Getting ready to move? Don’t forget the Archives!

Archives objectsIs your office space, lab, or department relocating to another area on campus at UT Southwestern? Are you downsizing to a different space, or discovering stray photos while preparing to move? The UT Southwestern Archives within the Library welcomes donations of materials related to the history of medicine in North Texas. Examples include:

  • UT Southwestern-produced documents that pertain to the campus’ overall functions, operations, and goals and objectives
  • Photographs of UT Southwestern faculty, staff, or students or of the campus or affiliated hospitals
  • Papers of or pertaining to individuals or groups who have made notable contributions to UT Southwestern
  • Newspaper or magazine clippings pertaining to UT Southwestern and its faculty, staff, students, or campus
  • Items pertaining to the history of St. Paul Hospital from its founding in 1894 to the present
  • Selected newsletters, reports, etc., from UT Southwestern University Hospitals (includes the Zale Lipshy and St. Paul hospital buildings), Parkland Health & Hospital System, Children’s Medical Center, or UT Southwestern Austin Programs
  • UT Southwestern student yearbooks, yearly school bulletins, scrapbooks, and more
  • Documents and other items about Texas physicians
  • Medical artifacts that illustrate the history of medicine

By donating items like these to the Archives, you help extend the documentation about the history of the campus, medicine in North Texas, and general medical history. Generally, donated items will be preserved, arranged, described, and utilized in a variety of ways. Some items may be digitized and made publicly-available. Other items may be placed on exhibit within the Library or made available upon request to researchers.

Before making a donation or if you have questions about donations, contact Cameron Kainerstorfer at 214-648-7675, or complete the online Ask Us form.

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