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IV. INVENTORY (*=restricted files)
SERIES I. PERSONAL & BIOGRAPHICAL
Box 1
Folders 1 - 4
Accession correspondence, general personal and biographical information, honorable discharge from the U. S. Army dated Feb. 26, 1948, and CV.
Folders 5 - 6
Transcripts of oral history interviews: Dr. Brewer's 1979 interview by Zela Maxwell and Dr. Brewer's 1992 interview by Fran Dressman.
Folders 7 - 13
Correspondence, data, patent application, summary report of evaporator design, and Dr. Brewer's oxygen tent patent.
Folders 14 - 18
Personal correspondence, 1976-1988.
Box 2
Folders 19 - 22
Personal correspondence, 1991-1995 and undated.
Folders 23 - 26
Various invitations; political contributions and correspondence including a photo of Senator & Mrs. Lloyd Bentsen's granddaughter Lori with Dr. Brewer (additional photos of Dr. Brewer and various Bentsen family members are cataloged in the Photograph Collection along with 3 oversize, dry mounted, signed, but undated photos of a. Republican Presidents Reagan, Nixon, Bush, and Ford b. 7 Republican Senate leaders c. President George Bush), program booklet "The Installation of Thomas Bowman Brewer (Dr. Brewer's brother) as Chancellor of East Carolina University" dated Oct. 28, 1978, and correspondence and documents regarding Dr. & Mrs. Brewer's donation of the horse Summer Rains to the Randolph-Macon Woman's College equestrian program.
See
Series X, Box 2, OVERSIZE MEMORABILIA for additional certificates, awards and
honors.
Folders 27 - 32
Membership certificates for Delta Tau Delta (1945) and Alpha Kappa Kappa (1951) Fraternities and the Osler Society of the BCM (1951), Texas Christian University Bachelor of Arts Degree (1950), Texas State Board of Examiners Certificate of Proficiency (1954), Texas Medical Association membership correspondence, BCM Doctor of Medicine Degree, BCM Medical Alumni Association Member (1954), and BCM letter of appreciation from Dr. Ralph Feigin (1988 - BCM staff appointments are in Series II, Box 2, and BCM general information is in Series III, Boxes 3 & 4).
Folders 33 - 36
Certificates for Senior Assistant Medical Resident at Children's and Infants' Hospital (1956-1957 - See Photograph Collection), ABP Diplomate (1959 - additional ABP information in Series VI, Boxes 9 & 10), and AAP Fellow (1959); AAP Section on Rheumatology Commendation (1983); member AAP Committee on Drugs (1982-1983); Chairman AAP Nominating Committee (1987 - additional AAP information in Series VI, Box 9).
Folders 37 - 41
TRA membership certificate (1961), TRA wood and bronze presidential plaque (1969), TRA board member (1980-1981), K-S wood & bronze plaque for service as founder and chief of the Department of Pediatrics (1962-1983), K-S wood and bronze plaque for service as Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board.
Folders 42 - 46
Wood and bronze "THANKS FROM THE MARCH OF DIMES" plaque (1965); member Houston Pediatric Society, Texas Pediatric Society, and AMA; AMA Physician's Recognition Award for CME (1972 and 1982).
Box 3
Folders 47 - 54
Wood and bronze plaque for chairing the Texas Governor's Conference on Arthritis (1974-1975), certificates as Admiral in the Texas Navy (1975 - See Photograph Collection) and TCH Medical Staff President (1977), 30 and 35-year TCH tenure pins (1988 & 1993), ACR membership information, ACR Master of Rheumatology Award (1996 - also see Photograph Collection and Series VIII, Box 8), certificates of appreciation from the Department of HEW/PHS/FDA for serving on the Arthritis Advisory Committee (1979) and from Beijing Medical College for participating in the 1982 Pediatric Rheumatology symposium.
Folders 55 - 60
Membership certificates for the Harris County Medical Society, the Argentine Pediatric Society and the APS (the APS file includes a copy of Dr. Chester Fink's nomination "Statement of Qualifications" for Dr. Brewer's APS membership and a 19901991 APS Directory), course program and wood and bronze plaque for teaching at Miami Children's Hospital's 20th annual pediatric postgraduate course (1985), membership in the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, nomination for NIAMS membership.
Folders 61 - 66
Notification of the establishment of AJAO's Earl Brewer Award (1989 - See Series VI, Box 8 for information on award recipients and Boxes 4-8 for AJAO general information and videotapes of AJAO meetings), appreciation for service on AJAO's Executive Committee and Nominating Committee, AJAO National Service citation for serving on the Advisory Group on Health Care (1990), member Southern Society for Pediatric Research (file includes a 1985-1986 25th Anniversary Membership Directory), Japanese Journal of Rheumatology International Advisory Board member (1986-1987: there are two copies of Vol. 1, No. 1, the 1986-1987 Journal).
Folders 67 - 73
Certificate of appreciation from Second Pediatric Rheumatology Congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1987); wood and bronze AF, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, Service Award plaque (1987 - See Series VI, Boxes 8 & 9 for other AF information); UT Medical School Search Committee member (1987-1988) and Certificates of Appreciation (1994 & 1996); U. S. Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Award (1988); consideration for the position of U. S. Surgeon General (1989); member Republican Senatorial Inner Circle (1989).
Folders 74 - 79
ACCH member; Rheumatology Clinics of North America dedicated to Dr. Brewer; nomination as a foreign member to USSR's All-Union Scientific Society of Rheumatologists (1991 - See Series VII, Boxes 7-13 regarding USA/USSR collaborative drug studies and Series X, Box 2 for Dr. Brewer's certificate as an honorary AUSSR member); Parents Helping Parents Advisory Board (1991); referee for the British Columbia Health Research Foundation (1992); University Club member.