urn:taro:utmb.00088 Texas Surgical Society Records, (1915-1998)The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. March 1992 Updated December 2002 Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., February 2003. Finding aid written in English. March 2006.Corrections and further encoding to TARO project standards by Patricia R. Wilkinson.September 2011.Corrections and further encoding to TARO project standards by Patricia R. Callaway. Texas Surgical Society Records, (1915-1998) MS 31 Truman G. Blocker, Jr. History of Medicine Collections, Moody Medical Library,
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1035, phone (409) 772-2397
SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Texas Surgical Society Records, (1915-1998), contain the minutes and documentation of the society’s annual meetings, its constitution and bylaws, presidential addresses, correspondence, newsletters, membership files, photographs and transactions, as well as a collection of gavels used by the society and a series of portraits of its members by Sue Bucy.

 SERIES DESCRIPTION Series 1 - Meetings: 1.1 Minutes of Annual Meetings 1.2 Annual Meeting Programs 1.3 Related Materials 1.4 50th Anniversary Meeting 1.5 Council Proceedings and Correspondence Series 2 - Constitution and Bylaws Series 3 - Presidential Addresses Series 4 - Correspondence Series 5 - Newsletters Series 6 - Membership Files Series 7 - Visual and Audiovisual Materials Series 8 - Transactions Gavel Collection Portraits by Sue Bucy Detailed Description 01-02 Series 1.1 - MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETINGS 01 01 Minutes 1915-1919 01 02 Minutes 1921-1928 01 03 Minutes 1931-1939 01 04 Minutes 1940-1945 01 05 Minutes 1946-1949 01 06 Minutes 1950-1952 01 07 Minutes 1953-1956 01 08 Minutes 1957-1959 01 09 Minutes 1960-1963 01 10 Minutes 1964-1968 02 01 Minutes 1969-1973 02 02 Minutes 1974-1976 02 03 Minutes 1977-1978 02 04 Minutes 1979-1980 02 05 Minutes 1981 02 06 Minutes (Incomplete) 1982-1986 02 07 Minutes 1987-1988 02 08 Minutes 1989-1990 02 09 Minutes 1991-1993 03-05, 26, 35 Series 1.2 - ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAMS 03 01 Programs 1927, 1930s 03 02 Programs 1940s 03 03 Programs 1950s 03 04 Programs 1960-1965 04 01 Programs 1966-1969 04 02 Programs 1970-1972 04 03 Programs 1973-75 05 01 Programs 1976-1979 05 02 Programs 1980-1982 05 03 Programs 1983-1985 05 04 Programs 1986-1988 26 01 Programs 1989-1990 26 02 Programs 1991-1992 26 03 Programs 1993-1994 35 01 Programs 1995-1996 35 02 Programs 1997-98 06-08 Series 1.3 - RELATED MATERIALS 06 01 Meetings. Related Materials 1915 06 02 Meetings. Related Materials 1939-1941 06 03 Meetings. Related Materials 1960-1966 07 01 Meetings. Related Materials 1968-1971 07 02 Meetings. Related Materials 1972 07 03 Meetings. Related Materials 1973 07 04 Meetings. Related Materials 1974 07 05 Meetings. Related Materials 1975-1976 07 06 Meetings. Related Materials 1977-1978 07 07 Meetings. Related Materials 1979 07 08 Meetings. Related Materials 1980 08 01 Meetings. Related Materials 1981-1987 08 02 Meetings. Related Materials 1988-1995 08 03 Meetings. Related Materials 1996-98 06, 31-32 Series 1.4 - 50th ANNIVERSARY MEETING 32 04 50th Anniversary. The First 50 Years. 