III. ORGANIZATION

The correspondence, records, and other documentation in Dr. Brewer's collection were maintained in original order whenever possible. Folders and material within folders generally are in chronological order. Duplicates and triplicates of documents were discarded. Photocopies of journal articles, including those used as references for chapters in books or in preparing papers, were noted and discarded if the articles remain accessible in the original journals unless an article is inscribed by the author, contains handwritten notes, pre-dates Medline, or is from a relatively less accessible journal.

Two copies of journal articles authored by Dr. Brewer were retained. Additional copies were discarded along with duplicate copies of other reports and reprints. When a report was authored by Dr. Brewer and a number of his colleagues, Dr. Brewer's name is listed as primary author, "et al.," to emphasize his contribution regardless of the sequence of the authors' names on the published report or article. The publications numbered and listed on Dr. Brewer's August 1989 CV are filed in that numerical order In Series IX. Those not on that CV follow in chronological order. A number of books, both by Dr. Brewer and others, were cataloged separately. The folders containing restricted patient information are noted with a bold asterisk (*) next to the folder number in this inventory and also on the folder.

Archival bond paper was interleaved where it seemed likely that related documents and attachments to a cover letter might become separated following removal of staples and paper clips. Tabbed report dividers were replaced with archival bond sheets. Information on the tabs was transferred onto these sheets.

Where possible, documents on particularly acidic paper, such as thermofax copies, were photocopied onto archival bond paper and the acidic copies discarded. In instances where it was unfeasible or impossible to duplicate the acidic form, the document was placed in its own Lvelope or acid-free folder to contain potential contaminants.

The bulk of information regarding professional meetings attended or promoted by Dr. Brewer is housed in Series VIII. Notable exceptions include the ARA's Conferences on Rheumatic Diseases held in Park City, UT, AF and AJAO meetings which are in Series VI, and meetings with the Soviets regarding cooperative drug studies which are in Series VII. Slides, scripts for slide presentations, audio and video recordings of meeting sessions, and typescripts of papers given at professional meetings are included with the correspondence, itineraries, programs and agendas for specific meetings throughout the collection.

General interest video cassettes, both 3/4" and VHS format, and 16mm films are in Series IX. Sets like "The Rheumatrex Clinical Video Library" produced by Lederle Laboratories, in which Dr. Brewer was not a direct participant, are cataloged separately.

Dr. Brewer's scrapbook materials were placed on acid free pages with mylar covers and secured with mylar corners when necessary. The information is in original order and includes newspaper and magazine articles, news releases, photographs, meeting programs, and correspondence. The scrapbook is in Series X, Box 1. The Photograph Collection is boxed and shelved as Series XI.

Most photographs were incorporated into the McGovern Center's Photograph Collection. A few were left with pertinent correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, meetings, or reports throughout the collection, as noted in the itemized inventory.

Abbreviations used include:

AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics

ABP - American Board of Pediatrics

ACCH - Association for the Care of Children's Health

ACR - American College of Rheumatology

AF - Arthritis Foundation

AHP(A) - Arthritis Health Professions (Association)

AJAO - American Juvenile Arthritis Association

AMA - American Medical Association

APS - American Pediatric Society

ARA - American Rheumatism Association

AUSSR - All-Union Scientific Society of Rheumatologists

BCBS - Blue Cross & Blue Shield [Insurance Company]

BCHC - Border Children's Health Center (El Paso, Texas)

BCM - Baylor College of Medicine

B/W - black and white (photographs)

CCI - Chronic Childhood Illnesses

CCS - Crippled Children's Services (Texas Dept. of Health)

CIDC - Chronically III & Disabled Children

CME - Continuing medical education

CMHT - Care Management Health Team

CV - Curriculum Vita

DOE - Department of Education

DMARD - Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug

ELAR - European League Against Rheumatism . .

