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McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Finding Aid - Texas Medical Center records (IC 002) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.5.3 Printed: March 30, 2020 Language of description: English Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, Texas 77030 United States Telephone: 713-799-7899 Email: [email protected] https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/ http://archives.library.tmc.edu/index.php/ic-002 Texas Medical Center records Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 4 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Physical condition ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 7 IC002-S1 , Series I: Mary Schiflett papers,, 1970-2009 .............................................................................. 7 IC002-S2 , Series II: Texas Medical Center News,, 1949-2019 ................................................................ 33 IC002-S3 , Series III: Historical materials,, 1943-2010 ............................................................................. 36 IC002-S4 , Series IV: TMC administrative records,, 1940-2010 .............................................................. 44 IC002-S5 , Series V: Photographs,, 1943-2010 ......................................................................................... 49 IC002-S6 , Series VI: Audiovisual materials,, 1960s-1970s ...................................................................... 58 IC002-S7 , Series VII: Oversized materials,, 1920s-2009 ......................................................................... 60 - Page 2 - IC 002 Texas Medical Center records Summary information Repository: McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Title: Texas Medical Center records ID: IC 002 TARO [alternative]: 00105 Date: 1907-2019 (date of creation) Physical description: 40.75 cubic feet (94 boxes) Language: English Dates of creation, 2017 revision and deletion: Note [generalNote]: The Texas Medical Center (TMC) records contains administrative records, photographs, printed materials, audiovisual materials, architectural documents, promotional materials, research materials, and maps that document the history and development of the TMC. The majority of the materials date within the record-keeping activity of the TMC from 1946 to present. Administrative records include TMC charter materials, correspondence, committee minutes, budgetary information, and directories. Photographic and audiovisual materials are promotional in nature and include prints, aerial photographs, slides, audio, video, and film. Printed materials include brochures, guidebooks, newspapers, and clippings. Architectural documents include drawings, blueprints, and maps. Collection also contains interviews, transcripts, surveys, and materials related to TMC events and visitors. The collection also includes the papers of Mary Schiflett who held leadership positions in the TMC from 1970-2009. Incorporated in 1946, the TMC is a comprehensive medical community located south of downtown Houston. It comprises 54 institutions, including four medical and seven nursing schools, 21 hospitals, three level-I trauma centers, eight specialty institutions, and academic and research institutions for many other health-related disciplines. The collection consists of 94 boxes, equaling 40.75 cubic feet. The materials are in good condition. McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 3 IC 002 Texas Medical Center records Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note The Texas Medical Center is a comprehensive medical community located south of downtown Houston. It comprises 54 institutions, including four medical and seven nursing schools, 21 hospitals, three level- I trauma centers [8], eight specialty institutions, and academic and research institutions for many other health-related disciplines[9]. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is among the top- ranked cancer hospitals in the country[10]. As of 2017, it is one of the largest medical centers in the world[7]. The Texas Medical Center was proposed by Horace Wilkins, Col. William Bates, and John H. Freeman, the trustees of the M.D. Anderson Foundation. Established by cotton magnate Monroe Dunaway Anderson in 1936[1], the Foundation supported a variety of small causes until Anderson’s death in 1939, at which point the trustees, with the encouragement of Ernst Bertner, M.D., and Frederick Elliott, D.D.S., decided the funds should be used to build a medical center on par with Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic[2]. When, in 1941, the state legislature approved an act to create a cancer hospital[3], the Anderson Foundation trustees secured Houston as the location for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital, which would become first component of the medical center. The Texas Medical Center would be located on a site adjacent to Hermann Hospital, which had opened south of downtown in 1925. The Texas Medical Center was officially incorporated in 1946 and Bertner was appointed president, replaced at the Cancer Hospital by R. Lee Clark, M.D. The Cancer Hospital was quickly joined by the Dental College, by then affiliated with the University of Texas[16], and Baylor University College of Medicine, which moved from Waco. The Anderson Foundation made grants to Methodist Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, a new building for Hermann Hospital, and for a library[15]. The Texas Medical Center grew quickly and has provided a home for innovators such as heart surgeons Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley; William Spencer and his work on rehabilitation of paralysis patients; trauma surgeon and medevac pioneer James “Red” Duke; and Nobel Prize-winning pharmacology researcher Ferid Murad[17]. SOURCES: [1-5] TMC History 1971 [6] Handbook of Texas Online, Ernst W. Bertner. [7] Facts and Figures, About Houston, City of Houston, 2017 July 24, www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/ houstonfacts.html [8] Texas Trauma Facilities, Texas Health and Human Services, Texas Department of Health and Human Services, 2017 July 24, https://www.dshs.texas.gov/emstraumasystems/etrahosp.shtm. [9] “Texas Medical Center: Houston is where the world comes for treatment”, About Houston, Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2017 July 24, https://www.visithoustontexas.com/about-houston/ texas-medical-center/ [10] Institutional profile, Facts and History, 2017 July 24, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, https://www.mdanderson.org/about-md-anderson/facts-history/institutional-profile.html. [12] Handbook of Texas Online [13] New York Times, 1994 May 05, online. [11] Mary Schiflett obituary, Houston Chronicle online, January 19, 2007. [14] Bryant Boutwell, Ph.D, Bout Time blog, 2014 January 31 McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 4 IC 002 Texas Medical Center records [15] TMC History 1971, p178 [16] Handbook of Texas Online, University of Texas Dental Branch [17] TMC News, 2014 August 19 Scope and content The Texas Medical Center records include TMC charter material, correspondence, committee minutes, interviews and transcripts, photographs and slides, budgetary information, newspapers and clippings, research material for books, surveys, materials related to TMC events and visitors, films and audiocassettes, brochures, architectural renderings, guidebooks and directories, and maps. The materials date from the 1900s to the present. The collection also includes the papers of Mary Schiflett who held leadership positions in the TMC from 1970-2009. The collection has been processed at box and folder level. The material is generally in good condition and consists of 39 cubic feet totaling 93 boxes. Notes Title notes Physical condition Materials are in good condition. Immediate source of acquisition Various donors contributed to this collection, including Mary Schiflett and Texas Medical Center. Arrangement Collection is arranged in the following series: Series I: Mary Schiflett papers Series II: Texas Medical Center News Series III: Historical materials Series IV: TMC administrative records Series V: Photographs Series VI: Audiovisual materials Series VII: Oversized materials Restrictions on access Unrestricted. Material is open for research. McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 5 IC 002 Texas Medical