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| Vol. 24, No. 11 |
| June 15, 2002 |
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Library’s Historical Collections Get New Home A new 11,000 square-foot facility has been leased by the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library to house the library’s manuscript collections and extensive collection of historical publications and records from Texas Medical Center institutions. To prepare for moving the archival collections and staff, the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center will close for two months. During July, the staff will transfer more than 100 collections of personal papers from Texas physicians and biomedical researchers and nearly 100 collections documenting the development of Texas Medical Center institutions. The new Historical Research Center will be located at 8272 El Rio, Suite 190, and will provide all environmental controls necessary to preserve these unique historical resources. There will be nearly 8,800 square feet of space for shelving historical collections, along with offices for staff and expanded space for researchers. Photocopying, scanning, and reference assistance will be available to researchers when the new facility opens this fall. The rare book and photograph collections will remain in the Jesse H. Jones Library Building with the major portion of the HAM-TMC Library’s medical literature. During the summer, the McGovern Research Center’s historical books and photograph collections will be accessible only by appointment. Researchers should contact Sara Holland at (713) 799-7141 or sholland@library.tmc.edu for access to the collections and for reference assistance. The art collections and medical instruments will not be accessible while the department is closed. For further information contact Elizabeth Borst White, director of the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, 1133 John Freeman Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030, (713) 799-7139, bwhite@library.tmc.edu.
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