Zone d'identification
Cote
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
"Lypemaniaque" reproduction prints
Date(s)
- 1963 (Production)
Importance matérielle
0.0625 cubic feet (1 folder)
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
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.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
According to the document, this collections consists of reproductions of engravings which first appeared as "illustrations to Maladies Mentales,an early 19th century work on mental patients and their care...." Jean Étienne Esquirol published this work after observing mental patients at the hospital in Charenton, France. Wyeth Laboratories in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced the prints in 1963. The collection is contained in the Small Manuscript Collection (SMS) within one folder measures about 0.05 cubic feet.
Subjects: Reproduction prints of 1838 of the work of Jean Etienne Esquirol.
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Unrestricted. Open for research.
Accès physique
Materials are in excellent condition.
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Restrictions may apply.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
None.
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Deed-5. This collection was found among the oversize items in the graphic arts section of the archive.
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Source is unknown. Assumed to be the creator.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
No accruals are expected.
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
Descriptions associées
Élément de notes
Notes spécialisées
- Citation: "Lypemaniaque" reproduction prints; MS 158; 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.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
TARO
Zone du contrôle de la description
Règles ou conventions
Sources utilisées
Note de l'archiviste
Processed by Philip Montgomery, 2015.
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Esquirol, Jean-Etienne (Sujet)