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Abstract
Clippings and printed matter relating to the dedication ceremony for the Ricketts Memorial Museum.
Dates
- Creation: 1967
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
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Historical Note
Montana native and career Public Health Service official Dr. William L. Jellison acquired the Canyon Creek, Montana, schoolhouse building in 1965. It had been used from the 1910s to 1928 for entomological research, housing the Montana State Board of Entomology, which concentrated its attention on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In 1931, after the work had been relocated to a building in Hamilton, Montana, the facility was acquired by NIH and renamed the Rocky Mountain Laboratory.
Dr. Howard Taylor Ricketts, 1871-1910, a pathologist from the University of Chicago, studied Rocky Mountain Fever in this area from 1906 to 1909. He determined that the woodtick was the fever's carrier. The microorganism's genus was named Rickettsia in his honor.
Collection Summary
Clippings and printed matter relating to the dedication ceremony for the Ricketts Memorial Museum. The museum was named in honor of Dr. Howard T. Ricketts, investigator of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The architectural plans for the museum were conceived by Dr. Jellison.
Abstract
Clippings and printed matter relating to the dedication ceremony for the Ricketts Memorial Museum.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown.
General
- Processed by
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 2003
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
- Title
- Finding Aid to the William L. Jellison Ricketts Memorial Museum Collection, 1967
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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