Burbank/Fraser Collection on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Gout

The Burbank/Fraser Collection contains over 3,600 volumes, including books, pamphlets, bound reprints, and translations.

With publications ranging from a sixteenth century manuscript to the modern works of John Talbott and Charles Short, this collection documents the changing regimens for rheumatic diseases and the foundations of the modern specialty of rheumatology.

With publications from over 20 countries, the collection offers innumerable opportunities for research on the history of the rheumatic diseases and the cross-cultural transference of medical information.

• Dr. Reginald Burbank, New York City;
• Dr. Kevin Fraser, Melbourne, Australia;
• Dr. Philip S. Hench, Rochester, Minnesota;
• Dr. Samuel Tarnopolsky, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Dr. Earl J. Brewer, Houston, Texas;
• Dr. John Talbott, Chicago, Illinois;
• Dr. John L. Decker, Bethesda, Maryland

Cora and Webb Mading Collection on Public Health

The Cora and Webb Mading Collection contains over 1,500 books and pamphlets on urban sanitation in the United States and communicable diseases.

Two important aspects of the collection are the large number of early twentieth century city and state health department reports and the nineteenth century pamphlets on specific contagious diseases. Links to a short list of Pamphlets and portions of two books are representative of this collection.

Public Health Papers and Reports...1903

The Modern Problem of Milk 1917

McGovern Collection on the History of Medicine

The McGovern Collection contains over 5,500 titles focused on the development of the medical specialties in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The collection emphasis has been American Imprints and English language materials. There are a small number of titles in French or German from the eighteenth century.

There are extensive holding of medical titles from the publisher, Samuel and William Wood, of New York.

There are significant sections on William Osler, pediatrics, allergy and cardiology.

Below are links to portions of five books which are representative of this collection.

Elements of physiology, 1851

Tumours innocent and malignant, 1893

Essentials of prescription writing, 1913

Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations, 1902

The diagnosis of smallpox, 1910

Menninger Collection

In June, 2003, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library became the owner of the Menninger Foundation’s Library of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. This fine gift included their clinical library of books and journals, the historical and rare book collections, and complete runs of the Menninger publications.

There are over 3,000 rare books in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. This is a wide-ranging collection with titles pertaining to psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in both adults and children. The publications by and commentaries about Sigmund Freud are so extensive that the Menninger Library staff devised an expanded classification scheme to shelve these titles. There are also a number of titles devoted to community mental health, nursing, and work in prisons.

The rare book collection includes a large number of early journals on psychoanalysis, hundreds of German psychiatric texts, and annual reports from American asylums. In addition to psychiatric materials, there are many fine texts related to the broader field of medicine. One of these volumes is a 1783 German edition of Andreas Vesalius’s anatomy with reproductions of the illustrations from the original Vesalius.

The bound volumes of Menninger Clinic publications begin in 1919. In addition, there are boxes of papers from Menninger employees, the publication TPR, Menninger Perspectives, The Menninger Quarterly, and the Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. All these document the programs, staff, and research interests of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. Alumni directories, annual reports, and Directories of Training Programs from the Menninger Foundation are all included in the collection.

The Menninger Foundation Rare Book Collection is maintained at the HAM-TMC Library’s Historical Research Center. Although the collection is not fully catalogued, researchers are welcome to inquire about the availability of historical books, Menninger publications, and papers from former staff at the Topeka clinic.

Further information is available from Elizabeth White, 713.799.7135. or elizabeth.white@exch.library.tmc.edu.