31 01 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 1 31 02 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 2 31 03 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 3 31 04 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 4 31 05 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 5 32 01 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 6 32 02 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 7 32 03 50th Anniversary. Manuscript. Folder 8 31 06 50th Anniversary. Miscellaneous 06 04 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary 1965 06 05 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary. Correspondence 1961-1964 06 06 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary. Correspondence 1965 (1) 06 07 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary. Correspondence 1965 (2) 06 08 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary. Correspondence 1966-1967 06 09 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary. Guest Speakers 1965 06 10 Meeting. Dallas/50th Anniversary. Honorary Fellows 1965 01. Series 1.5 - COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE 01 37 Council Proceedings & Correspondence 1995-98 13. Series 2 - CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS 13 06 Amended Charter 1963 13 01 Ashbel Smith Committee 1972-1973 13 05 Charter 1915 13 04 Charter Members (see: individual files) 13 07 Constitution and Bylaws 1916-1947 13 10 Constitution and Bylaws 1951-1985, 1994 13 08 Constitution and Bylaws (Correspondence) 1932, 1963-1966 13 03 Insignia n.d. 13 03 Organizational Meetings 1914-1915 13 02 Report of the Committee on Surgery (Photocopy) 1886-1887 13 09 Secretary's Handbook 1976, 1986 14-15 Series 3 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES 15 18 Aust, J. Bradley 1989 14 03 Aynesworth, Kenneth H. 1927 15 19 Balantyne, Alando J. 1990 14 13 Barnes, J. Peyton 1958 15 12 Barnett, William D. 1982 15 14 Baskin, R.H. 1984 14 12 Blocker, Truman G., Jr. 1957 14 17 Brindley, G.V., Jr. 1962 15 10 Brownell, A.W. 1979 14 10 Carter, C.B. 1955 14 15 Crosthwait, R. Wilson 1960 14 18 Duckett, J. Warner 1963 15 05 Dudgeon, Howard R., Jr. 1974 14 21 Gilbert, Joe T. 1966 14 19 Greenwood, James, Jr. 1964 14 14 Hartman, Albert W. 1959 14 09 Jackson, Dudley, Sr. 1954 15 13 Jordan, George 1983 14 22 King, Walter B., Jr. 1967 14 24 Lorimer, W.S., Jr. 1969 15 24 McCollum, Charles H. 1995 14 23 McComb, Asher R. 1968 14 07 Moore, Robert M. 1952 14 11 Nixon, Pat I. 1956 15 22 Papers other than presidential addresses. 1966-1981 15 20 Poulos, Ernest 1991 15 09 Pridgen, James E. 1978 15 07 Ross, Raleigh A. 1976 15 08 Rutledge, Robb H. 1977 15 16 Rutledge, Randy 1986 15 06 Sewell, John H. 1975 14 16 Sewell, Robert L. 1961 15 15 Seybold, Herbert M. 1985 15 02 Seybold, William D. 1971 15 11 Shelton, Elvin L., Jr. 1980 14 04 Singleton, Albert O. 1932 15 04 Singleton, Albert O., Jr. 1973 14 20 Sparkman, Robert S. 1965 15 17 Thomas, Patrick R. 1988 15 21 Thompson, James C. 1993 14 01 Thompson, James E. 1915 14 02 Thompson, James E. 1916 15 03 Thompson, Jesse E. 1972 15 25 Turner, Robert J. 1995 15 26 Turley, William 1998 15 23 Urschel, Harold C. Jr. 1994 14 08 Waldron, George W. 1953 14 06 White, Edward 1951 14 05 White, R.J. 1950 15 01 White, Raleigh R. 1970 09-12 Series 4 - CORRESPONDENCE 09 01 Correspondence 1939-1940, 1949 09 02 Correspondence 1963, 1965 09 03 Correspondence 1966 09 04 Correspondence 1967-1969 09 05 Correspondence 1970-1971 09 06 Correspondence 1972 (1) 09 07 Correspondence 1972 (2) 09 08 Correspondence 1973 (1) 10 01 Correspondence 1973 (2) 10 02 Correspondence 1973 (3) 10 03 Correspondence 1974 (1) 10 04 Correspondence 1974 (2) 10 05 Correspondence 1975 (1) 10 06 Correspondence 1975 (2) 11 01 Correspondence 1976 (1) 11 02 Correspondence 1976 (2) 11 03 Correspondence 1977 (1) 11 04 Correspondence 1977 (2) 11 05 Correspondence 1977 (3) 11 06 Correspondence 1978 (1) 11 07 Correspondence 1978 (2) 12 01 Correspondence 1979 (1) 12 02 Correspondence 1979 (2) 12 03 Correspondence 1980 (1) 12 04 Correspondence 1980 (2) 12 05 Correspondence 1980 (3) 12 06 Correspondence 1981 12 07 Correspondence 1986-98 17. Series 5 - NEWSLETTERS 17 01 Newsletters 1956-- 18-23, 27-30, 34, 36, 38 Series 6 - MEMBERSHIP FILES 28 Aaronoff, William 18 Adams, John Dean 28 Adams, Granville 28 Adronis, Nicholas 30 Ainsworth, William H. 38 Alexander, Clay S. 36 Alsop, Joseph F. 27 Anderson, Gilbert I. 28 Artz, Curtis P. 18 Aves, Charles Marion 28 Aves, Frederick W. 38 Austin, Dale J. 18 Aynesworth, Kenneth H. 18 Bailes, Porter 36 Balch, Charles M. 28 Ballantine, Alando J. 18 Barkley, Howard T. 30 Barnes, Frank L. Drawer 10 Barnes, J. Peyton 18 Barnes, J. Peyton 30 Beall, Frank Cooke 18 Bebb, Kenneth C. 18 Becton, Joe 18 Bethea, James A. 28 Bertner, E.W. 18 Bertram, Harold F. 18 Best, Paul W. 18 Bleakney, Philip Arnold 28 Bledsoe, Murff Franklin 18 Blocker, Truman G., Jr. 27 Blundell, J. Reese 28 Bourland, Joseph Wilbur 18 Bowyer, Mack 28 Boyd, Everett M. 28 Bradfield, John L. 18 Bradford, Francis Keith 28 Bramlitt, Charles Henry 18 Bratcher, Everett P. 18 Brindley, George Valter 27 Brindley, Hanes H. 18 Brochu, Francis Louis 28 Broders, Charles W. 18 Bronwell, Alvin W. 38 Brooks, Benjy 18 Buchanan, Arren C. 18 Buchholz, Ransom, R. 28 Bunkley, E.P. 18 Bunkley, Thomas A. 28 Burns, John Gillett 28 Burns, John W. 18 Bussey, Charles D. 18 Butler, James E. 28 Butte, Felix Lattimore 28 Cade, Charles C. 18 Campbell, Donald 27 Caldwell, Elbert H. 28 Campbell, Daniel C. 27 Canizaro, Peter C. 18 Capps, William F. 18 Carlton, Carter E. 30 Carr, Robert 30 Carrell, William Beall 28 Carswell, James 18 Carter, Christopher B. 38 Chamberlin, James A. 18 Chase, Ira Carlton 30 Cherry, Glenn 18 Childress, James L. 27 Clagett, O.T. 18 Clark, R. Lee 18 Clarke, Jared E. 28 Clayton, Charles 36 Clayton, Stanley L. 18 Cochran, J. Robert 18 Coates, Elmer T. 28 Cockran, Harry Walton 18 Coffman, Graham M. 27 Cohen, Mark S. 18 Cole, Warren Henry 18 Coleman, S.D. 28 Colgin, Irwin Edward 18 Connally, Frank J. 28 Cone, Robert Earl 28 Cooke, Willard R. 18 Copeland, Edward M., III. 18 Copeland, Murray M. 18 Cowart, Edmund M. 18 Cowles, Andrew Grant 30 Coyle, Edward W. 27 Crawford, E. Stanley 30 Cronin, Tom 30 Crossett, Egbert Samuel 28 Crosthwait, William L. 30 Crostwait, Robert Wilson 30 Crouch, Thomas H. 30 Curtis, Wickliffe, R. 19 Dailey, James Emerson 19 Dalton, Martin L., Jr. 28 Daly, Jack E. 19 Dampeer, John O., Jr. 19 Davis, Edwin 19 Dawson, Robert 19 Dawson, Wm. D. 36 Day, Phillip 28 DeBakey, Michael E. 28 DeLeon, John Joseph 19 D'Errico, Albert B. 28 