The John P. McGovern Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents have been fully processed and digitized, and a finding aid is available.
This collection, donated by Dr. John P. McGovern, includes medical ledgers, bills, apothecary receipts, legal documents, colonization contracts, a book about effects of climate and weather changes on disease and death, correspondence, legislative and government records, official government seals, Republic-era currency, and more! All historical documents in this collection have been digitized and can be viewed and accessed John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents.
The records in this collection were created primarily by Texas-based physicians and surgeons during the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century, making it the oldest collection of historical documents in the McGovern Historical Center.
For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu
Submissions from 1856
MS021: Receipt For Medical Services Rendered, Thomas A. Stanwood
Submissions from 1855
MS021: Probate Claim, J. H. Hannay
MS021: Receipt for Medicine Purchased, Nicholas Descomps Labadie (1802-1867)
Submissions from 1854
MS021: Probate Claim, C. P. Rankin
Submissions from 1853
MS021: Probate Claim, Joseph R. Brown
MS021: Probate Claim, A. J. Gilder
MS021: Probate Claim, W. W. Harrison
MS021: Probate Claim, Herman C. Jaeger
MS021: Probate Claim, J. C. Jordan
MS021: Probate Claim, Thomas B. Vardeman
Submissions from 1852
MS021: Ledger of Medical Services, Medications Provided, T. Jeff Johnson
Submissions from 1850
MS021: Probate Claim, Isruel S. Savage
MS021: Probate Claim, John C. Taylor
Submissions from 1849
MS021: Receipt for Medical Services, Medicine Rendered to Enslaved Boy, Jas B.P. Jannary
MS021: Probate Claim, William D.C. Meyer
MS021: Receipt for Room and Board, William Parsons Miller (1802-1862)
MS021: Probate Claim, Ashbel Smith
MS021: Republic of Texas Public Debt Certificate for Medical Services Provided by Surgeon General, Texas (Republic of) and William P. Smith
MS021: Receipt For Medical Services, Medicine Rendered To Enslaved Woman, E Treuholz
Submissions from 1848
MS021: Notarized Legal Document Requesting Payment For Medical Services, F. Earest Baumgarten
Submissions from 1847
MS021: Receipt for Medical Services, Herman C. Jaeger
MS021: Sworn Statement, Albert Moses Levy (1800-1848)
Submissions from 1846
MS021: Legal Summons, William M. Carper
MS021: Receipt for Medical Visits, Prescriptions, M. Crawford
MS021: Probate Claim, R. B.S. Foster