes, agendas, grant applications and documentation, correspondence, and reports. Many of these materials relate to the groups' Cancer Chemotherapy grants / Acute Leukemia in Children (ALinc) studies.

Another focal point of the collection is Dr. Fernbach's work at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. The materials related to these institutions span his career from approximately 1955 to 1991. A significant portion relates to his work on various committees within both institutions. Other materials relate to the Hematology-Oncology Service / Section, which Dr. Fernbach established, as well as the Research Hematology Laboratory. In addition, there are copies of several theses and dissertations written by Baylor students advised by Dr. Fernbach.

The collection also documents his involvement in other organizations such as the Ronald McDonald House in Houston, the American Cancer Society, and the University of Texas.

In addition to text and information pertaining to his book Clinical Pediatric Oncology, the collection also includes other publications, reprints, and presentations. Similarly, aside from the Acute Leukemia in Children (ALinC) studies, there is also research from other projects, such as the National Wilm's Tumor Study.

Dr. Fernbach's papers include extensive correspondence. Where clearly associated with a single organization or project, the correspondence has been filed within the appropriate series. In other cases, general or wide-ranging correspondence has been added to its own series.

A final small section of the collection documents Dr. Fernbach's anti-smoking advocacy within the Texas Medical Center and Houston.

Fernbach, Donald J.

Paul R. Harrington, MD papers

  • MS 086
  • Collection
  • 1962-1985

The Paul R. Harrington, MD papers consists of publications documenting his work at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR). There are copies of his journal articles, as well as copies of TIRR's publication, The Promethean. There are also some materials relating to meetings of professional groups interested in scoliosis.

Harrington, Paul R.

Denton A. Cooley, MD papers

  • MS 043
  • Collection
  • 1944-2016

The Denton A. Cooley, MD papers consists of the personal and professional correspondence, administrative records, patient information, publications, artifacts, scrapbooks, photographs and ephemera of Denton Cooley, MD. Dr. Cooley was born August 22, 1920 and died November 18, 2016. He was known as an American heart and cardio-thoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart.

The collection is unprocessed, although a box level inventory created by Dr. Cooley’s staff is available. The bulk of the material is in good shape. Some newspaper clippings are degrading due to acidic newsprint. The collection consists of 184.5 cubic feet or about 185 boxes.

Subjects: Cardiology, Surgery

Cooley, Denton A., 1920-2016

Cheves M. Smythe, MD papers

  • MS 176
  • Collection
  • 1924-2013

The Cheves M. Smythe MD papers, Ms 176, has been arranged chronologically according to titles held, and additional items were placed at the end of the collection. This collection consists of research documents, correspondence, and publications. Highlights of the collection include information from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The Collection comprises of 10 boxes and is 9.5 cubic feet. All of the original boxes have been replaced, and the majority of the original folders have been replaced. Overall the collection is in good condition but should be handled with care as many papers are beginning to reflect their age.

Smythe, Cheves M.

John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection

  • IC 079
  • Collection
  • 1900-2009

The John P. McGovern Museum Health and Medical Science Collection is an artificial collection of ephemera and artifacts from the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science. The ephemera includes a publication called "Headlines", "Muse News", and other printed marketing materials acquired by the McGovern Historical Collections staff, covering the years from 1998 to 2009. The artifacts include seven pieces of antique medical equipment, including electrocardiograph machines, microscope slides with specimens, an ophthalmoscope, thoracoscope, and Dr. McGovern's personal medical bag. The collection consists of 0.75 cubic feet (1 box), including 7 artifacts.

Subjects: John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science.

John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science

University of Texas Dental Branch records

  • IC 009
  • Collection
  • 1906-2002

The University of Texas Dental Branch records includes historical information from 1906-1997 about the University of Texas Dental Branch formerly known as the Texas Dental College. The collection includes items such as photographs and elevation drawings for the building that was built in the 1950s. The collection also includes information about the accreditation of the school as well as it's curriculum. Curriculum resources include teacher guides, study materials, and course catalogs and schedules.

The collection also directories from UT Dental Branch as well as Texas Dental Journal and Houston District Dental Society. There is information on student graduation dating back to 1906. There is ephemera from various school events such as ground breaking, centennial celebration, and various guest speakers. There are publications in this collection including handbooks, student guides, brochures, video tape catalogs and research manuals. There are articles, library history, library projects, memorandums and information about the law that govern dentistry.

There are administrative reports from committee meetings such as staff council minutes, strategic plans, SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) compliance reports, and progress and director reports, as well as research manuals, core catalogs of research expertise, fact books, and alumni surveys.