Denman, Frank R. 19 Dennison, Robert A., Jr. 19 Dennison, Robert H. 27 Dickinson, Walter E. 19 Donovan, Michael M. 19 Dooley, Byron Neal 30 Doolittle, Harold Medoris 27 Dosher, Edward Q. 36 Dowdy, Gerald S., Jr. 28 Driver, Sim 19 Duckett, John Warner 19 Dudgeon, Howard Rush 19 Dudrick, Stanley 30 Dunlap, Elbert 38 Duncan, George Walter 19 Dunlap, Hudson 19 Dunn, Sam G. 36 Duren, Norman 19 Dustin, Herman 28 Eggers, G.W.N. 28 Ehlers, Helmuth Jack 28 Ellis, Leland C. 19 Ellis, Oren H. 19 Enloe, David C. 28 Enloe, George E. 19 Evans, Ernest Burke 27 Feliciano, David 19 Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 19 Fly, Orceneth Asbury, Jr. 28 Flynn, Charles Watts 28 Flynn, James G. 28 Folsom, Alfred Iverson 28 Foster, J.B. 19 Fountain, Edmund McAshan 36 Fowler, Burt N. 27 Frantz, Vincent P. 27 Frazell, Edgar L. 19 Fries, John G. 27 Fry, William J. 19 Furman, John M. 19 Gandy, Joe R. 19 Gates, Charles Shakleford, Jr. 36 Giescke, Carl G. 19 George, Richard E. 27 Gilbert, Joe 28 Gilcrest, Edgar Lorrington 30 Giles, Elbert Jackson 28 Girard, P.M. 38 Glanges, Evalea 28 Goff, Homer Flow 19 Good, Louis P. 30 Goode, J.W. 19 Goode, John V. 28 Goodwin, Francis Chappelle 28 Goodwin, Roy T. 19 Gordon, William Boyd, Jr. 19 Greer, Sam J. 19 Gregory, Ernest J. 19 Gregory, Charles F. 28 Green, Charles Campbell 19 Greenwood, James, Jr. 27 Griffin, Harold E. 19 Griffin, Lawrence 19 Griffin, Otho Powell 19 Guinn, Gene A. 30 Guillamondequi, Oscar M. 28 Gunbry, Paul 36 Guthrie, Thomas 28 Hackler, Garfield 19 Haisten, Arnold S. 19 Hale, James W. 19 Hamit, Harold F. 19 Hannon, T.R. 27 Hardwicke, Charles P. 28 Hargrove, Reuben Morgan 27 Harrison, Albert Wilson 28 Hart, Gaylord Anthony 19 Hartman, Albert W. Drawer 10 Hartman, Albert W. 19 Harvin, James H. 28 Hathcock, A.L. 28 Hayes, Herbert T. 28 Heaney, Harry G. 19 Heaney, John P. 19 Heard, J. Griffin 19 Heck, William Howard, Sr. 28 Herff, August F., Jr. 30 Hernandez, Onesimo 19 Higgins, William 19 Hill, James A. 36 Hillis, R. Stephen 27 Homan, Robert B. 19 Hood, Richard Hall, Jr. 30 Hooks, Charles A. 34 Honorary Fellows Book 19 Houle, Dudley B. 28 Howard, A. Philo 20 Hubner, Allan Ernest 20 Hudson, Thomas Leo 28 Hudson, W. Lee 28 Humphreys, James William 27 Hunt, Don G. 27 Isaacks, Hub. E. 20 Iwen, George W. 20 Jackson, Donald E. 30 Jackson, Dudley, Jr. 20 James, George Truett 20 Jameson, W.G. 20 Jarstfer, Bruce S. 20 Jernigan, C. Richard 20 Jesse, Richard H. 20 Johnson, C.R. 28 Johnson, Clay 28 Johnson, Harry McCrindell 20 Johnson, James H., Jr. 20 Jones, Everett 38 Jordan, Gerald H. 30 Jordan, George L. Jr. 28 Jordan, Harry L. 38 Kahan, Barry D. 29 Keating, Peter M. 20 Kee, John Lester, Jr. 20 Keiller, William 20 Keiller, Violet 38 Kelleher, John C. 20 Kemmerer, William T. 27 Kerr, Jack G. 20 Kidd, Frank 20 Kiehl, Paul V. Drawer 10 King, Walter B. 20 King, Walter B. 38 Kipp, Dean C. 29 Kirkham, H.L.D. 20 Klebanoff, Gerald 29 Knight, Harry Obadiah 20 Knoll, Alfred F. 29 Knox, Robert White 30 Korompai, Ference L. 27 Kreisle, Matthew, Jr. 20 Kunath, Carl A. 29 Kyle, Joseph Allen 20 Lace, Ted 29 Lancaster, Edgar H. 29 Lander, J.H. 20 Law, Samuel W. 20 Larson, David L. 27 Lee, James T. 29 Lee, Madison Johnson 20 Lee, Quincy B. 29 Legnard, John B., Jr. 20 Lemon, Robert 20 Lenio, Paul T. 27 Lewis, Everett B. 27 