Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, TIRR records
Date(s)
- 1950-1996 (Creation)
Extent
119.5 cubic feet (149 boxes)
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research was opened by William Spencer, MD, as the Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center in 1951 at the peak of the US polio epidemic. It officially became The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in 1959, then just The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in 1978. After the development of a vaccine in the early 1960s, Dr. Spencer shifted the practice to the rehabilitation of the catastrophically injured. As it expanded, the Institute recruited doctors who would become major contributors in specific areas of concern, such as Gunyon Harrison (pediatric cystic fibrosis), Carlos Vallbona (physiology and cardiology), Paul Harrington (orthopedic surgeon and developer of Harrington rods); and Bobby Alford (ENT). TIRR is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and the McGovern Medical School, and joined Memorial Hermann in 2006.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research collection contains slides, Department of rehabilitation annual reports, The Spinal Connection, TIRR year in review, Midweek newsletter, Connection newsletter, TIRR annual report, Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center Administrative reports, Scoliosis Paul R. Harrington, issues of Promethean, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center reports, rehabilitation engineering center, regional spinal cord injury center, vocational industrial center, teaching grant, directories, bibliography, nursing manual, total parenteral nutrition protocol, Baylor College of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation annual reports, various serial titles (single issues), administrative policies, telephone directories, Rehabilitation Voice magazine, Kaleidoscope newsletter, brochures, photos, and press packets, TIRR manuals, compendium report of spinal cord injury educational resources audiovisuals and unpublished written materials, TIRR spinal cord injury program, various dissertations, various articles, research info, PR photos, and other related printed materials.
Subjects: Rehabilitation
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
No access restrictions. Open for research.
Physical access
Materials are in good condition.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
A rough box-level inventory and inventory of audiovisual materials are available.
Uploaded finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Deed-3
Immediate source of acquisition
Per correspondence in the control folder, donation was facilitated by Martin Grabois, MD, of the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, which had been storing it, in 2004.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Accruals might occur.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, TIRR records; IC 017; 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.
Alternative identifier(s)
TARO
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Inventory prepared by Pam Cornell, December 2007.
Archivist's note
Inventory of audiovisual materials provided by TIRR, 2004.