One Hundred Years of Hermann Hospital

George H. Hermann gained his vast fortunes in the 19th century through the cattle business, real estate ventures, and oil speculation in Texas. Influenced by his travels to New York and Europe he endowed his estate to the founding of Hermann Hospital, which today is known as Memorial-Hermann Texas Medical Center. George wanted his money to be immortalized by investing in people who may otherwise not be able to afford medical care, and Hermann Hospital was created as a public charity hospital. In 1923 the American Construction Company would begin the groundbreaking, and on July 13, 1925 Hermann Hospital opened to the public.

Find out more from the blog post, " Hermann Hospital One-hundred Years: The Beginning", Houston’s Changing Skyline, Life Flight, and Hermann Hospital 1947-1976 and Hermann and Its People: Photographs from Hermann Hospital Archives Records

Learn more about The TMC Library's archives and rare books by visiting Rare Books Collection from the website of The TMC Library.

For over 100 years, the "Hospital" as it became known would undergo several expansions, name changes and scandals. The photographs and artifacts in this case show the inception of Hermann Hospital up until World War II. The second case offers artifacts from World War II until the 1970s and the Hospital's incorporation of Life Flight. Throughout these years there have been millions who have either worked or treated by Memorial Hermann. A one-hundred-year-old institution, which has affected the lives of so many, deserves to have its history remembered and celebrated.