Lewis, Stephen R. 29 Loew, Harry K. 29 Lott, Mark? Eugene 20 Lynch, John B. 29 Lynch, K.D. 29 Macey, Harry Buford 29 Madding, Gordon 29 Mahon, George Dixon 21 Mann, Charles M. 36 Marcum, Carl 20 McCall, Robert A. 27 McCallum, Jack R. 29 McCelvey, J.S. 20 McClure, Jack B. 20 McComb, Asher R. 36 McConnell, John D. 27 McDonald, Donald F. 20 McDowell, Thomas A. 20 McGivney, John Q. 29 McGuire, Joseph H. 38 McInnis, William 29 McKnight, Hodges 20 McMurrey, Allen L. 20 McNeill, Joseph P. 36 Melton, Thomas June 29 last Membership Applications 34 Membership Identification Buttons BV 20 Membership Register 1972-88 38 Mercer, Lea C. 36 Merrell, Ronald C. 21 Middleton, Edward 29 Miller, Felix 21 Mills, James Theadore 30 Miscellaneous 21 Middleton, Edward 21 Mills, James Theadore 23 Miscellaneous 30 Mitchel, Ben F. 21 Mitchell, Joseph D. 36 Moore, Duncan Lewis 21 Moore, John Thomas 21 Moore, Robert Milo 21 Moore, Samuel F., Jr. 36 Morris, George C. 21 Morris, Truman N. 21 Moyer, Carl A. 21 Munslow, Ralph 21 Murphy, Paul C. 21 Murray, Robert A. 29 Nash, Cleve C. 27 Nickol, William W. 30 Nixon, Pat Ireland 21 Nixon, Paul 21 Nixon, Robert R. 21 North, Paul 29 Nutter, Roy Bartlett 21 O'Brien, Harold A. 21 Ochsner, Alton 27 O'Leary, J. Patrick 27 Oliver, Thomas M. 36 Ota, David M. 21 Oxford, Brad 29 Pagenstecker, Gustav A. 21 Park, Oakley, K. 21 Parrish, Frank F. 29 Parsons, Edmund Byrd 21 Paschal, rank, Jr. 21 Paschal, Frank, Sr. 21 Paulson, Donald 21 Peacock, Jack B. 21 Peppard, Felix 29 Peterson, Harry A. 21 Peterson, Hugh D. 30 Phelps, Kenton R. 21 Phillips, Sam H., Jr. 21 Picket, W.H. 27 Pitman, Gerald G. 36 Pokorny, William H. 27 Pollard, Claude Drawer 10 Polk, Hiram C. 29 Pope, James K. 21 Posey, Frank M. 27 Poth, Edgar J. 21 Pressley, Thomas A. 29 Pritchett, Ira Elbert 21 Price, Richard 27 Pryor, George E. 21 Pugsley, Cornelius 29 Pulaski, Edwin 21 Rainone, Frank J. 29 Ramey, R.L. 36 Rank, Dale C. 21 Reeves, Edwin J. 21 Rehfeldt, Frederick C. 21 Reuss, Joseph H. 21 Rhea, Robert L. 21 Robertson, R.C.L. 36 Robson, Martin C. 29 Ross, Lloyd Irving 21 Ross, Raleigh R. 29 Ross, Rex Roy 21 Rosser, Curtice 27 Rowe, Robert J. 29 Russ, Stirling E. 30 Russ, Witten Booth 30 Rutledge, Robb H. 36 Sanders, Fred W. 36 Santos, Ray E. 22 Saunders, Bacon 22 Schear, Evan W. Drawer 10 Schilling, John A. 36 Schuessler, Willard 22 Scofield, James A. 30 Scott, Arthur C. 22 Scott, Russell, Jr. 29 Scull, C.E. 22 Seidel, Joshua 22 Selecman, Frank 22 Sellman, Willard C. 27 Sewell, Robert L. 22 Seybold, Herbert H. 29 Shambora, William Edward 29 Shaeffer Joseph Robert 22 Shane, James H. 22 Shannon, Manning B. 38 Shapira, Jake 22 Shaw, Robert R. 22 Shearer, Thomas P. 29 Shelmine, Jesse Bedford 22 Shelton, Elvin L., Jr. 29 Sherwood, M.W. 22 Shires, George T. 22 Shorimer, W., Jr. 22 Simms, Benjamin F. 29 Simpson, C.M. 38 Singletary, Sonja 30 Singleton, Albert O. 30 Singleton, Albert O., Jr. 29 Sistrunk, Walter Ellis 22 Small, A.B. 36 Smith, Edward T. 22 Smith, Howard O. 27 Smith, J. Ronald 22 Smith, James R. 29 Smith, James R. 38 Smith, James R. 22 Smoot, John Brag 22 Snodgrass, Samuel R. 22 Snow, Joseph C. 22 Snyder, Frank L. 22 Spann, R. Gayle 22 Sparkman, Robert S. (1) 22 Sparkman, Robert S. (2) 22 Sparkman, Robert S. (3) Drawer 10 Sparkman, Robert S. 22 Speed, Terrell 36 