McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Finding Aid - TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection (IC 098) 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-098 TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Physical condition ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 6 IC098-S1, Series I: Cataloged Photographs,, 1890-1983, undated .............................................................. 6 IC098-S2, Series II: Subject Photographs,, bulk 1950-19901543-2004, undated; .................................... 35 IC098-S3, Series III: Oversize and Audiovisual Materials,, bulk 1942-19941681-2009, undated; ........... 53 - Page 2 - IC 098 TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection Summary information Repository: McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Title: TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection ID: IC 098 TARO [alternative]: 00306 Date: bulk 1940-1990 (date of creation) Date: 1543-2004 (date of creation) Physical description: 11 cubic feet (14 boxes) Language: English Language: Latin Dates of creation, 2019 revision and deletion: Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note 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. McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 3 IC 098 TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection Custodial history The TMC Library created the collection of photographs. It is comprised of photographic materials from various donors as well as materials acquired by the library over the years. Name of donor and date of donation are noted in the inventory if known. Scope and content The TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs, negatives, slides, published prints, printed materials, postcards, framed images, audiovisual materials, and a plaque. The collection consists of roughly 5300 items, which includes individual 35mm slides, 35mm negatives, 120 format negatives, photographic prints, and other printed materials. This is an artificial collection of several types of images collected by or donated to the McGovern Historical Center (MHC) through the years. The bulk of the materials date from 1940 to 1990. The entire collection depicts images from 1543 to 2004. The earliest date is related to copy photographs of pages from the 1543 edition of the Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius. Other early dates are framed prints of well-known medical pioneers from the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Some dates describe the date of the copy photograph others describe the date of the original image. The collection illustrates the history of medicine around the world and more acutely the Texas Medical Center and Texas Medical Center Library. Majority of the materials have been removed from this collection and incorporated into the original collections or new collections based on the donor records. The collection is arranged into three series: Cataloged Photographs, Subject Photographs, and Oversize and Audiovisual Materials. Subject Photographs are arranged in files according to subject and then in alphabetical order. Subject terms used are as follows (in order): Attractions Photos, Building Photos, Event Photos, Individual Photos, Institutions and Organizations, Medical Equipment and Apparatus, and Surgical, Anatomical, and Medical Photos. The collection was created to consolidate various photographs and images collected by the archive staff. Many were cataloged and assigned identification numbers (P-### for prints or N-### for negatives). These photographs were originally donated. The donor information in the card catalog was used to either create new photograph collections or incorporate into existing collections. This collection is comprised of the remaining items. Information about donors, if known, is available in the inventory. Uncataloged photographs were organized into general subjects and kept in alphabetical order. Oversize materials maintain the same identification number system and subjects. To increase discoverability of all archival materials, the collection was expanded to include materials with no known provenance. This includes framed items stored in the Garment Artifacts and Framed (GAF) section as well as audiovisual materials. McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 4 IC 098 TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection Notes Title notes Physical condition Materials are in good condition. Arrangement The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Cataloged Photographs 2. Subject Photographs 3. Oversize and Audiovisual Materials Restrictions on access Unrestricted. Material is open for research. Conditions governing use Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the repository, McGovern Historical Center. Finding aids Yes. Accruals Accruals may occur. Materials may be removed from the collection and assigned to new collections if more information about the provenance of items becomes known. Other notes • Publication status: Published Access points • Baylor College of Medicine (subject) • Texas Medical Center • Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library (subject) • Hermann Hospital • Medical Arts Publishing Foundation McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 5 IC 098 TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection • Methodist Hospital (Houston, Tex.) • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston • University of Texas Medical School at Houston • University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston • Harris County Medical Society • City of Houston Health Department • The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, TIRR (subject) • Houston Speech and Hearing Center (Houston, Texas) • University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center (subject) • St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (Houston, Tex.) • Texas Children's Hospital • Texas Woman's University • University of Houston School of Pharmacy (subject) • University of Texas School of Public Health (subject) • Veterans Administration Hospital (Houston, Tex.) • Photographs (documentary form) • Negatives (photographs) (documentary form) • Printed materials (object genre) (documentary form) • 35mm Slides (documentary form) • 16mm Film (documentary form) • Audiovisual Materials (documentary form) • plaques (flat objects) (documentary form) •