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 All historical documents in this collection have been digitized and can be viewed and accessed John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents.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and surgeons during the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century, making it the oldest collection of historical documents in the McGovern Historical Center.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 1840
MS021: Receipt For Medicine Purchased, John J. Clow
MS021: Republic of Texas Certificate of Stock, Joseph William Robertson
MS021: Receipt For Medical Services, Medicine Rendered, John F. Williams
MS021: Itemized Bill for Medical Services, Medicine Rendered, S. P. Wilson
Submissions from 1839
MS021: Probate Claim, O. F. Baemulin
MS021: Bill for Medical Services Provided to Infantryman for Republic of Texas, Richard Fox Brenham
MS021: Estate Inventory, F Chaseman
MS021: Probate Claim, Moreau Forest
MS021: Probate Claim, A. P. Manley
MS021: Receipt For Medicine Purchased, John T. Patterson
MS021: Power Of Attorney, John Shackelford
MS021: Stock Certificate, Samuel Stivers
MS021: Texas Redback Currency, Texas (Republic of)
Submissions from 1838
MS021: Receipt For Medical Services, Prescriptions, Ira Abney
MS021: Honorable Discharge Papers, George Washington Barnett
MS021: Probate Claim, Thomas J. Heard (1814-1899)
MS021: Probate Claim, Robert Peebles (1798-1852)
MS021: Probate Claim, W. D. Ramsey
MS021: Board Of Medical Censors Blank Form, Texas (Republic of)
Submissions from 1837
MS021: Report from the Republic of Texas Committee on Claims and Accounts, J. H. Everett
MS021: Marriage License, Benjamin Briggs Goodrich
MS021: Legal iIstrument Re: Sale and Transfer of Land, Asa Hoxey (1800-1863)
MS021: Probate Claim, Goerge W. Long
MS021: Treasury Check Issued from the Republic of Texas, James B. Millen
Submissions from 1836
MS021: Probate Claim, Shields Booker