Abstract
Maps, graphs, charts, reprints, and photographs documenting Rice's cholera and malaria research in India during the 1930s. Also included are some biographical material and clippings relating to his work in South Carolina.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1941
Extent
0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Creator
- Rice, Earle Milford, 1891- (Person)
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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Biographical Note
Born in East Hartford, Connecticut, Earle M. Rice received his M.D. from the University of Oregon in 1915. He also earned doctorates in tropical medicine and tropical health in England. He spent most of his career, 1918-1939, researching cholera and malaria in India for the Indian Tea Association and the King Edward VII Pasteur Institute. From 1939 to 1941 Rice directed the health division of the State Public Service Authority in South Carolina. He then spent a year as a lecturer on tropical medicine at the Army Medical School. He retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel. Rice died February 8, 1959.
Collection Summary
Contains maps defining the geographical scope of some of Rice's work in India during the 1930s, along with charts, graphs, and photographs which were generated through the course of these activities. Reprints from 1927 to 1941, written by Rice and others, almost exclusively address cholera and malaria in India. Biographical data consists of resumes, bibliographies, and some curriculum information from the Army Medical School (1941) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1926-27).
Abstract
Maps, graphs, charts, reprints, and photographs documenting Rice's cholera and malaria research in India during the 1930s. Also included are some biographical material and clippings relating to his work in South Carolina.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2004
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Rice, Earle Milford, 1891- (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Earle Milford Rice Papers, 1926-1941
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2004
- 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
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