Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Griff Ross, MD oral history scrapbook
Date(s)
- 1980-1989 (Creation)
Extent
0.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Griff Terry Ross was born 17, 1920 at Mount Enterprise, Rusk County Texas. Ross graduated from Stephen F. Austin State Teachers’ College in 1939, attended graduated school at the University of Texas at Austin briefly, then graduated from UTMB in 1945. He began his career as a “country doctor”. Ross spent 1955 to 1957 in the Air Force and then earned a Ph.D. from the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He began working for the National Institute of Health in 1960 as a medical officer and senior investigator and stayed twenty-one years before returning to Texas to take a position at the University of Texas Medical School. His specialty was endocrinology. He died of cancer in Houston on July 1, 1985.
For the record, his father was Griff [no middle name] Ross, MD (29 December 1880 - 15 December 1948) and his son is Griff Terry Ross, Jr., (28 December 1968 - ), not a doctor.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Griff T. Ross, MD, oral history scrapbook was compiled by Stanley Joel Reiser, MD, MPA, PhD. Dr. Reiser is the Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus; and the University of Texas Austin Plan II Honors Program. Dr. Reiser donated the scrapbook in March 2014. The scrapbook contains a bibliography of Dr. Ross’s works and an oral history interview of Dr. Ross. The scrapbook also includes interviews with Bill Ross, Griff Ross’s brother; Dr. Carlson (given name unknown); Dr. Alton Steiner, and Dr. Ernest Knobil. The scrapbook was actually a binder filled with loose sheets of 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper. The binder has been removed and discarded. The collection consists of 0.25 cubic feet (1 box).
Subjects: oral history, scrapbook, UT School of Medicine, Ernst Knobil.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
No restrictions to access. Open for research.
Physical access
The collection is in good condition.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
None.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Deed-3
Immediate source of acquisition
Stanley Joel Reiser, MD, MPA, PhD, Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
No accruals are expected for this collection
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Griff Ross, MD oral history scrapbook; MS 180; 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.
Alternative identifier(s)
TARO
Description control element
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Place access points
Name access points
- Knobil, Ernst (Subject)
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston (Subject)
- Ross, Griff T. (Subject)