MS 036 Guide to John Roberts Phillips, MD and Rebecca Hall Phillips, RN Papers (1924-1982)

Authors

John Roberts Phillips (1904-1983)

Author Biographical Info

John Roberts Phillips was born on February 28, 1904 in Quantico, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1923 and completed his Master of Surgery at the University of Minnesota in 1931. He received a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic from 1929 to 1933. In 1929, he married Rebecca Jane Hall. In 1933, Phillips started his own surgical practice in Houston and served as the Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas and as the Assistant Professor of Surgery at Baylor University in Houston, Texas. He authored and co-authored over 124 articles published in various medical journals. Phillips retired in 1967 and died April 19, 1983.

Rebecca Jane Hall Phillips was born on December 14, 1903 in Maryland. She became a registered nurse at the University of Maryland. She served as a surgical nurse from 1927-1929 in Maryland, as a nurse at the Mayo Clinic from 1927-1932, and then starting in 1933, served as the surgical nurse, office manager, and public relations manager for her husband, John Roberts Phillips’ practice in Houston, TX.

Identifier

MS 036

Language

English

Publication Date(s)

Prepared in 2017

Abstract

The John Roberts Phillips,MD and Rebecca Hall Phillips, RN papers is 8.5 cubic feet and consists of 5 documents boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 11 digitized scrapbooks. It contains biographical information, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, professional activities, reprints of publications, medical instruments, memorabilia, awards, and certficates. The digital scrapbooks provide information on John Roberts Phillips, MD's surgical procedures and the Phillips' work with the TB Hospital in Houston. See more at MS 036.

Keywords

Medicine, Surgery, Tuberculosis, Texas Medical Center

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Comments

Processing information: Nine photographs were added to the collection from IC 098 TMC Library Historical Photograph Collection. They were originally donated with the rest of the collection by Rebecca Phillips in 1983.

Recommended Citation

John Roberts Phillips (1904-1983), "MS 036 Guide to John Roberts Phillips, MD and Rebecca Hall Phillips, RN Papers (1924-1982)" (2022). Manuscript Finding Aids. 13.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/findingaids/13