Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease records, 1909-1915.

Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease

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The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission was created in 1909 by John D. Rockefeller "to bring about a cooperative movement of the medical profession, public health officials, boards of trade, churches, schools, the press, and other agencies for the cure and prevention of hookworm disease." Offices were opened in Washington, D.C., in January 1910. The Commission undertook to furnish initial impetus and to serve as an information agency for the states. It paid the salaries of field personnel, who were ...

Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918

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Editor and American ambassador to Great Britain; of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1889-1917. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077806 Walter H. Page was editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 1895-98. Prior, he was with the Forum. Robert Johnson worked at the Century magazine. From the description of TLS, 1896 July 1, Boston, Mass. to Robert Underwood Johnson / Walter H. Page. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 37228165 ...

Washburn, Benjamin Earle, 1885-1979

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Physician, health officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Benjamin Earle Washburn : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728086 Benjamin E. Washburn was a physician, public health officer, and author; field director of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in North Carolina (1913-1914); health officer, Nash County, North Carolina (1914); and officer of the International Health Board/Division of the Rockefeller Foun...

National Conference on Social Welfare. Forum

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Records of the NCSW's Project on the Federal Social Role, which investigated the role of the federal government in relation to issues such as social policy, taxation, social security, medicare, privatization, race, employment, and democratic. Alan Pifer and Forrest Chisman directed the project. From the description of National Conference on Social Welfare records, supplement 2, 1983-1987. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291469 From the guide to ...

Ashford, Bailey K. (Bailey Kelly), 1873-1934

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Stiles, Charles Wardell, 1867-1941

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Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913

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Episcopal clergyman, publicist, executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, 1903-1908, author, and amateur astronomer. From the description of Edgar Gardner Murphy papers, 1893-1913. WorldCat record id: 24439055 Edgar Gardner Murphy was born in Fort Smith, Ark., and grew up there and in San Antonio, Tex. From 1891 to 1903, Murphy was a practicing Episcopal clergyman in San Antonio; Laredo, Tex.; Chillicothe, Ohio; Kingston, N.Y.; and Montgomery, Ala. In 1903, he lef...

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 ...

Federal council of the churches of Christ in America

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Succeeded by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. From the description of Records of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1912-1950 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702151783 ...

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Pan American Union

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American medical association

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946

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Simon Flexner was a physician, administrator, professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901-1935). From the description of Papers, 1891-1946. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122535412 Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States d...