Spence, Harry M. 22 Stanton, William P. 38 Stephen, Weldon 22 Stewart, Robert 29 Stokes, M.B. 22 Strozier, William E. 22 Stuck, Walter 29 Suttle, Isaac Newton 22 Tabb, K. Stewart 29 Taylor, Judson L. 23 Tenery, Robert Mayo 23 Tenery, William C. 23 Terrell, Charles J. 23 Thompson, James E. 23 Thompson, Jesse E. 23 Thomas, David E. 27 Thomas, John F. 23 Thomason, Thomas H. 23 Thompson, James E. 23 Thompson, Jesse E. 29 Thompson, Milton 23 Thorning, William B. 29 Tracey, John F. 38 Trippet, Horace H 23 Tucker, Victor C. 23 Turner, B. Weems 23 Turner, John H. 23 Tuttle, Dewey 23 Tyson, Kenneth, R.T. 23 Usher, Francis 29 Van Heerdon, J.A. 23 Venable, Charles S. 29 Venable, John Manning 29 Vogel, Edward Henry 23 Wade, William H. 29 Waldron, George W. 23 Wall, John A. 38 Walsh, Eugene 23 Walsh, Ferdinand C. 38 Waymack, John P. 23 Weaver, Samuel D. 23 Webb, Charles E. 23 Webb, Watts, R. 27 Weigelt, John A. 29 Wells, William H. 23 Welsh, Hugh 27 White, Edgar C. 23 White, Edward 23 White, Raleigh R. 23 White, Richard Joseph Drawer 10 White, Richard Joseph 23 Wier, Daniel Stuart 38 Wiesner, William A. 29 Wiig, Laurence Mason 23 Wilcox, Leigh 23 Williams, Bryan Vic 23 Williams, Harriss 38 Williams, Stephen H. 29 Williams, William Hudson 23 Williford, Frank, III 29 Wilson, Ben J. 29 Wilson, Homer T. 36 Wolma, Fred J. 23 Woods, Ozro T. 23 Woodward, Joe Weldon 23 Wootters, John H. 38 Worsham, Sidney A. 23 Ziperman, H. Haskell 16, 24-25, 33, 39 Series 7 - VISUAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS 25 01 Minutes of TSS (microfilm) 1914-1974 16 04 Texas Surgical Society 1936 16 03 Texas Surgical Society 1935 25 Siamese Twins by Luke Able, M.D. (videotape) 25 04 Texas Cities (photographs) ca. 1915 25 03 Miscellaneous Photographs 25 05 Miscellaneous slides 25 02 Duplicate photographs 39 01 Book--History of Surgery in Houston 25 Near the End by M. Bowyer (videotape) 1985 24 02 50th Anniversary Meeting (photographs) 1965 24 01 50th Anniversary Meeting (negatives) 1965 25 07 Logo, Certificates 25 Texas Surgical Society's Texas by R. Rutledge (videotape) 1986 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of J. Bradley Aust October 1989 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address by Alando Ballantyne 1990 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of William D. Barnett 1982 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of R. Baskin 1984 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Alvin W. Bronwell October 1979 33 Audiotaped Guest Address of J. Warner Duckett April 1985 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of George Jordan 1983 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Charles H. McCollum October 1995 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Asher McComb October 1968 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Brad Oxford October 1981 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of James E. Pridgen 1978 33 Viideotaped Presidential Address of John Roberts October 1992 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Robb H. Rutledge 1977 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of John S. Sewell October 1975 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Herbert M. Seybold October 1985 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Elvin