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C. Everett Koop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 489
Abstract

Dr. C. Everett Koop was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in February 1981, and sworn in as Surgeon General on November 17, 1981. The collection documents Koop's career as a leading pediatric surgeon during the 1950s-1970s, his activities as Surgeon General from 1981-1989 and the many public health issues with which he was concerned, and some of his post-Surgeon General's career as a health advocate.

Dates: 1933-2011

U.S. Public Health Service Historic Hospitals and Division of Nursing Public Affairs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 579
Abstract

Contains administrative files primarily relating to PHS nursing, as well as photographs illustrating PHS hospitals and clinics, American outreach to promote hygiene, health and nursing education in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, and health care facilities in federal prisons and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Dates: 1892-1984