Joseph Goldberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0027

  • Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Personal papers of epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Joseph Goldberger, Materials include correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, reports and reprints. Correspondents include: C.H. Lavinder, Fayette Dunlap, Carl Voegtlin, William P. Jacobs, W.F. Tanner, G.A. Wheeler, Mary Farrar Goldberger, Seale Harris, W.H. Sebrell, Tom D. Spies, William De Kleine, O.S. Rask, H. Jackson Davis. This collection pertains primarily to Goldberger's studies of pellagra. Collection also contains materials related to vitamins and other nutritional subjects.

Dates

  • 1899 - 1940

Creator

Notes about Access to this Collection

All collections are subject to applicable Vanderbilt University privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific restrictions: No Restrictions.

Reproduction Rights

Copyright is retained by History of Medicine Collections, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University or is retained by the authors of specific published items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Historical or Biographical Note

Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929) was an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist. He is best known for his investigations that established pellagra as a deficiency disease. He performed research in preventive medicine and infectious diseases with original investigations of yellow fever (1902-1905), typhoid fever (1906), dengue fever (1907), trematodes [parasitic worms] (1907-1909), typhus fever (1909-1912), diphtheria (1913-1914) and pellagra (1914-1929).

He received his M.D. from Bellevue Medical College in 1895. He joined the Public Health Service Corps in 1899 and worked in the Hygienic Laboratories until 1929.

For more information about Dr. Joseph Goldberger please see the NIH's Exhibit on Dr. Goldberger and the War on Pellagra.

Extent

8.39 Cubic Feet (22 Hollinger (letter) boxes and 1 Hollinger (Legal) box.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Personal papers of epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Joseph Goldberger, Materials include correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, reports and reprints. Correspondents include: C.H. Lavinder, Fayette Dunlap, Carl Voegtlin, William P. Jacobs, W.F. Tanner, G.A. Wheeler, Mary Farrar Goldberger, Seale Harris, W.H. Sebrell, Tom D. Spies, William De Kleine, O.S. Rask, H. Jackson Davis. This collection pertains primarily to Goldberger's studies of pellagra.

Physical Location

EBL Vault

Acquisition Information

Collection was donated in 1977 as reported in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Library Annual Report 1976-1977. Per the report, an announcement of the collection's donation had been made in 1975 on occasion of the Centennial Celebration that was taking place that year, but formal transfer and custody of the collection had not taken place until 1977 and was marked by a ceremonyon April 1, 1977.Subsequent additions (likely related to Dr. Sebrell) were made including this on described in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Library Annual Report 1988-89.

Processing History

Likely processed beginning in 1977, with later additons processed in 1989.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Joseph Goldberger Papers
Status
Completed
Author
History of Medicine Collections Staff
Date
2004-10-28
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection Repository

https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/specialcollections/history-of-medicine/
Contact:
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232

 

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