L. Shelton 1980 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Robert S. Sparkman October 1965 (two tapes) 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address by Pat Thomas 1988 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Pat Thomas 1988 33 Audiotaped Presidential Address of Jesse E. Thompson October 1972 25 Presidential Address. G.W. Waldron (film) 1953 33 TSS New Members Breakfast April and September 1966 25 06a Lea painting, Cabeza de Vaca. Correspondence 25 06b Lea painiting, Cabeza de Vaca. History of the Texas Surgical Society Drawer 10 Working Copy Cabeza de Vaca by Tom Lea Drawer 10 Matted Copy Cabeza de Vaca by Tom Lea 25 06 Tom Lea's painting, Cabeza de Vaca 16. Series 8 - TRANSACTIONS 16 03 Texas Surgical Society 1935 16 04 1936 16 01 Vol. 1. Transactions of the Texas Surgical Society 1923-24 16 02 Vol. 2. Transactions of the Texas Surgical Society. 1925-26 16 Bound Register (in OMS Box, OMS 1.1.3) 1952-72 Gavel Collection "Wood from Tremont Hotel - Galveston, Texas. Site of Organizational Meeting of Texas Surgical Society, October 8, 1914. Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Truman G. Blocker, Jr., April 1, 1973." James E. Thompson - First President, Texas Surgical Society.

[Made from a portion of the lounge in Dr. Thompson's living room.]

 "This Gavel was made from wood from the house of Ephraim McDowell of Danville, Kentucky. Presented to the Texas Surgical Society April 3, 1961 by the Kentucky Surgical Society." "Wood from the Masonic Oak - Brazoria, Texas. Gift of Dr. & Mrs. R.S. Sparkman, April 10, 1972." "San Jacinto Battleground Pecan. Gift of Dr. & Mrs. R.S. Sparkman, April 10, 1972." To Texas Surgical Society from Singleton Surgical Society and Dr. Norman Duren 4-6-65.

[Presented to the Texas Surgical Society on its 50th Anniversary Year. The white oak is from the State Capital Building of 1888. A gift of Norman Duren, M.D.]

 "This Gavel is made of wood from the home of Dr. Ephraim McDowell in Danville, KY., where he performed the world's first ovariotomy on Jane Tood Crawford 25 Dec. 1809. Presented to The Texas Surgical Society by Robert S. and Willie Sparkman, 1 Oct. 1979." (Correspondence in George Brindley file, Box 18) Truman G. Blocker, M.D. - 40th President - Texas Surgical Society, 1957. Wood from original John Sealy Hospital. Dr. Joseph Henry Reuss - Founding Chairman. The Texas Surgical Society 1914. Sparkman, Robert A. - First gavel given to a president

The gavels are housed with the artifacts, in the rear portion of the Rare Book Room Annex.

 Portraits by Sue Bucy Location: Map Case, Drawer 10 Aynesworth, Kenneth Hazen 1873-1944 Barnes, Frank Lister 1872-1943 Beall, Frank Cooke 1880-1957 Becton, Joe 1865-1931 Chase, Ira Carleton 1868-1933 Doolittle, Harold Medoris 1877-1950 Dudgeon, Howard Rush 1873-1953 Hale, James Wyatt 1864-1950 Jameson, William G. 1856-1917 Moore, John Thomas 1864-1951 Paschal, Frank 1849-1925 Reeves, Edwin Joseph 1869-1931 Reuss, Joseph Henry 1867-1919 Saunders, Bacon 1855-1925 Scott, Arthur Carroll 1865-1940 Small, Andrew B. 1863-1934 Smoot, John Bragg 1866-1918 Thompson, James Edwin 1863-1927 Thorning, William Burton 1872-1936 Venable, Charles Scott 1877-1961 White, Raleigh R. 1871-1917 Tremont Hotel Galveston, Texas