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Mason V. Hargett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 533
Abstract

Mason V. Hargett contributed greatly to the field of tropical medicine with his work on the yellow fever vaccine, first with the Rockefeller Foundation in Brazil and then at the USPHS Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana. Hargett's research facilitated the introduction of a yellow fever vaccine produced without human serum.

Dates: 1932-1986 (bulk 1938-1946)

Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 69
Abstract

Sawyer is best known for his role in developing a vaccine for yellow fever and working to eradicate the disease as a public health threat whle working for the Rockefeller Foundation's West Africa Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates: 1879-1995