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Contributing to the McGovern Center
Individuals and foundations support our efforts to document and preserve the contributions of healthcare providers, faculty, researchers and administrators of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) and world health. Our supporters help us to continue to develop world class rare book collections in medical specialties, arthritis, rheumatology, public health, psychiatry and mental healthcare. Our archive collects papers from individuals and records from institutions that document the history of TMCthe Houston region, Texas and resources related to radiation and the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission.
Help Us Continue to Preserve Our Medical Heritage
Financial Support to the McGovern Endowment
The Board of Directors of the TMC Library started the McGovern Endowment for the History of Medicine in 1996. The income from this fund makes it possible for the rare book and manuscript collections to be properly preserved and maintained. Donations for special projects or purchases are also welcome.
Houston and Texas History
Donate medical and nursing school yearbooks, directories for Houston and Texas, collections of personal papers, copies of speeches, newsletters from hospitals and schools, records from organizations, photographs, videos, annual reports, publicity brochures all these and more. Anything that documents a part of our healthcare history: anything that tells a part of the story of how our hospitals, schools and medical community developed is needed for our historical collections.
Rare Book Collections
Books that document the beginnings of the medical specialties in the late 19th century and through first half of the 20th century are of special interest to the McGovern Center. In addition to the focus on the medical specialties, the McGovern Center has collections on the life of William Osler, the history of rheumatology, North American public health, biographies of Texas physicians and the history of psychiatry & mental healthcare. Donations in any of those areas are especially welcome.
Archival Collections
Donate papers, letters, administrative documents, financial records, photographs, newsletters, directories, brochures, scientific publications, research documents, instruments and medical equipment to help document the institutions and people who contributed to the medical history of the TMC, Texas and the world.
Make a Historical Donation
For detailed information on how to donate materials and/or collections to the rare book collections or archives, please contact:
Philip Montgomery, MLIS, CA, Associate Director / Archivist
philip.montgomery@exch.library.tmc.edu
713.799.7145
MJ Figard, MLIS, CA, Archivist
mj.figard@exch.library.tmc.edu
713.799.7141
Make a Monetary Donation
For information on making a monetary donation, a gift of stock and/or other financial instrument, including information on establishing a planned gift or bequest, please contact:
Mary T. Stevenson, Director of Development
mary.stevenson@exch.library.tmc.edu
713.799.7139
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