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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

AIDS correspondence (TRACER) archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 607
Abstract

The collection primarily consists of the contents of a controlled correspondence system (TRACER) related to the topic of HIV/AIDS as last managed by DHHS Chief Policy Coordinator for PHS AIDS programs.

Dates: 1982-1990

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

Harold E. Varmus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 598
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, administrative files, photographs, and audiovisual materials document the professional career of Harold Eliot Varmus, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of the cellular origins of cancer, and who later served as Director of the National Institutes of Health from 1993-2000 and President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer from 2000-2010. The bulk of the collection consists of Varmus' speeches and professional activities at...
Dates: 1904-2010

June E. Osborn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 618
Abstract Correspondence, reports, speeches, testimonies, hearings, audiovisual material, and biographical material primarily documents June Osborn's professional career as expert advisor in urgent health and medical issues -- including AIDS, virology, infectious diseases, vaccines, and public health policy -- for numerous government agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and as Chair of the National...
Dates: 1954-2001 (bulk 1980-1995)

Louis W. Sullivan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 637
Abstract

Collection primarily consists of the daily record of Dr. Sullivan's term as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1989-1993. His pre- and post-HHS career as a hematology research scientist and medical educator, health policy expert, advocate for improving health equity and disparities for Black and underserved populations, and increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions are also documented to a smaller degree.

Dates: 1957-2023; Majority of material found in 1982-2007

Lowell T. Harmison papers

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2015-042
Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Administrative files, photographs, awards and honors, research files, drafts and reprints of articles, motion picture films, audiocassette interviews; artificial organ prototypes; patents; and medical device blueprints documenting the career of heart surgeon, artificial organ inventor, and NHLBI administrator Dr. Lowell Harmison.

Dates: 1962-2010

Michael Zwerdling Nursing Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP2004-22
Abstract

2,474 color and black and white postcards of varying sizes, published in the United States and internationally, depicting the nursing profession, the social history of nursing, the perception of nursing in various cultures, the role of military nurses, and other related themes.

Dates: 1893-2002

Minnesota Institute of Family Dynamics AIDS Conference collection

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2019-024
Abstract

Videotapes with transcripts, papers presented, and agendas/brochures for a meeting about the psychological affects and treatment options for AIDS patients and their families. Sponsored by the MIFD (nee Mary Bourne), it was an invitation-only meeting featuring Bowen Theory family therapy practitioners and other subject experts.

Dates: Oct. 25-28, 1987

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 544
Abstract

Briefing books, hearing and meeting transcripts, reports, and press clippings document the activities of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Materials cover all but the last year of the Commission's existence. The majority of the collection consists of briefing books, and hearing and meeting transcripts of the National Commission.

Dates: 1983-1994

National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Office of the Director, Donald A.B. Lindberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 627
Abstract

Donald A.B. Lindberg (1933-) is a scientist who served as the Director of the National Library of Medicine between 1984-2015. Dr. Lindberg pioneered applying computer technology to health care at the University of Missouri and has made notable contributions to information and computer activities in medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence, and educational and outreach programs.

Dates: 1954-2017