Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Ronald McDonald House, Houston records
Date(s)
Extent
0.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Name of creator
Administrative history
Ronald McDonald Houses provide a home-like place for families to stay while their children are receiving treatment in the hospital. The Houses were the idea of Fred Hill of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, when he and his wife needed a place to stay while their daughter Kim underwent treatment for leukemia at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The first Ronald McDonald House opened in Philadelphia in 1974. Houston’s first Ronald McDonald House, funded in part by the Houston Oilers, opened at 1550 La Concha lane, near the Astrodome, in 1981. It had 21 bedrooms but was soon outgrown and replaced with a 50-bedroom House nearer the Texas Medical Center, near Holcomb Boulevard and Cambridge Street, in 1997. There is also a 20-room House inside Texas Children’s Hospital (2002) and a 14-room one inside Children’s Memorial Hermann (2007).
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Ronald McDonald House, Houston records contains correspondence, invitations, benefits, Herald Oncology Services of Texas, Inc., friends of the Ronald McDonald House, and love notes.
Subjects: Support Services
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
No restrictions to access.
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
None.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Deed-5
Immediate source of acquisition
Source is unknown. Assumed to be creator.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Accruals are not expected for this collection.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Ronald McDonald House, Houston records; IC 073; 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
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ronald McDonald House (Houston, Tex.) (Subject)