Browse History of Medicine Finding Aids
There are 219 items in this collection Browsing Creators starting with g.
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| Creator / [Collection date] | Item information |
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| Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923- / [1920-1996] |
Title: D. Carleton Gajdusek Correspondence
1920-1996
Extent: 15.5 linear feet (37 boxes) Call Number: MS C 565 Abstract: Selected photocopies of original Gajdusek correspondence highlight his professional and personal relationships with family, friends, and colleagues and selected published diaries. |
| Garrison, Fielding H. (Fielding Hudson), 1870-1935 / [1910-1957] |
Title: Fielding Hudson Garrison Papers
1910-1957
Extent: 3.75 linear feet (9 boxes) Call Number: MS C 166 Abstract: Garrison's contributions to the National Libary of Medicine were numerous. He served for many years as Editor of Index Medicus, and also performed detailed reference services in the Army Medical Library. He is perhaps best known as the author of the Introduction to the History of Medicine, the first comprehensive American treatise on the history of medicine. |
| Gell, Charles Frederic, 1907- / [1938-1973] |
Title: Charles Frederic Gell Papers
1938-1973
Extent: 8 MS boxes Call Number: MS C 389 Abstract: Biographical data, correspondence, papers, talks, and technical data, 1938-73. Dr. Charles Gell's chief contributions to aviation medicine dealt with the hazards of cosmic rays in space flight, the development of methods for quick freezing of mammals, and the problems of accelleration stress in flight. |
| Gibbon, John Heysham / [1903-1956] |
Title: John H. Gibbon Papers
1903-1956
Extent: 6 boxes and oversize items Call Number: MS C 313 Abstract: Dr. John H. Gibbon invented the first artificial heart-lung machine and performed the first human open heart operation. The collection includes material on this subject as well as some biographical and genealogical data. |
| Goldberger, Joseph, 1874-1929 / [1909-1940] |
Title: Joseph Goldberger Papers
1909-1940
Extent: 0.84 linear feet Call Number: MS C 196 Abstract: The collection contains official Public Health Service correspondence (1914-1919), collected data of several hospitals' diets (1909-1916), articles and reprints about the causes of pellagra (1915-1940), state and national board of health reports (1911-1915), and reports from the Thompson-McFadden Pellagra Commission (1914-1915). |
| Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine / [1899-1992] |
Title: Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine Records
1899-1992
Extent: 43.75 linear feet (48 boxes + oversize) Call Number: MS C 212 Abstract: The Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Incorporated (GMITP) was founded in 1921 and was named after William C. Gorgas. Gorgas was a U.S. Surgeon General and was known throughout the world as the conqueror of the mosquito and the malaria and yellow fever it transmits. His pioneer efforts in halting an epidemic of yellow fever enabled the United States to complete the Panama Canal. Its mission was to create a health education program to train researchers in tropical health, disease, and medicine and to establish a research institute focusing on tropical and preventative medicine in Panama. |
| Gorman, Mike, 1913-1989 / [1946-1989] |
Title: Mike Gorman Papers
1946-1989
Extent: 7.9 linear feet (19 boxes and 4 oversize items) Call Number: MS C 462 Abstract: Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman (1913-1989), a noted journalist, author, publicist, lobbyist and advocate for health causes and an ally of the philanthropist Mary Lasker. The bulk of the collection consists of speeches, publications, notes, minutes and memoranda. Most of the material reflects Gorman's career after he became involved in publicity and lobbying in the 1950s. |
| Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922 / [1858-1932] |
Title: George Milbry Gould Papers 1858-1932
Extent: 2.52 linear feet (6 boxes) Call Number: MS C 138 Abstract: The bulk of the collection consists of notes, correspondence and biographical and autobiographical fragments assembled by Mrs. Gould for a projected biography of her husband. |
| Gregg, Alan, 1890-1957 / [1900-1985] |
Title: Alan Gregg Papers 1900-1985
Extent: 19.4 linear feet (51 boxes) Call Number: MS C 190 Abstract: Dr. Alan Gregg was with the Rockefeller Foundation from 1922 to 1956, the year he retired. He was Associate Director in the Division of Medical Education, 1922-1930; Director of the Division of Medical Sciences, 1930-1951; and, Vice-President of the Foundation, 1951-1956. Correspondence, journals, notes, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, printed matter, and reprints. Personal items include family letters, biographical profiles, reflections and observations, diaries, and commonplace books. |
| Gross, Ludwik (1904-1999) / [1908-1999] |
Title: Ludwik Gross Papers
1908-1999
Extent: 12 linear feet (10 boxes, 30 volumes) Call Number: MS C 504 Abstract: Personal papers of Ludwik Gross, Lasker-Award winning cancer research pioneer who proved that viruses could cause cancer in animals. |
| Group Health Association / [1937-1993] |
Title: Group Health Association Archives
1937-1993
Extent: 503 linear feet Call Number: MS C 515 Abstract: The Group Health Association (GHA) was formed on January 28, 1937 in Washington, D.C.; it incorporated and held its first membership meeting on March 22, 1937. The Association's original goal was to provide employees of the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) with quality health care through a member-controlled organization. GHA became one of the first HMO's nearly four decades before legislation supporting such organizations existed. The Group Health Association archives consists of over 500 boxes (ca. 503 linear feet) of corporate records dating from 1937-1994. Meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, publications, subject files, financial ledgers, departmental records, and audio and visual materials document the activities of the leadership and membership of GHA. |
