The Texas Medical Center Records include TMC charter material, correspondence, committee minutes, interviews and transcripts, photographs and slides, budgetary information, newspapers and clippings, research material for books, surveys, materials related to TMC events and visitors, films and audiocassettes, brochures, architectural renderings, guidebooks and directories, and maps.
The Texas Medical Center is a comprehensive medical community located south of downtown Houston. It comprises 54 institutions, including four medical and seven nursing schools, 21 hospitals, three level-I trauma centers, eight specialty institutions, and academic and research institutions for many other health-related disciplines. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is among the top-ranked cancer hospitals in the country.
The collection of interviews now archived at the McGovern Historical Center includes conversations with 38 different interviewees spread across 47 unique recordings. Including duplicates, there are nearly 100 tapes. Learn more from its finding aid.
For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu
Submissions from 1975
Interview with Dr. Richard T. Eastwood, Richard T. Eastwood
Submissions from 1974
Interview with Carroll D. Simmons, Carol D. Simmons
Interview with Dr. Edward J. Cooksey, Part 1 of 2, Edward J. Cooksey
Interview with Dr. Edward J. Cooksey, Part 2 of 2, Edward J. Cooksey
Interview with Jared E. Clarke, MD, Jared E. Clarke
Interview with Josie M. Roberts, Josephine Mooring Roberts
Interview with Maynard W. Martin, MD, Maynward W. Martin
Interview with Robert A. Shepherd, Robert A. Shepherd
Submissions from 1973
Interview with Colonel William B. Bates, Part 1 of 3, William B. Bates (1889-1974)
Interview with Colonel William B. Bates, Part 2 of 3, William B. Bates (1889-1974)
Interview with Colonel William B. Bates, Part 3 of 3, William B. Bates (1889-1974)
Interview with Earl C. Hankamer, Earl C. Hankamer (1892-1980)
Interview with Ella Fondren, Ella F. Fondren
Interview with Frederick C. Elliott, DDS, Part 1 of 5, Frederick C. Elliot (1893-1986)
Interview with Frederick C. Elliott, DDS, Part 2 of 5, Frederick C. Elliot (1893-1986)
Interview with Frederick C. Elliott, DDS, Part 3 of 5, Frederick C. Elliot (1893-1986)
Interview with Frederick C. Elliott, DDS, Part 4 of 5, Frederick C. Elliot (1893-1986)
Interview with Frederick C. Elliott, DDS, Part 5 of 5, Frederick C. Elliot (1893-1986)
Interview with John H. Freeman, Part 1 of 2, John H. Freeman
Interview with John H. Freeman, Part 2 of 2, John H. Freeman
Interview with Julia Williams Bertner Naylor, Julia Williams Bertner Naylor
Interview with Leopold L. Meyer, Leopold L. Meyer (1892-1982)
Interview with Stanley W. Olson, MD, Stanley W. Olson
Interview with Walter G. Sterling, Walter G. Sterling
Interview with William A. Kirkland, William A. Kirkland