Ira Vaughn Hiscock Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 364

Abstract

Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, drafts, reprints, and miscellaneous public health data. Includes material on: Arkansas-Mississippi flood (1927), "A national plan for health services" (1934), "Greater Boston community survey" (1949), and "A five year plan ... in Connecticut" (1964). Also contains health data relating to other countries, especially China. Includes notes and printed matter pertaining to W. Frank Walker.

Dates

Creation: 1920-1974

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Creator

Hiscock, Ira Vaughn, 1892- (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Ira Vaughn Hiscock (1892-1986) was born in Farmington, ME. He received his batchelor's degree from Wesleyan University and his masters and Ph.D. from Yale University. Trained as a bacteriologist, he joined Yale's School of Public Health faculty in 1920 and retired in 1960; an endowed professorship there now bears his name. He was member of the Connecticut Department of Health (1914-1917) and served as president of the National Health Council, the American Public Health Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health, and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. He was also an active member of the World Health Organization. He was known as innovator in the areas of public health surveys in the U.S., and conducted similar studies in Samoa. Hiscock was a frequent consultant and volunteer to local, state, and national health councils and social welfare agencies.

Collection Summary

Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, clippings, drafts, reprints, and miscellaneous public health data that illustrate the efforts of local, state, and national social welfare agencies in dealing with social problems, especially during the Depression. Includes material on: Arkansas-Mississippi flood (1927), "A national plan for health services" (1934), "Greater Boston community survey" (1949), and "A five year plan ... in Connecticut" (1964). Also contains health data relating to other countries, especially China. Includes notes, articles and printed matter created by Watson Frank Walker.