Identity elements
レファレンスコード
記述レベル
コレクション
タイトル
John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents
日付
- 1814-1921 (作成)
規模
1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes)
作成者名
履歴
The John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center is named after a great patron of medicine and the humanities. John P. McGovern, MD (1921-2007) was recognized internationally as an American physician, researcher, historian, author, philosopher, humanitarian and philanthropist. He was the author or coauthor of twenty-two books and 247 publications, and served as the editor or member of editorial boards of more than twenty scientific journals.
Dr. McGovern was the recipient of numerous awards and the holder of seventeen professorships. The American Medical Association presented him with the Special Award for Meritorious Service and said he was truly a giant in American Medicine.
Dr. McGovern’s long-standing commitment to education, in the form of teaching, research and scholarship, led to his appointment to seventeen professorships at fifteen universities. In 1976, he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Duke University where he received both his Bachelor of Science and medical degrees. The American School Health Association awarded him the Distinguished Alumnus Award, as well as their highest honor, the William A. Howe Award. He was a Presidential appointee to the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, which he chaired in 1973-74. In 1990, the American Association of Colleges of Nurses awarded him the annual Outstanding Scholarship in Health Care Award and in 1991, he received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of Greater Houston. In all, he was awarded honorary degrees from twenty-eight major colleges and universities. In addition, Dr. McGovern was the author or co-author of over 240 publications, including twenty-one books and served as editor, associate editor, or member of the editorial board of more than twenty scientific journals. His leadership was exemplified as chief elected officer or president of at least fifteen prominent societies in the humanities, health education science and medicine.
Service was always important to Dr. McGovern. In 1985, he received the Private Sector Initiative Commendation from U.S. President Ronald Reagan for his lifetime of meritorious service in medicine and generous contributions to his community. He was appointed to a four-year term in 1987 on the National Advisory Council of the Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Health. The following year brought the American Medical Writer’s Association’s highest honor, the Harold Swanberg Distinguished Service Award and the American Medical Association’s Board of Directors’ Special Award for Meritorious Service, the latter calling Dr. McGovern truly one of the giants in American Medicine. In 1989, then-Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop awarded him the Surgeon General’s Medal for his lifetime of meritorious and multi-faceted contributions to the broad field of health promotion and disease prevention and specifically, more recently for his seminal work on our Drunk Driving Initiative.
For over twenty years, Dr. McGovern served as the honorary curator of rare books for The Texas Medical Center Library. He donated his extensive rare book collection to the Library’s History of Medicine Section of Special Collections in 1982. In 1996, the Library’s Special Collection was renamed in his honor, The John P. McGovern Historical Collections & Research Center.
Content and structure elements
範囲と内容
The John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents includes historical deeds, medical records, bills, and receipts from the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century. 117 Texas medical personnel, primarily physicians, were the creators of these 146 digitized documents. The documents are listed alphabetically by the last name of the primary medical person associated with the item. The city and county shown for each individual are the Texas area where they lived the longest, were most active in their profession, or where the document originated. References are provided for as many personnel as possible. Each document is given a genre and a subject heading. A list of documents classed under each heading can be accessed through the lists below. Other Personnel contains names referred to in the documents. If there are no other names in a document, none is shown; if the name is incomplete or illegible, a dash is shown.
編成システム
This collection is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the creator of the document.
Conditions of access and use elements
アクセスの条件
This collection is open for research use.
物理的アクセス
The materials are in good condition.
Technical access
複製の条件
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages of the material
- 英語
- スペイン語
資料に用いられている文字
言語とスクリプトの注記
検索手段
Inventory, 2023
Generated finding aid
取得と評価・選別に関する項目
収蔵状況の経緯
Deed-3
直接の取得先
Donated by John P. McGovern, M.D.
評価選別、廃棄、スケジュールに関する情報
追加資料
Accruals are not expected for this collection.
関連資料エレメント
原本の存在と所在
コピーの存在と所在
関連するアーカイブズ資料
Notes element
一般の注記
This collection was originally organized in alphabetical order by last name of creator of each item, and original order was retained at initial processing in June 2023. The folders were subsequently relabeled with descriptive titles and terminology by in Tara Carron in June and July of 2023. The administration sheet provides a link to an "online component" but as of March 2019 it is no longer functional.
Specialized notes
別の識別子
TARO
Description control element
ルールまたは規則
Sources used
アーキビストの注記
Original finding aid and inventory prepared by Alethea Drexler, February 2019.
アーキビストの注記
Revised inventory prepared by Tara Carron, June 2023.
アーキビストの注記
Collection items rehoused by Tara Carron, July 2023.
アーキビストの注記
Collection items digitized by Tara Carron, July 2023
アクセスポイント
主題アクセスポイント
場所のアクセスポイント
名称アクセスポイント
- Hogg, James (主題)
- Jones, Anson (主題)
- McGovern, John P. (主題)