Elementos de identidad
Código de referencia
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Título
Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection
Fecha(s)
- 1900-1979 (Creación)
Extensión
1 cubic foot (1 box)
Nombre del productor
Historia administrativa
The McGovern Historical Center (MHC) is the historical and special collections department for The TMC Library. The MHC maintains rare book and archival collections. Artificial collections have been created to provide access to materials without clear provenance in order to increase discoverability.
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 books 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
The Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection consists of three boxes totaling one cubic foot containing postcards from various Texas healthcare facilities labeled A-Z. Many, if not all, postcards have been digitized. Reproductions have also been made on 35mm slides.
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
Material is open for research.
Acceso físico
Materials are in good condition.
Acceso técnico
Condiciones
Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the repository, McGovern Historical Center.
Idiomas del material
- inglés
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Yes
Generated finding aid
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Deed-5
Origen del ingreso
This is an artificial collection with various sources.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
No accruals are expected for this collection.
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
Descripciones relacionadas
Elemento notas
Notas especializadas
- Mención: Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection; IC 091; 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: Descriptive metadata has been collected for many, if not all, postcards.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
TARO
Área de control de la descripción
Reglas o convenciones
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Inventory created in 2010. Prepared for AtoM import and TARO publication, spring 2022 by Matt Richardson.