Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Jack Bangs, PhD and Tina Bangs, PhD papers
Date(s)
- 1950-1982 (Creation)
Extent
3 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Tina Engdahl Bangs was born December 31, 1915 in Spokane, Washington and died in Houston on September 21, 1999. John Leslie “Jack” Bangs was born September 3, 1913 in Minot, North Dakota and died May 2, 1971. Jack served in the Navy during World War II; they are both buried in the Houston National Cemetery. They were recruited to Houston in 1951 to open a speech and hearing clinic in space donated by Methodist Hospital. The new building for the Houston Speech and Hearing Center Clinical Services opened in 1959 and was tripled in size in 1969 by the addition of a research building.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Jack Bangs, PhD and Tina Bangs, PhD papers contain charter, by-laws, amendments, correspondence, board minutes, programs and newsletters for the Speech and Hearing Institute, its merger with University of Texas. Collection contains correspondence related to the merger. Collection also contains annual reports, program documents, published and unpublished material, miscellaneous brochures and material from other speech and hearing centers, biographical information, committee books and oversized material related Jack and Tina Bangs and their work at the Speech and Hearing Institute.
Subjects: Speech and Hearing Institute.
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
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Finding aids
A legacy finding aid is available.
Uploaded finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Deed-3
The materials in the Bangs Collection were left in original order according to a letter dated Nov. 9, 1984, from archivist Randy J. Sparks to Dr. Tina E. Bangs, but were moved from two large Hollinger boxes and placed into 6 smaller boxes which occupy 2-1/2 linear feet.
Immediate source of acquisition
Correspondence indicates that Dr. Tina Bangs collection materials in September 1984. Control folder contains a thank-you letter dated September 5, 1984.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
No accruals are expected for this collection.
Related materials elements
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Jack Bangs, PhD and Tina Bangs, PhD papers; MS 040; 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.
- Processing information: Staples were removed. When necessary to help retain original order, the materials were interleaved with archival bond or put into L-velopes. Correspondence and reports on acidic paper were copied onto archival bond and discarded. Legal documents folded and housed in letter-sized folders were unfolded and the letter-sized folders replaced with identically numbered legal folders.
Alternative identifier(s)
TARO
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding aid prepared by JoAnn Pospisil April, 1996
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- University of Texas Speech and Hearing Institute (Subject)
- Bangs, Tina E. (Subject)