Monthly Spotlight

We have a wide variety of types of collections on this site, some of the these include journals, dissertations, thesis. staff publications and book galleries. There is also a wealth of archival materials, digitized by our library staff at McGovern Historical Center. Please check back regularly as the featured highlights update on a monthly basis.

2023 Oral History Project (Oral History Interviews and Memories)

This contains the digital files created for the Friend's of the TMC Library Oral History Project in 2023. The project is completed annually consists of two distinct interview formats.

One is more traditional with in-depth oral history interviews where interviewees are chosen through a nomination process, and the interviews are prepared and edited by an historian. The others are moments interviews which shorter interviews that usually focus on specific events. The document is the inventory of all the files in the Archival Information Package (AIP).

#Color Our Collections 2024 (#Color Our Collections)

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.

Find out more about visiting John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at The TMC Library and make an appointment to visit its special collections.

Denton A. Cooley M.D. Papers (People Who Shaped Texas Medical Center Beginnings)

The Denton A. Cooley, MD papers consists of the personal and professional correspondence, administrative records, patient information, publications, artifacts, scrapbooks, photographs and ephemera of Denton Cooley, MD. Dr. Cooley was born August 22, 1920 and died November 18, 2016. He was known as an American heart and cardio-thoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart.

Find out more from McGovern Historical Center at The TMC Library, or contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Dissertations & Theses (Open Access) (MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School)

Open-access, full-text copies of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences dissertations from 2009 onwards. Topics include all aspects of the biomedical sciences.

Authors who expect to publish do have the option to withhold full text for a limited period of time. When that has been done, the reader will see a release date posted with the abstract.

Older GSBS dissertations (from approximately 1979-1999) are available, in print format only, at McGovern Historical Center. They can be found via OneSearch. Search by subject heading: "Dissertations, Academic--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences" for the full list, click DigitalCommons@TMC, or use the main search box on the left navigation menu section to search for known individual dissertations.

Some older GSBS dissertations are also available online via ProQuest, but full-text access is restricted to TMC academic institutions affiliated with The TMC Library.

Howard B. Hamilton, MD Papers (Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission)

The Howard B. Hamilton, MD, papers, MS 066, includes material from 1945-1997 related to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF). One highlight of the collection is a series of cartoons, Series VI, created by Hamilton's friend Dr. Akio Awa that gives a unique look into the daily goings-on of the ABCC and RERF.

Hamilton was the Chief of Clinical Laboratories for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission from 1956 until its dissolution in 1975. He served in the same capacity for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, which succeeded the ABCC, until 1984. This collection encompasses this period of time in Dr. Hamilton's career, as well as his related scholarly work after his retirement from RERF. Dr. Hamilton donated his collection of letters, reprints, newspaper articles, photographs, memos, and ephemera to the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center between 1985 and 2002. For more info, visit Howard B. Hamilton, MD Papers and its finding aid.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Journal Articles (McGovern Medical School)

Open-access full-text journal articles from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston from 1999-present.

Medical World News Publications (Medical World News Photograph Collection)

This collection includes selected pages from each issue of Medical World News Volumes 1 - 35. Pages include cover page, masthead, table of contents, acknowledgements, and (in most cases) advertisement index. Series give insight into the information published in the magazine from 1960-1994, and the photographs that may exist in the collection.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, MD Papers (People Who Shaped Texas Medical Center Beginnings)

The Murdina MacFarquhar Desmond, MD Papers contains photographs of Dr. Desmond as a medical student, Naval officer, and a faculty member of Baylor College of Medicine. The main portion of her papers deal with her work at Jefferson Davis Hospital, including grants she received from the John A. Hartford Foundation, and at Texas Children's Hospital.

Some background material and photographs of the illustrations she used in the book, Newborn Medicine and Society: European Background and American Practice (1750-1975), are included. Reprints of her journal articles are also available. She donated many books on the newborn and on pediatrics. These books have been cataloged and are available through The TMC Library's online catalog.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Teaching in Clinics (McGovern Medical School)

ISSN 2835-2017

Teaching in Clinics is an open-access, peer-reviewed online academic journal uniquely focused on medical education. Broadly covered topics include both undergraduate (UME) and graduate medical education (GME), andragogy, patient education or psychoeducation, innovations in learning, health and teaching policies, data driven applications of teaching and learning methods, diversity and inclusion, spreading excellence in clinical practice and medical quality education.

Teaching in Clinics aims to serve as a discussion floor for people from different backgrounds such as education, medicine, sociology, public health and especially psychology of education. If you have questions about the submission or review process, please contact the editor for assistance.

Call for Articles

The journal is now accepting articles!

See the Aims and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.

Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation Records (Radiation Effects & Events Collections)

The Texas Hadassah Medical Research Foundation was part of Baylor College of Medicine during the late-1990s and early 2000s. The organization, led in part by Dr. Armin Weinberg, provided medical supplies, cross-cultural collaboration and professional exchanges with Israel, Palestine, Kazakhstan, Russia, and other nations. An important part of its work dealt with radiation effects and events, like Chernobyl and atomic test sites in Kazakhstan. The organization developed the Cancer Registry of survivors of radiation events.

This collection consists of one scrapbook and a recorded interview/conversation with Debbie Goldberg that document the work of the organization. The collection also contains photographs and printed materials related to Debbie Goldberg's work coordinating the shipment of medical supplies to Israel and Palestine. An audio interview with transcript is also available.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Texas Medical Center Video and Audiovisual Recordings: 1973-1991 (Historical A/V from the TMC: 1973-1991)

In the 1970s, a series of video interviews captured the stories of Texas Medical Center leaders and important visitors. Meanwhile, audio and video had emerged as valuable tools in medical education and community outreach.

The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Historical Resources Project records contain video oral histories of notable personalities associated with or visiting the TMC. Beginning in 1973, the initial group of interviews focuses on individuals involved in the founding or early days of the TMC. Later “video profiles” also include significant visitors to the TMC. Several of these feature national and international figures in cancer research on their visits to Houston. In total the collection features forty-seven unique recordings of interviews with thirty-eight different individuals. All 47 unique recordings have been digitized..

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Theresa Hayes, MD, PhD Papers (Radiation Effects & Events Collections)

Teresa Gray Hayes, MD, Ph.D. is an oncologist and an associate professor in hematology and oncology at Baylor College of Medicine. She earned both a Ph.D. and an MD from New York University School of Medicine, in 1981 and 1982, respectively

The Teresa Hayes, MD, PhD papers contains photographs, artifacts, documents, speeches, and books related to Dr. Hayes’ work with Dr. Armin Weinberg radiation effects and events projects and the United Methodist Health Initiative. in Kazakhstan and Russia. The collection equals about .5 cubic foot (1 box) and includes 286 photographs, which all have been digitized. Details of the collection is available via its finding aid.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

The Texas Heart Institute Journal (Texas Heart Institute)

For 50 years, The Texas Heart Institute Journal has been published by The Texas Heart Institute as part of its medical education program. Our continuously published, peer-reviewed journal enjoys a global audience of physicians, scientists, and healthcare professionals who are contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Beginning in 2023, the official name is The Texas Heart Institute Journal.

Historically, The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982 and was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). In 2014, The Journal moved to online-only publication. The Journal is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide. Our full archive is available at PubMed Central.

As of July 15, 2023, The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a fully Open Access publication that enables authors to retain copyright under an appropriate Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC). This collection showcases a small selection of the journal archive from 2011- current.