Rockefeller Foundation-General Information, 1952-1955

This series contains correspondence, photographs, administrative files, reports, research papers/notes, architectural drawings, data, and clippings. The series has also been further divided into three subseries: Egypt, India, and other research. His first major task with the Rockefeller Foundation was being assigned to work in Egypt at the Naval Medical Research Unit no. 3 (NAMRU-3). His work there, along with Dr. Richard Taylor, led to the isolation of the West Nile virus in a local village in the area. The India subseries have been further divided into sub-subseries to highlight the various aspects of his time in the country. The sub-subseries include: Virus Research Centre (VRC), Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), Human Serum Data, and general. As director of the VRC, Work not only oversaw the operation of the center, but he also had the responsibility to oversee the construction of the facility. His research into the KFD led to the better understanding of the disease. The third subseries, other research, contains information not specific to the other two including information from his time in the NY laboratory.