January - February 2000 Volume XIII Number 1
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Friends of the Library 1999 Dinner Houston Medical History Project
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Friends of the Library 1999 Dinner — Most Successful Ever On October 27, 1999, Dr. and Mrs. David A.Ott invited some of Houston’s most fascinating people to join the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library for an evening of conversation and new ideas. Many Houstonians responded to the invitation and joined the Friends at the Houston Country Club for cocktails and dinner. The evening was a celebration of the fifty years the Houston Academy of Medicine–Texas Medical Center Library has served the Houston community. Since 1958, the funds raised by the Friends (over $250,000 in 1999) have been used to support the Library’s biomedical and nursing collections, services to the public and the health care community, or special projects which are not a part of the Library’s budget. Recently the Friends selected two such areas on which to focus their support. One, the Jesse H. Jones Community Health Information Service, allows the Library to reach out into the community, providing information on diseases and health care to the public and joining with public libraries and public health agencies to improve access to health information in Houston. One component of this project is the Texas HealthInfo Website (txhi.library.tmc.edu). A second project being facilitated by the Friends is that of prioritizing and processing special collections relating to the history and development of the Texas Medical Center (see story below) in order to make them available for researchers. Several members of the Friends Board of Directors have been working closely with the staff of the Library’s John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center to solicit new manuscript collections and secure gifts for the historical collections. Many thanks are due the 1999 Dinner Committee, notably Dr. and
Mrs. David Ott, and to all the members of the Friends Board for their
work on the Library’s behalf. Thanks specially to this year’s Most Fascinating
honorees. Researchers in Houston’s medical history and members of the community
seeking health care information will benefit for years to come from the
generosity of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library.
Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library Board of Directors — 2000 Earl J. Brewer, Jr., MD — President
A Special Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors for the 1999 Dinner with Houston’s Most Fascinating
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| Chairmen, Dr. & Mrs. David A. Ott
Honorary Chairmen — Dr. & Mrs. E. Lillo Crain Mr. & Mrs. Ben Anderson Advisory Committee Mrs. Margaret M. Alkek Mrs. Hugh Alexander, III Dr. & Mrs. Bobby R. Alford Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Breen Mr. Jack S. Blanton Dr. & Mrs. Earl J. Brewer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ernest H. Cockrell Bobby & Morty Cohn |
Lynn & Peter Coneway
Mr. & Mrs. Gail Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Mr. James L. Daniel, Jr. Mr. James A. Elkins, Jr. Drs. Ralph & Judith Feigin Mr. Hal Foster Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. E.J. Hudson, Jr. & Lynne James Dr. Mavis P. Kelsey Mr. & Mrs. Richard J.V. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. James W. Kemper Mr. & Mrs. James L. Ketelsen |
Mrs. William S. Kilroy
Dr. Alice McPherson Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mrs. Leonard F. McCollum Dr. & Mrs. John P. McGovern Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds Betsy Parish Mr. & Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Edward Singleton Mr. & Mrs. Stuart W. Stedman Mrs. Louisa Stude Sarofim Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Tate Mr. & Mrs. S. Conrad Weil, Jr. Bill & Marie Wise |
| Life Members
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin M. Anderson Dr. & Mrs. E. Lillo Crain, Jr. Mr. James A. Elkins, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John P. McGovern Mrs. Wesley West Supporting Members — $1000 plus
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Dr. & Mrs. Francis I. Catlin
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Cato Dr. & Mrs. Don W. Chapman Ms. Barbara K. Chiles Mr. P.L. Chu Mrs. Wililam S. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Steve T. Cochran Dr. & Mrs. Donald R. