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 All historical documents in this collection have been digitized and can be viewed and accessed John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents.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and surgeons during the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century, making it the oldest collection of historical documents in the McGovern Historical Center.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