FDA - Food & Drug Administration

FTF - Family-to-Family [Network]

HEW - [U. S. Department of] Health, Education & Welfare (now Health & Human Services)

HMO - Health Maintenance Organization

IHPR - International Health Professionals in Rheumatology

ILAR - International League Against Rheumatism

JRA - Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

K-S - Kelsey-Seybold

MCH - [U. S. Bureau of] Maternal and Child Health

MCHIP - Maternal and Child Health Improvement Project

MDAH - M. D. Anderson Hospital

MTX - Methotrexate

NIAMS - National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

NIH - National Institutes of Health

NSAID - Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug

OT - Occupational therapist/therapy

PHS - Public Health Service

PRC - People's Republic of China

PRCSG - Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group

PT - Physical therapist/therapy

RA - Rheumatoid arthritis

RPRC - Regional Pediatric Rheumatology Center

SAARD - Slower-Acting Anti-Rheumatic Drug

SCC - Special Care Center (Kelsey-Seybold)

SLC - Salt Lake City (Utah)

SPRANS - Special Projects of Regional & National Significance

TCH - Texas Children's Hospital

TDH - Texas Department of Health

TRA - Texas Rheumatism Association

TS - typescript

TWU - Texas Women's University

USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

UT - University of Texas

UTHSC - University of Texas Health Science Center

UTMB - University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston)

The Brewer collection is divided into ten series:

I.   Personal & Biographical

II.   Professional - general

III.   Texas Children's Hospital (TCH)

IV.   Kelsey-Seybold (K-S) Clinic

V.   Coordinated pediatric care/case management

VI.   Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

VII. Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG)

VIII. Professional meetings

IX.   Publications

X.   Scrapbook and oversize memorabilia

XI.   Photograph Collection

I. Personal & Biographical

The 3 boxes in this series contain accession correspondence, biographical information and CVs, transcripts of Dr. Brewer's 1979 and 1992 oral history interviews, Dr. Brewer's oxygen tent patent and related correspondence and information, personal correspondence and invitations, charitable donations, personal and professional certificates of achievement, memberships, awards, and honors. (See Series X, Box 2, for Oversize certificates, proclamations, honors, and Dr. Brewer's State of Utah medical license).

II. Professional - general

The 3 boxes in this series contain articles from various newspapers and professional publications about Dr. Brewer's achievements, articles and grant applications and proposals reviewed by Dr. Brewer, professional recommendations and consultations, correspondence and

information regarding Dr. Brewer's role on Manuela Jasso's doctoral advisory committee, a copy of Ms. Jasso's dissertation, correspondence and slides regarding guest lectures and workshops, artwork by Dr. Brewer's pediatric patients and scores of photos of his pediatric patients.

III. Texas Children's Hospital (TCH)

The 4 boxes in this series contain general correspondence and individual correspondence files regarding both TCH and BCM; 1974 plans, publicity, and dedication of the arthritis clinic and new wing plus information regarding TCH's 20th Anniversary; departmental meeting agendas; Advisory Committee meetings; By-Laws Committee correspondence and meetings; patient data; study protocols; statistical reports; Rheumatology Clinic structure (Dr. Brewer founded and chaired the Pediatric Rheumatology Center 1958-1988), forms, progress reports, grant applications, codes, and costs; RPRC employment applications to which CVs are sometimes attached; A-Team meetings; BCM information, especially regarding the Rheumatology Section of the Pediatric Department which was founded and chaired by Dr. Brewer 1958-1988, Allied Health Manpower Committee information; grand rounds information with some TSs of presentations by Dr. Brewer and others; Journal Club presentations/training; NIH/MCH grant applications, reports, costs, fringe benefit schedules.

IV. Kelsey-Seybold (K-S) Clinic

The 5 boxes in this series contain general correspondence; individual correspondence files for George D. Ferry and Mimi Minkoff; insurance information; publicity about K-S and Dr. Brewer including K-S's 40th anniversary; minutes of Pediatric Department meetings during Dr.

Brewer's tenure as departmental chief (Dr. Brewer founded and chaired the Rheumatology Section of the Pediatric Department 1962-1983); patient reports; Texas Women's University student Manuela Jasso's PT fellowship; Grants Committee information; contracts; Medical Advisory Committee correspondence; information regarding expense reimbursement, the Pediatric Rheumatology Center, SCC/TDH grants, state and national coordinated care programs, MCHIP, various foundations, and RPRCs; SCC patient information, correspondence, fee schedules; case management models for children with special needs.

