Elementos de identidad
Código de referencia
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
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.
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: 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.