Myrtle Greenfield Papers 1918-1967

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Myrtle Greenfield Papers 1918-1967

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This collection represents the professional achievements of Myrtle Greenfield (1884-1967). Among the topics covered are Greenfield's directorship of the New Mexico Public Health Laboratory, her involvement in the American Public Health Association and the New Mexico Tuberculosis Society as well as her history of public health in New Mexico.

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New Mexico Health Historical Collection, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

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Greenfield, Myrtle, 1884-1967

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Myrtle Greenfield (1884-1967) was born in Sabetha, Kansas on April 8, 1884. After receiving her B.A. and M.S. concurrently from the University of Kansas in 1911, Myrtle Greenfield worked as a bacteriologist. In 1920, Greenfield left her job at the United States Public Health Service to accept the position of Director at the New Mexico Public Health Laboratory. At the time, the Laboratory was a single room in the Chemistry Department of the University of New Mexico, but under Greenfi...

American public health association

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The American Public Health Association was founded in 1872 as a professional organization of physicians, nurses, educators, sanitary engineers, environmentalists, social workers, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, dentists, hygienists, and other community health specialists. In pursuit of its goal of protecting and promoting personal and environmental health, the APHA offers services including the promulgation of standards, the establishment of uniform practices and procedures, development ...