Abstract
Assistant executive director of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services, Murtaugh's files document meetings, research of public health issues, legislative activities, and program initiatives.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1970
Extent
5.46 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Creator
- Murtaugh, Joseph S. (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
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Biographical Note
Joseph Stuart Murtaugh (1912-1973) was born in Weston, Massachusetts and graduated from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. A statistician, Murtaugh joined the Army Surgeon General's office during World War II. After the war he worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration before becoming assistant executive director of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services. In 1956 he joined NIH as a member of the Director's staff, a position he held until becoming chief of Program Planning for NIH in 1961. He retired from the government in 1968 but continued working as executive secretary of the National Academy of Science's board of medicine and helped create NAS's Institute of Medicine.
Collection Summary
Collection consists primarily of administrative records and working files created during Murtaugh's service with the U. S. Public Health Service and National Institutes of Health, 1946-1970. There is also a small set of speeches given by NIH director Jim Shannon. Also includes materials relating to the reorganization of the Public Health Service, NIH program goals and objectives, the Woolridge Committee, grants policies, training studies, legislative proposals, and data on problems in NIH program areas. Information on the contemporary national health situation is prevalent.
Abstract
Assistant executive director of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services, Murtaugh's files document meetings, research of public health issues, legislative activities, and program initiatives.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, George Mider and David Porter (NIH). Acc. 228; 676.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 1984, 2007, 2012
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Murtaugh, Joseph S. (Person)
Subject
- National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Organization)
- United States. Public Health Service (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Joseph S. Murtaugh Papers, 1946-1970
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 1984; 2007; 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 3.0
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