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Abstract
A collection of taped and transcribed oral history interviews with retired employees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, conducted by the FDA History Office.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-2019
Extent
13 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
Creator
- United States. Food and Drug Administration (Organization)
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.
Copyright and Re-use Information
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Historical Note
The mission of the FDA History Office is to increase knowledge of the history, mission, and activities of the FDA and its predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The office provides perspective on current policy objectives and increases public understanding of FDA's purpose and function. In general, office activities concern research, documentation, consultation, and information. In 1968, James Harvey Young received a grant from the National Library of Medicine to begin conducting oral histories with former FDA officials and others who were pertinent to his work in progress on the history of the FDA. Those tapes and transcripts were deposited in the History of Medicine Division of the NLM and mark the beginnings of a more formal oral history program that emerged in the 1980s
Collection Summary
A collection of taped and transcribed oral history interviews with retired employees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Individuals interviewed represent a broad spectrum of the agency's activities. These collective experiences reflect the depth and breadth of FDA's regulatory and scientific experience. Most entries include the title of interviewee's last office held. Links to online transcripts are available.
Abstract
A collection of taped and transcribed oral history interviews with retired employees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, conducted by the FDA History Office.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, FDA History Office, over many accessions starting in 1976. Ongoing acretions continue to be added.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Alice Griffin
- Encoded by
- Alice Griffin
- Processing completed
- June 2013; March 2020
Creator
- United States. Food and Drug Administration (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration oral history collection, 1968-2015
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Alice Griffin
- Date
- June 2013; March 2020; Nov. 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 3.0
Collecting Area Details
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