Women Physicians

Elementos de identidad

Código de referencia

MS 123

Nombre y localización del repositorio

Nivel de descripción

Colección

Título

Women Physicians

Fecha(s)

  • 1855-1996 (Creación)

Extensión

1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes)

Nombre del productor

(1977-)

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

This collection includes newspaper clippings, medical license update cards, copies of journal articles and book chapters, and other material relating to women in medicine, and female doctors in Texas in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Subjects: Family practice, midwife.

Sistema de arreglo

Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos

Condiciones de acceso

No restriction to access.

Acceso físico

The materials are in fair condition. There is some water damage, possibly from Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.

Acceso técnico

Condiciones

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Idiomas del material

  • inglés

Escritura(s) de los documentos

Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras

Instrumentos de descripción

Inventory, undated.

Uploaded finding aid

Elementos de adquisición y valoración

Historial de custodia

Deed-4

Origen del ingreso

Dina R. Mody, MD, 2008.

Valoración, selección y eliminación

Acumulaciones

No accruals are expected for this collection.

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Elemento notas

Notas especializadas

  • Mención: Women Physicians; MS 123; 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.

Identificador/es alternativo(os)

TARO

00236

Área de control de la descripción

Reglas o convenciones

Fuentes

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