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Finding Aid to the George Rosen Public Health Oral History Collection, 1960-1965

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical/Historical Note

Collection Summary

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Restrictions

Series Descriptions

Transcripts, 1962-1965

History: MHS, PHS, NIH


Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division

Processed by HMD Staff; Jim Labosier; Re-Processing Completed 2005

Encoded by Jim Labosier


Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:MS C 203
Creator:Rosen, George, 1910-
Title:George Rosen Public Health Oral History Collection
Dates:1960-1965
Quantity:1.89 linear feet (5 boxes)
Abstract:Collection of interviews conducted for source material for Rosen's projected history of United States public health in the postwar years; also included is some draft background materials.

Biographical/Historical Note

George Rosen was born in New York City in 1910. After attending City College he went to Humboldt University in Berlin for his M.D. (1935). In 1953 he left medical practice to become a professor of health education at Columbia UniversityÂ’s School of Health and Administrative Medicine. Throughout his working career he studied and authored numerous articles and books, including A History of Public Health (1958). Rosen also served as editor of the American Journal of Public Health.

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Collection Summary

Collection contains interviews conducted for source material for Rosen's projected history of United States public health in the postwar years; also included is some draft background materials. The interviews were conducted by Dr. Harlan Phillips. Persons interviewed were: Ernest M. Allen, Carl G. Baker, William R. Bryan, Leroy E. Burney, G. Robert Coatney, Lowell T. Coggeshall, Martin M. Cummings, W. Palmer Dearing, Warren F. Draper, Rolla E. Dyer, Kenneth M. Endicott, Isodore S. Falk, Arthur S. Flemming, Robert H. Felix, Marion B. Folsom, Victor H. Haas, John R. Heller, Herman E. Hilleboe, Vane M. Hoge, Mark D. Hollis, James M. Hundley, Carlyle Jacobsen, Lawrence Kolb, Charles V. Kidd, Alexander D. Langmuir, Esmond R. Long, Leonard W. Mayo, Jack Mazur, Joseph S. Murtaugh, Thomas Parran, John R. Paul, George St. John Perrott, David E. Price, Leonard A. Scheele, William P. Shepard, Wilson G. Smillie, Roscoe R. Spencer, Harold L. Stewart, Frederick L. Stone, Norman H. Topping and Cassius J. Van Slyke.

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Restrictions

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

Copyright

NLM does not possess copyright to the collection. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

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Index Terms

These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's online catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog using these terms.
MeSH Subjects
Public Health--history
Research
Personal Names
Phillips, Harlan Buddington, 1920-
Corporate Names
Public Health Service (U.S.)
Geographic Names
United States

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Rosen, George. George Rosen Public Health Oral History Collection. 1960-1965. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 203.

Provenance

Gift, George Rosen, 1969. Acc. #69.

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Series Descriptions

 

Transcripts, 1962-1965

BoxFolder
11-3 Allen, Ernest M., 1963
14 Allen, Ernest M. - ILL copy
15 Andrews, Justin M., 1964
16-11 Baker, Carl, 1964
112 Baker, Carl - ILL copy
113-15 Bryan, W. Ray, 1964
116-17 Burney, Leroy E., 1963
118-20 Coatney, G. Robert, 1964
121-22 Coggeshall, L. T., 1964
123 Cummings, Martin M., 1963
124 Cummings, Martin M. - ILL copy
125-27 Dearing, W. Palmer, 1964
128-30 Draper, Warren F., 1963
131 Dyer, Rolla E., 1962
132 Dyer, Rolla E. - ILL copy
21 Endicott, Kenneth M., 1964
22 Endicott, Kenneth M. - ILL copy
23-6 Falk, I. S., 1963
27-9 Felix, Robert H., 1963
210 Fleming, Arthur S., 1965
211-13 Folsom, Marion E., 1964
214-17 Haas, Victor H., 1964
218 Haas, Victor H. - ILL copy
219-20 Heller, John R., 1963
221 Heller, John R. - ILL copy
222-27 Hilleboe, Herman E., 1964
228 Hoge, Vane Morgan, 1964
229-30 Hollis, Mark D., 1964
231 Hollis, Mark D. - ILL copy
31 Hollis, Mark D. - ILL copy
32-3 Hundley, James M., 1964
34-5 Jacobsen, Carlyle, 1964
36-7 Kidd, Charles V., 1964
38-9 Kolb, Lawrence, 1963
310 Kolb, Lawrence - preservation copy
311-12 Langmuir, Alexander D., 1965
313 Langmuir, Alexander D. - ILL copy
314 Langmuir, Alexander D. - preservation copy
315-19 Long, Esmond R., 1963
320 Masur, Jack, 1963
321 Masur, Jack - ILL copy
322-23 Mayo, Leonard W., 1964
324-25 Murtaugh, Joseph S., 1963
326-29 Parran, Thomas, 1962
330 Parran, Thomas - ILL copy
41 Paul, John R., 1964
42-3 Perrott, George S., 1964
44-6 Perrott, George S. - 1st draft, 1964
47-8 Price, David E., 1963
49-10 Scheele, Leonard A., 1964
411 Scheele, Leonard A. - ILL copy
412-13 Shepard, William P., 1964
414-15 Smillie, Wilson G., 1964
416-21 Spencer, Roscoe Roy, 1964
422 Spencer, Roscoe Roy - ILL copy
423-24 Stewart, Harold L., 1965
425 Stewart, Harold L. - ILL copy
426-27 Stone, Frederick L., 1963
51 Stone, Frederick L. - ILL copy
52-3 Topping, Norman H., 1964
54 Topping, Norman H. - ILL copy
55-6 Van Slyke, C. J., 1963
57 Van Slyke, C. J. - ILL copy

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History: MHS, PHS, NIH

BoxFolder
58-9 Draft materials for history of Marine Hospital Service, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1960-1962

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Last reviewed: 01 November 2006
Last updated: 01 November 2006
First published: 14 November 2005
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