This collection is in good condition, consisting of 17 cubic feet (34 Boxes).

University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston

Thomas Matney, PhD papers

  • MS 146
  • Collection
  • 1929-2011

The Thomas Matney papers, MS 146, includes materials from 1926 through 2011 relating to Dr. Matney’s research in genetics, Dr. Matney’s teaching materials, and his research as a community activist into the support and well being of at-risk children. Dr. Matney was the first associate dean of the newly formed UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences as well as a professor of genetics and environmental science and a student advisor. Professor Matney made important contributions to scientific understanding of cancer-causing agents and the genetic mechanisms that underlie the development of cancer.

This collection contains eleven series: I. Personal Papers; II. Administrative Papers III. Business Correspondence; IV. Publications; V. Research; VI. School and Community Research Projects; VII. Teaching Materials; VIII. Student Files; IX. Travel; X. Realia and Ephemera; and XI. Audiovisual Materials. This collection contains much of the research conducted by Dr. Matney as well as his teaching materials. One of the highlights of this collection is the research proposals and papers from Dr. Matney's time with the Atomic Energy Commission along with a letter from Dr. Schull of the RERF to Dr. Matney when he was ill. Another highlight of the collection is the Temperature Gradient Plate, a device invented by Dr. Matney.

The materials in this collection are in good condition with some minor tears and brittle paper. Mrs. Nancy Matney donated Dr. Matney’s collection of personal and business correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, pamphlets, diplomas, awards, artwork, a scrapbook, yearbooks, journal articles, abstracts, contracts, applications, research notes and notebooks, lecture notes, audiovisual material, ephemera, and realia to the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center in January 2011. The collection is 10.5 cubic feet (thirteen boxes) and is collection 146.

Matney, Thomas

Carlos Vallbona, MD papers

  • MS 184
  • Collection
  • 1968-2014

The Carlos Vallbona, MD papers contains correspondence, course materials, slides; files from his 3701 Kirby office; and other material detailing the career of Dr. Vallbona as a pediatrician, educator, advocate, physical therapy and post-polio syndrome specialist. He held positions at Baylor College of Medicine and TIRR. The materials date from between 1968 and 2014. Materials were donated in three stages in 2014 and 2015. Collection consists of 54 boxes equaling 54 cubic feet.

Subjects: Physical Theraby, Post-Polio, Baylor College of Medicine.

Vallbona, Carlos

Sharon Ostwald, RN, papers

  • MS 197
  • Collection
  • 1941-2014

The Sharon Ostwald, RN papers consists of 12 boxes equaling 12 cubic feet, and 3 plaques. The Sharon Ostwald, RN, collection includes photographs, school records from childhood through college, theses and dissertations, autobiographical information, awards, research and publications, procedural material, nursing garments and academic robes, media presentations on DVD, and interviews.

Ostwald, Sharon

Herbert Fred, MD papers

  • MS 159
  • Collection
  • 1890-2013

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.

Mrs. Anna Johnson

Black and white photograph of Mrs. Anna Johnson used in Dr. James Greenwood Jr.'s contribution to the textbook The Clinical Neurosciences; Dr. Greenwood successfully removed a 300 g meningioma from Mrs. Johnson

Robert Jolly, Superintendent

Photograph of Mr. Robert Jolly, Baptist Memorial Hospital, wearing a pinstripe suit and standing with arms bent, hands on hips, and hat in one hand.

Inscription on back: "I worked in office for good many years. Lucile took this picture. He and Mrs. Jolly were so sweet to me - Mr. and Mrs. Jolly married at a New Years Eve watch party."

Robert Jolly, Superintendent

Photograph of Mr. Robert Jolly, Baptist Memorial Hospital, wearing a pinstripe suit and standing with arms bent, hands on hips, and hat in one hand.

Inscription on back: "I worked in office for good many years. Lucile took this picture. He and Mrs. Jolly were so sweet to me - Mr. and Mrs. Jolly married at a New Years Eve watch party."

Lillian Irene Wilson Burnett Jolly, R.N.

Photograph of "Mrs. Lily Jolly" (Lillian Irene Wilson Burnett Jolly) in nurse uniform, standing outside of Baptist Memorial Hospital or Baptist School of Nursing in Houston, TX.

Robert Jolly, Superintendent

Photograph of Mr. Robert Jolly, Baptist Memorial Hospital, wearing a pinstripe suit and standing with arms bent, hands on hips, and hat in one hand.

Inscription on back: "I worked in office for good many years. Lucile took this picture. He and Mrs. Jolly were so sweet to me - Mr. and Mrs. Jolly married at a New Years Eve watch party."

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