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Max Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. Fred T. Couper, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rogers Lacy Crain Dr. & Mrs. E. Lillo Crain, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. O. Holcombe Crosswell Mr. & Mrs. H. Markley Crosswell, III Mr. & Mrs. H. M. Crosswell, Jr. Mrs. Paul C. Crusemann Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Cushman Mr. & Mrs. James Dannenbaum Mrs. J. Philip David Mr. & Mrs. Robert DelGrande Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Dowling Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Draper Dr. & Mrs. Burdett S. Dunbar Mrs. Jeaneane B. Duncan Mr. James Eastham Mr. James A. Elkins, Jr. Ms. Nancy Epstein Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Everett Dr. Patricia J. Fairchild Dr. & Mrs. Donald J. Fernbach Mr. & Mrs. Tillman Fertitta Dr. & Mrs.William S. Fields Dr. & Mrs. William R. Francis Dr. & Mrs. Gary Gartsman Stan & Sharon Gerlich Ms. Katy Gill Dr. & Mrs. Louis Girard Dr. & Mrs. Barry H. Goodfriend Dr. Robert M. Gordon Ms. Jackie Greer Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd J. Gregory, Jr. Mrs. Lois E. Grenader Mr. & Mrs. James T. Hackett Dr. & Mrs. Frank Hadlock Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr. Dr. Mark J. Hausknecht Mr. & Mrs. Richard Haynes Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Heyne, III Mrs. Bonnie Ely Hibbert Mrs. Lydia C. Hilliard Dr. Patrick J. Hogan Dr. Frankie Ann Holmes Mr. Howard W. Horne, Sr. Dr. Katharine H.K. Hsu Dr. & Mrs. John Hull Mr. John R. Irwin Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Jenkins Dr. Francine Jensen Ms. Yvonne M. Jensen Mr. Michael K. Jhin Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Johnson Mr. John J. Johs Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Joseph Mr. & Mrs. Jake Kamin Dr. William H. Kellar Dr. Mavis Kelsey Dr. & Mrs. James W. Kemper Mr. & Mrs. James L. Ketelson Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kilroy Dr. Tomas Klima Dr. and Mrs. Ernst Knobil Dr. & Mrs. Darwin R. Labarthe Mr. & Mrs. Julian C. LaRoche Mr. & Mrs. Truett Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Layne, IV Mr. James Lee Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lehrer Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Leigh, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Martin D. Lidsky Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Linder Dr. & Mrs. David Litowsky Dr. & Mrs. James Livesay Dr. & Mrs. W. R. Livesay M. David Low, MD, PhD Dr. & Mrs. John M. Lukeman Dr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Lummis, Jr. Mrs. Jayne Miller Maginnis Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Dr. M. Michele Mariscalco Dr. & Mrs. Peter C. Marzio Mr. James W. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Jack McCrary Mr. & Mrs. William H. McDugald Mr. & Mrs. Russell McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. McGown Dr. Alice R. McPherson |
Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds
Mrs. Lucille B. Melcher Dr. John Mendelsohn Mrs. Henry S. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Huntly D. Millar Mr. & Mrs. William J. Miller Mr. & Mrs. George P. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Linda Monroe, PhD Dr. & Mrs. Meredith D. Montague, III Mr. & Mrs. Preston Moore, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Moreton Mrs. Robert D. Moreton Mrs. Beth Morian Mr. & Mrs. Carloss Morris Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mumford Mr. & Mrs. Robert Muniz Dr. & Mrs. Ethan A. Natelson Ms. Louise S. Neuhaus Mrs. W. Oscar Neuhaus Dr. & Mrs. Buford L. Nichols, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Norton Mr. & Mrs. Dee S. Osborne Ms. Betsy Parish Mrs. Carolyn W. Payne Mr. Hartwell H. Peebles, Jr. Dr. Gloria L. Perez Mrs. Lysle H. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Piller Mrs. Fletcher Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Pratt Mr. R. B. Prindiville Mrs. Billie Fay Proler Mr. & Mrs. Risher Randall Mrs. Margaret B. Rather Mr. John A. Rathmell, Sr. Mrs. Charles F. Reed, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George H. Reid, Jr. Dr. Christian Restrepo Dr. & Mrs. John C. Ribble Dr. Stuart Riggs Dr. & Mrs. Harvey S. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Rowland Dr. & Mrs. Elmer Key Sanders Ms. Louisa Stude Sarofim Mrs. Leslie Sasser Mr. Richard Scalzitti Ms. Nancy Schlater Dr. & Mrs. Jimmy D. Schmidt Dr. & Mrs. Herman J. Schultz Dr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe, Jr. Mrs. Gordon E. Selig Mr. & Mrs. Ben G. Sewell Dr. & Mrs. William D. Seybold Mr. Bobby S. Shackouls Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Simpson Dr. & Mrs. Norman Speck Mrs. Thane T. Sponsel Mr. Charles F. Squire Mr. & Mrs. Stuart West Stedman Dr. Marvin A. Stone Mrs. Elizabeth B. Stone Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Strange Dr. Kathryn S. Stream Dr. & Mrs. H. James Stuart Mrs. Mary H. Sutow Dr. Todd J. Swick Dr. & Mrs. Heinrich Taegtmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Tye Philip Taft Mr. Henry J.N. Taub Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Sellers J. Thomas, Jr. Dr. Stephen P. Tomasovic Mr. & Mrs. Elliot P. Tucker Mrs. Phyllis B. Tucker Ms. Martha Turner Dr. & Mrs. Lee L. D. Tuttle, Jr. Ms. Mary E. Underwood Mr. & Mrs. Chase Untermeyer Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Van Santen Mr. E. Therio Vekris Richard E. Wainerdi, PhD Mr. Mark A. Wallace Mrs. Joe C. Walter, Jr. Dr. Ronald S. Walters Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt Waltmon Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. W. Temple Webber, Jr. Mr. Bernard L. Weingarten Mr. & Mrs. John L. Welsh, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Wessendorff Mr. & Mrs. W. Meade Wheless, Jr. Mr. Dan S. Wilford Mr. & Mrs. James Wiseheart Dr. & Mrs. Edward H. Withers Mr. & Mrs. David Wolff Mr. & Mrs. John H. Young Mr. & Mrs. John S. Zaccaria Mr. & Mrs. R. Eugene Zimmerman |
