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 All historical documents in this collection have been digitized and can be viewed and accessed John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents.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and surgeons during the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century, making it the oldest collection of historical documents in the McGovern Historical Center.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 1836
MS021: Receipt For Partial Payment Of One League Of Land, Thomas Jefferson Gazley and Gail Borden Jr
MS021: Treasury Warrant, Francis Moore Jr
MS021: Department of Brazos Public Dues Receipt for Payment on Land, Robert Peebles (1798-1852)
MS021: Receipt for Medical Services, Medications Rendered, Charles B. Raines Jr
MS021: Department Of Brazos Public Dues Receipt For Payment On Land, Chares Bellinger Tate Stewart
MS021: Texian Loan Certificate, Robert Triplett
Submissions from 1835
MS021: Legal Document Authorizing Permission To Sign Third Party Names As Security For Debt, Branch Tanner Archer, John Austin Wharton, and William S. Fisher
Submissions from 1834
MS021: Promissory Note, D. Gallaher
MS021: Restitution Authorization, Robert Anderson Iron (1804-1861)
MS021: Probate Claim, Robert Peebles (1798-1852)
Submissions from 1833
MS021: Rental Agreement, Nicholas Descomps Labadie
MS021: Reflecciones: Prevention And Cure Of Cholera Morbus, John P. McGovern
MS021: Receipt For Medical Services, Medications Provided, Henry J. Munson
Submissions from 1831
MS021: Correspondence, Nicholas Descomps Labadie
Submissions from 1830
MS021: Colonization Contract, David Gouverneur Burnet
MS021: Colonization Contract, Goerge Curtis