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
Submissions from 1980
Campaign for Life Internal Fundraising Video, Hermann Hospital (Houston, TX)
Conversations with the Past: "Dentistry" by Ernest Beerstecher, PhD, Ernest Beerstecher Jr
Conversations with the Past: "Development of the Texas Medical Center", William Dempsey Seybold
Conversations with the Past: "History of Malaria", Richard Conklin
Conversations with the Past: Sir William Osler: On the Student, Teacher, Libraries, and Medicine, John P. McGovern
Conversations with the Past: "The Pioneering Spirit in American Medicine" by Dr. Virginia Allen, Virginia Allen
Submissions from 1979
Multiple news stories about TMC Steam Explosion, U-matic (3/4”), Texas Medical Center
Submissions from 1978
Interview with Benjamin L. Bird, Benjamin L. Bird
Interview with Dr. R. Wayne Rundles, Ralph Wayne Rundles
Interview with Isaac Berenblum, MD, and Philippe Shubik, D.Phil., DM, I. (Isaac) Berenblum (1903-2000) and Phillipe Shubik (1921-2004)
Septoplasty, Texas Heart Institute
Submissions from 1977
Interview with A. Hamblin Letton, MD, FACS, A. Hamblin Letton (1916-2010)
Interview with Carmen Annes Dias Prudente, Carmen Annes-Dias Prudente
Interview with Frances Goff, Part 1 of 3, Frances Goff (1916-1994)
Interview with Frances Goff, Part 2 of 3, Frances Goff (1916-1994)
Interview with Frances Goff, Part 3 of 3, Frances Goff (1916-1994)
Submissions from 1976
Cooley-Meadox Double Velour Grafts in Vascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute
Interview with Chauncey D. Leake, PhD, Chauncey Depew Leake (1896-1978)
Interview with Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr., Texas Medical Center Historical Resources Project (1970-1991)
Interview with Dr. Gerald P. Murphy, Gerald Patrick Murphy
Interview with Gregory O'Conor, MD, Gregory O'Connor
Interview with Pierre Denoix, MD, Pierre Denoix (1912-1990)
Methods of Myocardial Preservation for the High Risk Coronary Artery Bypass Patient: Preoperative Balloon Support Interoperative Topical Hypothermia, Texas Heart Institute
Submissions from 1975
Interview with Dr. David A. Wood, David A. Wood
Interview with Dr. Richard T. Eastwood, Richard T. Eastwood