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Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library, check presentation to fund
the Houston Medical History Project. Earl J. Brewer, Jr., MD, President,
and J. Robert Beck, MD, Interim Executive Director, HAM–TMC Library
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Walking Tours — Every Hour on the Half Hour 10:30, 11:30 (En Español),
12:30, 1:30,
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| Jesse H. Jones Community Health Information Service
(First Floor)
10:00 Health Information and Consumer Health Website 12:30 Health Information and Consumer Health Website 2:30 Health Information and Consumer Health Website 4:00 Health Information and Consumer Health Website Library Computer Demonstrations (Second Floor - Room 209)
Informal Discussions on Medical Libraries and Health Information
12:00 J. Robert Beck, MD, High Tech in Library Service and Scholarship. 1:00 Earl J. Brewer, MD, President, Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library. 2:00 Renee Bougard, MLIS, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region. 3:00 Deborah Halsted, MLS, HAM–TMC Library Public Health Project. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center (Second Floor)
11:00 Sneak Preview — Come see the first books in the McGovern Digital Library — Daniel P. Wirt, MD 12:30 Collections of Personal Papers in the McGovern Center — Elizabeth White 2:00 What is This Old Book Worth? Bring one or two of your old books and learn how to search for information using the Internet — Daniel P. Wirt, MD, and Elizabeth White 3:00 Special Bindings on Special Books — Come see the many ways book pages are protected by leather and paper covers — Dennis Moser 4:00 Sneak Preview — Come see the first books in the McGovern Digital Library — Daniel P. Wirt, MD 5:00 Highlights from the John P. McGovern History of Medicine Collection — Special Exhibit — Elizabeth White 6:00 What is This Old Book Worth? Bring one or two of your old books and learn how to search for information using the Internet — Daniel P. Wirt, MD, and Elizabeth White |
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Houston Medical History Project The John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center is the only historical repository with a major focus on collecting and preserving documents concerning the history of health care in Houston, Texas. The manuscript collections in the McGovern Center are not just of regional interest; they record the achievements of individuals and institutions that have influenced national health care policy and have been innovators in medical and surgical care. Over the past decade, marvelous collections have been donated to the HAM–TMC Library. These include the personal and professional papers of R. Lee Clark, MD, Sam A. Nixon, MD, Frederick C. Elliott, DDS, Russell J. Blattner, MD, Dr. Ernst Knobil and Joseph L. Melnick, PhD. These collections and hundreds more provide the foundation for all future research on the history of health care in Houston and the development of the Texas Medical Center. The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library have made a major commitment to this historical project by donating $180,000 to process collections and to provide public access in print and electronic form to the catalogue of collections and to selected documents within them. Two new staff members, a project archivist and a technician, will process collections of personal papers already in the archive, prepare guides to historical collections, and help to index the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners licensure files. Over four hundred titles—newsletters, journals and reports from Texas Medical Center hospitals and schools—will be added to the Library’s online catalog. Beginning with the 1950’s, the early days of the Texas Medical Center, these materials document the stages of institutional development and the generous contributions made by Houstonians to biomedical research and health education. Some of the earliest, most fragile newsletters will be scanned for viewing on the Internet. The Houston Medical History Project outlined above is part of a much larger project, the John P. McGovern Digital History of Medicine Library. To support this digital library, the HAM-TMC Library will fund additional personnel and equipment to provide web access to materials on Texas medical history. For further information please contact Elizabeth White, Director, John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center (Tel. 713-799-7139), or E- mail (bethw@library.tmc.edu). |
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