Summary Information

Title: Elizsabeth G. Pritchard Papers
Creator: Pritchard, Elizabeth Gaitland, 1902-1963
Dates: 1936-1959
Extent: 30 MS boxes
Abstract:

Reports, documents, memoranda, drafts, correspondence, and printed matter pertaining to the U. S. Public Health Service. Subjects include a history of the U.S.P.H.S. during World War II; policies and activities in Civilian Health Districts 1-10; medical and social aspects of tuberculosis, venereal disease, malaria, sanitation, and industrial health; the Emergency Medical Service; care of sick and wounded; civil defense; health problems relating to the use of gas; public health administration; staff meetings of the Surgeon-General's Office; and other aspects of public health work.

Call number: MS C 187
Language: Collection materials primarily in English
Location: Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine