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George Rosen Public Health Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 203

Abstract

Collection of interviews conducted for source material for Rosen's projected history of United States public health in the postwar years; also included is some draft background materials.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-1965

Extent

1.89 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

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.

Copyright and Re-use Information

NLM does not possess copyright to the collection. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

Privacy Information

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Biographical Note

George Rosen was born in New York City in 1910. After attending City College he went to Humboldt University in Berlin for his M.D. (1935). In 1953 he left medical practice to become a professor of health education at Columbia University's School of Health and Administrative Medicine. Throughout his working career he studied and authored numerous articles and books, including A History of Public Health (1958). Rosen also served as editor of the American Journal of Public Health.

Collection Summary

Collection contains interviews conducted for source material for Rosen's projected history of United States public health in the postwar years; also included is some draft background materials. The interviews were conducted by Dr. Harlan Phillips. Persons interviewed were: Ernest M. Allen, Carl G. Baker, William R. Bryan, Leroy E. Burney, G. Robert Coatney, Lowell T. Coggeshall, Martin M. Cummings, W. Palmer Dearing, Warren F. Draper, Rolla E. Dyer, Kenneth M. Endicott, Isodore S. Falk, Arthur S. Flemming, Robert H. Felix, Marion B. Folsom, Victor H. Haas, John R. Heller, Herman E. Hilleboe, Vane M. Hoge, Mark D. Hollis, James M. Hundley, Carlyle Jacobsen, Lawrence Kolb, Charles V. Kidd, Alexander D. Langmuir, Esmond R. Long, Leonard W. Mayo, Jack Mazur, Joseph S. Murtaugh, Thomas Parran, John R. Paul, George St. John Perrott, David E. Price, Leonard A. Scheele, William P. Shepard, Wilson G. Smillie, Roscoe R. Spencer, Harold L. Stewart, Frederick L. Stone, Norman H. Topping and Cassius J. Van Slyke.

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection of interviews conducted for source material for Rosen's projected history of United States public health in the postwar years; also included is some draft background materials.

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Provenance

Gift, George Rosen, 1969. Acc. #69.

General

Processed by
HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
Re-Processing Completed
2005
Encoded by
Jim Labosier

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid to the George Rosen Public Health Oral History Collection, 1960-1965
Status
Unverified Partial Draft
Author
HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
Date
2005
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

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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