John P. McGovern Historical Collections joins other libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions sharing coloring pages created from our historical materials. First time joining this annual celebration, hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine.
Beginning in the late 1940s, Houston’s Medical Arts Publishing Foundation sought to create “highly readable pictorial magazine[s]” in order to make specialized medical knowledge more accessible to general practitioners. The publications also highlighted the history and development of their respective specialties. Dr. R. Lee Clark, president of MD Anderson Cancer Research Center (1946-1978), conceived of the enterprise. Joseph F. Schwarting was the Art Director and principal artist; other artists included Eva Marie Schubart, Imelda Schubart, Peter Spier, Jo Spier, George Shackelford, Mary Shackelford, and Joseph Doeve.
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