George Shiras Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 45

Abstract

Correspondence, reprints and clippings primarily documenting Shiras' collaboration with the Committee of One Hundred to create a national health department.

Dates

1897-1923

Extent

0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Creator

Shiras, George, 1859-1942 (Person)

Physical Location

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

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Born in Allegheny, Pa., George Shiras III attended Cornell University and received his law degree from Yale in 1883. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Pittsburgh area from 1903 to 1905. While a representative Shiras advocated for unified federal supervision of health matters. He worked closely with the Committee of One Hundred, a select group which was part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and formed primarily to lobby for a national department of health.

Collection Summary

Contains correspondence, documents, reprints, and clippings pertaining to the efforts of the Committee of One Hundred. Correspondents include Irving Fisher, J. Pease Norton, Robert L. Owen, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Walter Wyman.

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, reprints and clippings primarily documenting Shiras' collaboration with the Committee of One Hundred to create a national health department.