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Fred Lowe Soper Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 359
Fred Lowe Soper Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 359
Biographical data, diaries, correspondence, documents, reprints and printed matter, photographs, certificates and diplomas, and memorabilia.
The collection contains an extensive file of publications, notes, and other data relating to yellow fever and malaria, including Gorgas Memorial Institute and Pan American Sanitary Bureau material.
- Restrictions
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Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1919-1975
- Extent
- 42.9 Linear Feet (77 boxes, 114 vols.)
- Related Names
- Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977
- Pan American Sanitary Bureau
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Language of Materials
- Portuguese
- Script
- Latin
Series 1: Personal and Biographical, 1919-1975
Series
Identifier: 2935038RY1
- Dates
- Creation: 1919-1975
Biographical Data, 1942-1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2935038RX2
- Dates
- Creation: 1942-1975
Bibliography, 1948, 1964-1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-4
Identifier: 2935038RX3
- Dates
- Creation: 1948, 1964-1974
Obituaries and Memorials, 1977
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 2935038RX4
- Dates
- Creation: 1977
FLS Awards and Medals, 1955, 1972
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 2935038RX5
- Dates
- Creation: 1955, 1972
Interview with Fred Lowe Soper, 1959
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 2935038RX6
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
Personnel Forms, 1942-1959, 1970-1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 2935038RX7
- Dates
- Creation: 1942-1959, 1970-1971
U.S. Army Orders, 1943-1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 2935038RX8
- Dates
- Creation: 1943-1946
Programs, Meetings, Dinners, 1942-1963
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 2935038RX9
- Dates
- Creation: 1942-1963
Invitations, 1947-1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 2935038RX10
- Dates
- Creation: 1947-1975
Sympathy Letters - Juliet Soper's Death, 1959, 1968
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 2935038RX11
- Dates
- Creation: 1959, 1968
Family Correspondence, 1957, 1965-1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 2935038RX12
- Dates
- Creation: 1957, 1965-1975
Harvard - Visiting Lecturer, 1949-1966
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 2935038RX13
- Dates
- Creation: 1949-1966
Quotations, Sayings, Curiosities, 1938-1941, 1959-1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: 2935038RX14
- Dates
- Creation: 1938-1941, 1959-1971
Pan American Sanitary Bureau/WHO retirement signature book, Jan. 1959
Item — Box: 1, Volume: A
Identifier: 2935038RX15
- Dates
- Creation: Jan. 1959
Dr. Soper's Books
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2935038RY16
Ventures in World Health, 1977
File — Box: 2, Volume: 1
Identifier: 2935038RX17
- Dates
- Creation: 1977
Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1941-1943, 1971
File — Box: 2, Volume: 2
Identifier: 2935038RX18
- Dates
- Creation: 1941-1943, 1971
Building the Health Bridge, 1970
File — Box: 2, Volume: 3
Identifier: 2935038RX19
- Dates
- Creation: 1970
Hacia La Conquista de la Salud, 1972
File — Box: 2, Volume: 4
Identifier: 2935038RX20
- Dates
- Creation: 1972
The Organization of Permanent Nation-Wide Anti-Aedes Aegypti Measures in Brazil, 1943
File — Box: 2, Volume: 5
Identifier: 2935038RX21
- Dates
- Creation: 1943
Passports and Identity Cards, 1922-1967
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2935038RY22
- Dates
- Creation: 1922-1967
U.S. Army Civilian Identification Card, 1944
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2935038RX23
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Passport Photographs, 1967
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2935038RX24
- Dates
- Creation: 1967
US passports (#1-10)
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 3
Identifier: 2935038RX25
US passports (#11-20)
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 4
Identifier: 2935038RX26
US passports (#21-28)
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 5
Identifier: 2935038RX27
Foreign passports, etc.
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 6
Identifier: 2935038RX28
Pakistan certificate of registration and certificate of fitness
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 7
Identifier: 2935038RX29
Business cards and IDs
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 8
Identifier: 2935038RX30
The Lascarette Award, 1959
File — Box: 3, Envelope: 9
Identifier: 2935038RX31
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
Awards and Certificates, 1937-1974
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: 2935038RX32
- Dates
- Creation: 1937-1974
Awards and Certificates (cont'd.), 1937-1974
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2935038RX33
- Dates
- Creation: 1937-1974
Awards and Certificates - Correspondence
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2935038RY34
Brazil, 1942
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2935038RX35
- Dates
- Creation: 1942
Colombia, 1959
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2935038RX36
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
Samuel J. Crumbine Award, 1964
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: 2935038RX37
- Dates
- Creation: 1964
Dominican Republic, 1960
File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: 2935038RX38
- Dates
- Creation: 1960
Lasker Award, 1946-1954, 1960-1963
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: 2935038RX39
- Dates
- Creation: 1946-1954, 1960-1963
Citation
Cite Item
Soper, Fred L. Fred Lowe Soper Papers. 1919-1975. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 359.
Cite Item Description
Soper, Fred L. Fred Lowe Soper Papers. 1919-1975. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 359. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/878 Accessed August 13, 2025.