Epidemiology/Public Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Scdl

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Amos Christie

 Digital Record
Identifier: 15
Dates: 1930 - 1984
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

Randolph Batson biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0196
Abstract

Biographical file on Dr. Batson, including reprints, newspaper clippings, obituaries, oral history transcripts, photographs, and other biographical material.

Dates: 1959 - 2004
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Randolph Batson biographical file

Batson, Randolph (1916-2004)

 Digital Record
Identifier: 196
Dates: 1959 - 2004
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Bertlyn Bosley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0008
Abstract Personal papers of Bertlyn Bosley, dietitian and nutritionist active in the United States Public Health Service, especially with respect to Native Americans. Materials include: correspondence, biographical material, diaries, photographs, slides, manuscripts, reprints, and dissertations. Major topics include: Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition of American Indians, Pan American Health Organization, North Carolina Board of Health, and Division of Indian Health. Correspondents include: George...
Dates: 1922 - 1988
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / Bertlyn Bosley Papers

John Browe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0010
Abstract Personal papers of nutritionist and epidemiologist John Browe. Materials include: reprints; artifacts; notebooks; subject files including material relating to pellagra, nutrition of man in space, WIC Program, and food enrichment programs. Also collection includes geographical subject files that contain correspondence, clippings, reprints, photographs, maps, reports, and brochures pertaining to geographic areas of work. Geographic subject areas include: Chile, Venezuela, India, Iran, Middle...
Dates: 1944 - 1976
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / John Browe Papers

Amos Christie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0015
Abstract

Personal papers of Amos Christie, pediatrician, child health advocate, professor, and administrator at Vanderbilt University Medical School. Dr. Christie is best known for his research in histoplasmosis, known as the "Vanderbilt disease." Materials include: correspondence; biographical material; manuscripts and speeches; reprints; and personal and professional subject files.

Dates: 1930 - 1984
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / Amos Christie Papers

William Jefferson Darby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0240
Abstract Personal and professional papers of biochemist and nutrition leader William Jefferson Darby (1913-2001). Collection includes large section about The Nutrition Foundation. Collection is divided into three major series, Nutrition Foundation years, Vanderbilt University, and post-retirement years which includes Dr. Darby's extensive consulting for the H. J. Heinz Foundation.The collection has been digitized and is available at...
Dates: 1944 - 2001
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / William Jefferson Darby Papers

Ernest W. Goodpasture

 Digital Record
Identifier: 29
Dates: 1909 - 1988
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

Joseph Goldberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0027
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.

Dates: 1899 - 1940
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / Joseph Goldberger Papers

Ernest W. Goodpasture Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0029
Abstract Personal papers of pathologist Ernest Goodpasture, best known for his method of growing uncontaminated viruses in chick embryos. Dr. Goodpasture was Chair of Pathology at Vanderbilt from 1924-1955 and Dean of the School of Medicine from 1945-1949. Materials include: Chronological Correspondence 1915-60, Subject Correspondence, Alphabetical Correspondence, grants, committee work, reprints, research notes, typescripts and manuscripts of speeches and papers, photographs, audio recordings, and...
Dates: 1909 - 1988
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / Ernest W. Goodpasture Papers

William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-1115
Abstract

Biographical file contains a book on Gorgas' contributions to the creation of the Panama Canal, a booklet from the Memorial Services held in honor of Gorgas by the Southern Society of Washington D.C., an invitation to his memorial service, and a postcard featuring the Gorgas Home.

Dates: 1921 - 1947
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920) biographical file

Dorothy M. Horstmann biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0340
Abstract

Biographical file includes obituary and excerpts from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: The Story in Pictures From Its Beginning to 1963.

Dates: 1940 - 2003
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Dorothy M. Horstmann biographical file

Hugh Jackson Morgan

 Digital Record
Identifier: 51
Dates: 1921 - 1961
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection

Robert H. Hutcheson biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-588
Abstract

Biographical file includes news clipping.

Dates: 1957 - 1957
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Robert H. Hutcheson biographical file

William Picard Jacocks (1877-1965) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0596
Abstract

Biographical file includes news clippings, obituary, and photographs.

Dates: 1965 - 1965
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / William Picard Jacocks (1877-1965) biographical file

Edith Augusta Jones (b.1919) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0609
Abstract

Biographical file includes photographs, news clippings, correspondence, newsletters, reminiscences, program, notes, awards, and other biographical information.

Dates: 1938 - 1982
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Edith Augusta Jones (b.1919) biographical file

Joseph Jones (1833-1896) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0611
Abstract

Biographical file includes a Tennessee Historical Quarterly biographical article by Dr. Robert W. Ikard entitled "The Short and Stormy Nashville Career of Joseph Jones, Tennessee's First Public Health Officer.'

Dates: 1989 - 1989
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Joseph Jones (1833-1896) biographical file

Rudolph H. Kampmeier Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0036
Abstract Personal papers of Vanderbilt professor Rudolph H. Kampmeier, a leading authority on physical diagnosis and sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Kampmeier served as President of the American College of Physicians and in his retirement published books on the history of Vanderbilt Medical school and the Tennessee Medical Association. Materials include: correspondence; notebooks; manuscripts; lectures; research notes; clippings; photos and slides; reprints of Vanderbilt staff; biographical...
Dates: 1909 - 1990
Found in: Eskind Biomedical Library Manuscripts Collection / Rudolph H. Kampmeier Papers

Paul Dudley Lamson (1884-1962) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0639
Abstract

Biographical file includes CV, several academic journal reprints, news clippings, obituary, event programs, many photographs, correspondence, and other biographical information.

Dates: 1939 - 2002
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies / Paul Dudley Lamson (1884-1962) biographical file

Lamson, Paul Dudley (1884-1962)

 Digital Record
Identifier: 639
Dates: 1939 - 2002
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

 

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