V. Coordinated pediatric care/case management

The 15 boxes in this series contain general correspondence; individual correspondence files for Drs. Merle McPherson and C. E. Koop; case management history, hearings, and legislation; various states' programs for handicapped children; MCH/TDHJCCS (Dr. Brewer directed Texas CCS's RPRC 1982-1988 and coordinated family outreach from 1982) correspondence, applications, contracts, reports, purchase vouchers, program renewals; MCHIP/SPRANS RPRCs across Texas including K-S's SCC; TDH Advisory Committee correspondence, meetings, notes, information on psychosocial impact of arthritis on children and their families; information regarding Barbara Aiello's The Kids on the Block, Inc., establishment of the Lloyd Bentsen Award in 1987 and subsequent recipients, the 1987 U. S. Surgeon General's Conference organized by Dr. Brewer and held in Houston, the development and organization of Houston's Family-to-Family Network and other organizations specializing in the care and counseling of chronically ill children and their families; and correspondence and research materials from European fact-finding trip for the 1989 report "Family-Centered, Community-Backed Health Care: A European Perspective."

VI. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

The 10 boxes in this series contain ARA reports and correspondence; slides and information on JRA patients; JRA-related journal articles; correspondence, data and reports of the JRA Criteria Subcommittee (Dr. Brewer was a founder in 1964 and chaired 1965-1978) regarding the classification of JRA; organization, programs, abstracts and proceedings of Park City, UT, Conferences on the Rheumatic Diseases (1976, 1986, 1991); AJAO background (founded 1980), correspondence, Executive Committee minutes; presentation scripts and slides; videotapes of the first annual AJAO Conference in Keystone, CO (1984); National Arthritis Advisory Board information; AJAO's Earl Brewer Health Professional Award (established in 1989); AF correspondence and information; AAP Rheumatology Section and Pediatric Rheumatology Group; ABP Pediatric Rheumatology subspecialty proposal.

VII. Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG)

The 13 boxes in this series contain PRCSG (Dr. Brewer founded and chaired from 1973) Advisory Council correspondence; information about the NIH Advisory Committee, FDA Guidelines, DMARDs and NSAIDs; Cooperative Trial of Therapy of JRA database; correspondence, protocols, grant applications, reports, evaluations, patient information, meetings and travel information regarding national drug studies, and similar material plus cooperative agreements, study criteria, telexes, meetings, and other documentation regarding international cooperative drug studies with both the USSR and China; individual correspondence files; publicity and interviews; and journal articles derived from the scores of drug studies.

VIII. Professional meetings

The 8 boxes in this series contain correspondence, travel and expense information, agendas, meeting programs and minutes, and supporting evidence and information for Dr. Brewer's presentations including typescripts and slide scripts, slides, transparencies, audio and video recordings of program sessions at various professional meetings. The folders are arranged in chronological order from 1971-1996. See Series VI for information on the Park City conferences and AF and AJAO meetings and Series VII for international collaborative drug study meetings.

IX. Publications

The 15 boxes/items in this series contain originals and reprints of the 192 publications listed on Dr. Brewer's Aug. 12, 1989, CV in the order in which they appear on the list; publications after that date in chronological order; correspondence with publishers, requests for reprints, and correspondence otherwise related to various publications; drafts and reference materials for Dr. Brewer's books Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (1st and 2nd editions), Parenting a Child with Arthritis, and The Arthritis Source Book; typescripts of unpublished works including two fiction novels, Geri Sue, Melissa Sue, & Jeremy and Picking up the Marbles; publications and typescripts authored by others; videotapes in both 3/4" and VHS formats; and 16mm films.

X. Scrapbook and other oversize memorabilia.

The 2 boxes in this series contain Dr. Brewer's scrapbook with clippings, programs, correspondence, photos, and other documentation from the 1960s and early 1970s plus oversize certificates, proclamations, honors, and awards not included in Series I.

XI. Photograph Collection.