Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Junior League of Houston Children's Clinic Collections
Date(s)
- 1930-1967 (Creation)
Extent
1.25 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Junior League of Houston was founded in 1925 with the purpose of establishing a well-baby clinic for the city’s underserved. By 1927, the clinic was operating out of the First National Bank Building. It would later partner with Hermann Hospital. The clinic moved into Hermann’s outpatient department in 1944, where it served as a training institution for Baylor College of Medicine, and was renamed the Junior League Children’s Health Clinic of Hermann Hospital Outpatient Department. Around this time, the Junior League started a second program to assist patients, not only children, during their hospital stays. The Junior League opened its Diagnostic Clinic associated with Texas Children’s Hospital even before TCH was officially opened in 1954. They began working with new young mothers through the Baylor Teen Clinic in 1974, and donated the SuperKids Pediatric Mobile clinic in 2000 to help improve immunization rates and provide health checks to children whose families have a hard time traveling to a doctor. The Junior League continues to fund-raise and provide volunteer support for dozens of Houston health institutions.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Junior League of Houston Children’s Clinic collection contains articles, brochures, pamphlets, issues of Watch Magazine from 1955-1966, and newspaper clippings.
Subjects: pediatrics, medical rehabilitation
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is unrestricted.
Physical access
Materials are in good condition. Some warping of photographs in scrapbooks.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
None.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Deed-1
Immediate source of acquisition
Deed of gift signed by members of the Junior League of Houston, Jan L. Soriero, Anne P. Tucker (Public relation chairman on January 17, 1981.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Accruals are not expected for this collection.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Junior League of Houston Children's Clinic Collection; IC 035; 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.