Public health -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Deborah Wexler collection of immunization posters
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 462
Scope and Contents
The Deborah Wexler collection of immunization posters contains posters collected during Wexler’s time as executive director of the Immunization Action Coalition (now Immunize.org). Included are posters directed toward healthcare workers, such as one showing the anatomic sites for immunization, and many aimed at encouraging patients to vaccinate their children. Some posters depict recognizable characters, including an enlarged Peanuts strip in which Lucy and...
Dates:
circa 1967; 1979; 1994-2003; Majority of material found within 1990s
Edward L. Bauer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/319
Scope and Contents
Organized into four series: I. Manuscripts, 1940 & 1955. II. Typescripts, 1921-1941. III. Galley proof[n.d.] IV. Reprints, 1920-1945.The collection contains manuscripts, 1940 & 1955, typescripts, 1921-1941, a galley proof, [n.d.], and reprints, 1920-1945, documenting Dr. Edward L. Bauer’s career with the Department of Health of the City of Philadelphia. The collection also contains a few items post-dating Dr. Bauer’s employment at the Department of Health. Series 1 consists...
Dates:
1920 - 1955
"Fighting Tuberculosis" Isotype charts for the National Tuberculosis Association
Collection
Identifier: MSS 465
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 19 Isotype charts created for the National Tuberculosis Association by Otto and Marie Neurath in 1938. This series of charts, entitled “Fighting Tuberculosis,” educated the public on the causes and prevention of tuberculosis. 5,000 sets of the series (originally consisting of 20 charts) were printed, and they were distributed as a traveling exhibition throughout the United States and Canada. Isotype (International system of typographic picture education) is...
Dates:
1938
Fred D. Weidman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/182
Scope and Contents
The collection of Fred D. Weidman's papers, 1896-1933 contains
student notebooks and papers; correspondence and reports concerning
a 1926 survey on fungal disease; drawings and photographs; and
some miscellaneous writings.The bulk of the collection is concerned with Weidman's education,
both in secondary school and in the Department of Medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains 28 volumes
of student notes on many subjects. The notes from Weidman's
medical...
Dates:
1896 - 1933
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