Elementos de identidad
Código de referencia
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1915-2016 (Creación)
Extensión
192 cubic feet (135 boxes)
Nombre del productor
Historia administrativa
The origins of the library date back to 1915, when the Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) established a small library in downtown Houston to serve the Harris County Medical Society. This Library was combined with the Baylor College of Medicine’s (BCM’s) small library in 1949 to form a centralized collection. As more institutions joined the Texas Medical Center, they also shared the resources of the TMC Library, thereby creating a unique point of collaboration among the institutions of the TMC.
A permanent home for this new library was built in the early 1950’s, through the efforts of HAM and BCM. Jesse H. Jones contributed funding for the construction, and in 1954, the approximately 27,000 square foot, three-story “Jesse H. Jones Library Building” was dedicated. By 1975, a new addition to the building had added another 76,000 square feet for the Library’s growing collection. At this time, the Library officially became known as the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library. Today the library uses the shorter operating name of The TMC Library.
The McGovern Historical Center (MHC) is the rare book and archive department for the library. The earliest acquisition records for the books in the MHC are found in the Houston Academy of Medicine’s (HAM) Library Committee reports for 1935 and 1936. Thirty Fellows of the Academy raised $300 to purchase a collection of 275 French medical books published between 1730 and 1830. In 1949, HAM and Baylor College of Medicine combined their medical libraries. In anticipation of the completion of the Jesse H. Jones Building for the library, the MD Anderson Foundation purchased the rheumatology collection of a New York physician, Dr. Reginald Burbank. This purchase was followed by a gift from the Cora and Webb Mading Foundation of more than 1,000 titles on sanitation and communicable diseases. After the 1954 dedication of the library building, many physicians donated books or historical pamphlets to be stored in a very small, locked room on the second floor. Soon after his arrival in Houston, Dr. McGovern became one of the Library’s most staunch supporters, annually supplying funds for the purchase of rare books and travel support for the librarians to attend meetings of the American Association for the History of Medicine. In 1977, The Library formed a new department with new quarters to collect historical materials and to enhance the rare book collections. In 1982, Dr. McGovern donated his personal collection of rare and historical book to the Library. In 1996 the Library’s Board of Directors named the historical department in his honor.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library records consist of about 135 boxes and contains photographs, scrapbooks, VHS tapes, reports, printed material, financial documents, correspondence, architectural drawings, and surveys that document the history of HAM-TMC Library. [Subjects: HAM-TMC Library]
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
Open for research.
Acceso físico
Materials are in good condition. Some documents have been exposed to water.
Acceso técnico
Condiciones
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Idiomas del material
- inglés
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
An inventory is available and updated as new materials are added to the collection.
Uploaded finding aid
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Deed-1
Origen del ingreso
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library deposits materials periodically.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
Accruals are expected for this collection.
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
Bound copies of Library board minutes, 1971-1980 are located in McGovern Ref. View Catalog Record
Descripciones relacionadas
Elemento notas
Notas especializadas
- Mención: Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library records records, IC 001; John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. Please cite the box and folder numbers where appropriate.
- Procesamiento de la información: In 2022 the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium (SCAMeL) Speedy Startup funds facilitated the digitization of two videotapes from this collection. These were described and posted online in fall 2022. -Matt Richardson
- Procesamiento de la información: Bound copies of Library board minutes, 1971-1980 are located in McGovern Ref