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United States. Surgeon-General's Office

 Organization

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

C. Everett Koop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 489
Abstract

Dr. C. Everett Koop was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in February 1981, and sworn in as Surgeon General on November 17, 1981. The collection documents Koop's career as a leading pediatric surgeon during the 1950s-1970s, his activities as Surgeon General from 1981-1989 and the many public health issues with which he was concerned, and some of his post-Surgeon General's career as a health advocate.

Dates: 1933-2011

David Satcher speeches

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2002-085
Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Satcher's speeches as Surgeon-General.

Dates: 1998-2002

Elizsabeth G. Pritchard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 187
Abstract Reports, documents, memoranda, drafts, correspondence, and printed matter pertaining to the U. S. Public Health Service. Subjects include a history of the U.S.P.H.S. during World War II; policies and activities in Civilian Health Districts 1-10; medical and social aspects of tuberculosis, venereal disease, malaria, sanitation, and industrial health; the Emergency Medical Service; care of sick and wounded; civil defense; health problems relating to the use of gas; public health...
Dates: 1936-1959

Frederick Augustus Castle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 189
Abstract

Correspondence and research notes compiled by Dr. Castle in his efforts to create a complete record of persons who served in the U.S. Army Medical Department's Medical Cadet Corps during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-1902

Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 29
Abstract

Contains photostat copies of 85 speeches made by General Bliss wihle he was Surgeon General of the Army.

Dates: 1943-1951

Jocelyn Elders Surgeon-General Speech Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 571
Abstract

Speeches, remarks, statements, talking points delivered by Dr. Elders primarily while U.S. Surgeon-General.

Dates: 1992-1994

John Shaw Billings Papers, in the Adjutant General's Office Records (RG 94) in the National Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS Film 28
Abstract

Papers on the military career of John S. Billings, physician and librarian, found in the Adjutant General's Office.

Dates: 1861-1895

Julius B. Richmond Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 383
Abstract

Julius B. Richmond Papers (1941-2004) document the career of the pediatrician and public health advocate. The collection highlights his time as the U.S. Surgeon General as well as his academic career at the State University of New York at Syracuse and Harvard Medical School. It also details important programs which Richmond help establish, such as Head Start.

Dates: 1941-2004; bulk 1968-1997

Luther L. Terry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 503
Abstract

Luther Terry was U.S. Surgeon General from 1961-1965. The collection primarily documents his professional activities and most notably contains all the speeches he gave while Surgeon General. The largest single portion of the collection documents the numerous organizations and government agencies in which Terry was either a member or advisor on the issue of anti-smoking.

Dates: 1935-2004 (bulk 1965-1983)

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